İzmir: TravelGuide

A past of more than 8500 years, with its heroes, its poets, its philosophers and its artists Izmir mixes tumultuous history of Anatolia with coloured history of the Aegean Sea. It is told that the city was named after the name d' a queen of Amazones, Smyrna. It is also said that it was the... Ещё

A past of more than 8500 years, with its heroes, its poets, its philosophers and its artists Izmir mixes tumultuous history of Anatolia with coloured history of the Aegean Sea. It is told that the city was named after the name d' a queen of Amazones, Smyrna. It is also said that it was the birthplace of Homère, the Master of the poets. The ancient site of Ephèse, in Selcuk/Izmir, one of best is preserved traditional age with is of the Mediterranean. Selcuk presents many monuments and sites of l' era of the first Christians, among whom the house of the Virgin Mary and the hill d' Ayasoluk where Saint Jean wrote his Gospels. Pergame/Izmir is one of the oldest sites of settlement of Turkey, inhabited since times prehistoric and for the periods Ionniennes, Romaines and Byzantine. Asclepion, an important health care centre in antiquity, Acropolis, at the top a hill of 300m height, and the Temple of Serapis make of this site an attractive place for all the amateurs of history. Thermal springs Izmir, or as in the epopees d' Homère, Thermal springs of Agamemnon, where wounded soldiers of Agamemnon were looked after, are used to look after various evils since Antiquity. Mud baths and warm water of Izmir and its medicinal springs are famous to look after the serious respiratory ignitions, nephritis, rheumatisms, the skin diseases and the problems of metabolism. The littoral belt surrounding Izmir has natuerelles natural beaches and many small bays, in which are typical villages. Principal beaches around Izmir and of its surroundings are in particular: Çeme, which mixes curative thermal springs cordially, superb beaches, crystalline water and a permanent sun. It is also known for its bay, Alaçat, a paradise for boards with veil. Foça, beyond its historical importance, attracts the visitor for his fabulous landscapes. Izmir is also a destination of important cruising, and receives approximately 400.000 tourists per annum. Меньше