Things to Know
Izmir is one of the largest cities in Turkey with a population of 4 million, and second-largest port after Istanbul. More than half of its population are under 30s which makes it a lively city. The city hosts tens of thousands of university students, educates scientists, artists, business leaders and academics.
The modern city of İzmir was once the ancient city of Smyrna. Despite its modernization, the beautiful architecture still reflects its history and traders walk around with goods on their backs like they did centuries ago.
İzmir has been a home to many different cultures throughout history. Persians, Ancient Greeks, Assyrians, Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans are just a few of the dozens of different civilizations that İzmir has hosted throughout its long history.
There are so many places in Izmir that can show its diversity of cultures, even the walls on which graffiti is written shows multiculturalism.
Izmir has a lot of places to visit such as Ephesus Ancient city, House of Virgin Mary, Pergamon Ancient City and much more. We gathered all the possible Ephesus daily tours, Ephesus private tours, things to do & activities in Izmir & Ephesus Area and places to visit in Izmir & Ephesus area for you and below you can see the entire list:
