About Balıkesir
Balıkesir is a true tourism paradise with its natural, archaeological, historical and cultural beauties, bordering the Marmara and Aegean seas and hosting the most islands in Turkey. Balıkesir is one of the first places where tourism started in the country with its bays surrounded by bright green olive groves, large and small islands, Mount Ida in Homer’s epic, where the world’s most oxygen is found, and thermal springs that have been healing people for thousands of years.
Balıkesir City Tour (Free – 27 October 2023)
Çamlık Tepesi
Historic Railway Station
Kuva-yi Milliye Museum
Değirmen Boğazı Nature Park
Trip Plan 1: Ida Mountains National Park (Free – 28 October 2023)
- Ida Mountains National Park Tourist Info Center
- Hasanboğuldu and Sütüven Waterfalls
- Ida Mountains National Park (Plateau Location, Kapı Kayası Location, Ida Mountains Fir Tree Preservation Field, Sarıkız Summit)
- Olive and Olive Oil Tasting
Ida Mountains National Park
Ida Mountains National Park Tourist Info Center (Zeytinli)
Sütüven Waterfall
Ida Fir Tree
Sarıkız Summit
Sarıkız/Makam
Trip Plan 2: Ayvalık (Free – 28 October 2023)
- Cennet tepesi (Paradise Hill) Vantage Point
- Spots of the Blue Homeland (Ayvalık Isles Nature Park) Boat Tour
- Cunda Island (Mevlana Street and Historical Cunda Streets, Rahmi M. Koç/Taksiyarhis Museum, Sevim and Necdet Kent Library/Windmill)
- Olive Oil Factory Tour and Olive Oil Tasting
- Şeytan Sofrası (Devil’s Table)
Ayvalık
Ayvalık Bay from Cennet (Paradise) Hill
Ayvalık Isles Nature Park
Cunda Island
Rahmi Koç Museum
Sevim and Necdet Kent Library
Streets of Cunda
Şeytan Sofrası (Devil’s Table)