A Foodie’s Guide to Cesme
For the food traveler, the Çeşme region is the Aegean at its most stylish: the seafood of the coast, the mezes, the famous Alaçatı breakfasts, and the olive oils and the wines of the peninsula.

For the food traveler, the Çeşme region is the Aegean at its most stylish: the seafood of the coast, the mezes, the famous Alaçatı breakfasts, and the olive oils and the wines of the peninsula.

Çeşme shows its famous face to everyone — the castle, the Ilica lagoon, the Alaçatı lanes — but the peninsula keeps its secrets for the travelers who look past the obvious.

Çeşme has a stylish reputation, but the peninsula also serves the budget traveler generously.

The food of the Çeşme region is the Aegean table at its most stylish: the seafood of the coast, the mezes, the famous breakfast culture of Alaçatı, and the local wines and the olive oils of the peninsula.

Choosing where to stay in the Çeşme area shapes the trip, because the town and the peninsula offer distinctly different experiences within the short distances of each other.

Çeşme packs an unusual amount of history, sea, and style into one small peninsula, and the list of the essential experiences runs from the crusader castle to the windsurfing bays and the Greek island across the…

Two days in Çeşme are enough to taste the peninsula’s best — the castle and the thermal springs, the beaches, the Alaçatı scene, and the island ferry — if the hours are spent wisely.

Çeşme is the Aegean’s stylish peninsula: the historic town with its crusader castle and its thermal springs, the beaches that have made the coast famous, the windsurfing capital of Alaçatı next door, and the…
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