Places to visit in Balıkesir
8 places from Balıkesir province are on the map: Kazdağı, Ayvalık & Cunda, Devil’s Table & Sarımsaklı, Kapıdağ Peninsula & Erdek, Marmara Island, Avşa Island, and 2 more. Each has a model-like miniature, a short story and a Numa Made ring on Isometric Turkey.
Kazdağı
Who, do you suppose, judged history’s first beauty contest? According to mythology, this difficult task fell to a young shepherd tending his flocks on the slopes of Kazdağı, known in…
See on the map →Ayvalık & Cunda
Can a town’s name speak of the same fruit in two languages? Ayvalık’s Greek name was Kydonies, and that name too, just like the Turkish one, comes from the quince tree, the ayva… Two…
See on the map →Devil’s Table & Sarımsaklı
Imagine even the devil choosing a view before setting his table… And imagine that the spot he chose is a hill overlooking one of the most beautiful sunsets in the Aegean! There are many…
See on the map →Kapıdağ Peninsula & Erdek
When the Argonauts set out for the Black Sea in search of the Golden Fleece, their route led them to a mountainous peninsula in the middle of the Marmara. There they were welcomed by a…
See on the map →Marmara Island
Can an island give its name to the sea before it? Few islands have won this honor; but Marmara Island has for centuries lent its name to an entire sea… For Marmara comes from the ancient…
See on the map →Avşa Island
Have you ever wondered how many vineyards a small island can hold? Reach Avşa at the end of summer, wander among the vines covering its slopes, and you’ll see that the answer is “far more…
See on the map →Bird Paradise & Lake Manyas
In Farid ud-Din Attar’s ‘The Conference of the Birds’, the birds set out on a long and arduous journey to find their king, the Simurgh. Of the thousands of birds who cross the seven…
See on the map →Akçay & Gulf of Edremit
“Even at seventy, for example, you’ll plant olive trees, / and not for your children, either…” says Nâzım Hikmet in his poem ‘On Living’. So what kind of faith is it to plant a tree knowing…
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