Yumurtalık

In the book recounting his journey to Asia, Marco Polo speaks of a port he calls “Laias”: a bustling harbor where spices, silk and all the precious goods of the East were gathered from inland, and where merchants from Venice, Genoa and many other places came and went… So where is this crowded port today? The answer lies on the northern shore of the Gulf of İskenderun, in a quiet town: Yumurtalık, once known as Ayas.