İzmir (Izmir) Social Life

Social Life İzmir is full of museums, cultural centers and its socio-cultural calendar is packed with events, exhibitions, festivals year ‘round.Museums in İzmir appeal to every interest and taste from İzmir Archeology Museum, Ethnography Museum, İzmir Museum of History and Arts, İzmir Museum of Painting and Sculpture to specialty museums like İzmir Mask Museum, Game and Toy Museum, Railroad Museum and İnciraltı Naval Museum. In addition to the museums, a dozen old and renovated mansions now being used as bright and equipped cultural centers host countless exhibitions, concerts and screenings and are busy 365 days a year.

İzmir (Izmır) Tourism

Tourism

”An 8.500 year old past with heroes, poets, philosophers and artists… İzmir is blending the fast changing history of Anatolia with the colourful history of the Agean. It is told that the city was named after an Amazon Queen, Smyrna.
İzmir is also known as the hometown of Homer, the Master of Poets.”

The ancient classical city, Ephesus, one of the best preserved in the eastern Mediterranean is in Selcuk / İzmir.

İzmir (Izmir) Transportation

Transportation

Izmir enjoys the advantage of being a significant export orientated city. It utilizes the benefits of its geographical position close to the markets of the European Union and those of the Near and Middle East as well as having Turkey’s 2nd largest seaport, Izmir Alsancak Port

izmir (Izmir) Beaches

The locations of izmir beaches :

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Izmir (izmir) beaches

Izmir Beaches