Architecture / Historic street and neighborhood
Ayvalık Historic Town Center
Ayvalık, Balıkesir
A historic center that preserves the fabric of a 19th-century Aegean port town with its stone houses, old churches and narrow streets.
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Its story
In the 18th and 19th centuries Ayvalık was a port town that grew through the olive oil and soap trade, with a predominantly Greek (Rum) population. With the 1923 population exchange, immigrants from Crete, Lesbos (Midilli) and the Balkans settled in the town, adding new layers to its cuisine and culture. Hundreds of listed stone houses, mansions with bay windows, old olive oil factories and churches converted into mosques line its narrow, cobbled streets. The Saatli and Çınarlı mosques and the Taksiyarhis Memorial Museum are the main stops on this walk.
Key facts
- Admission
- Free
- Visit duration
- 2–3 hour walk
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
- Food route
- Hiking
Location
39.31920, 26.69550
Where to eat nearby
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayval%C4%B1k | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayval%C4%B1k