Çeşme Neighborhoods

Each corner of Çeşme tells a different story. Explore our curated guide to the city's most captivating neighborhoods.

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Cobblestone & Cosmopolitan

Alaçatı

Cobblestone Aegean stone-house old town

Hacımemiş cobbled lanesStone-house boutique inns

20 places

Historic & Slow

Hacımemiş

Alaçatı's tightest stone-house quarter

Best-preserved stone-house stock12. Sokak boutique row

9 places

Wind & Water

Pırlanta

Wind-and-board south-coast surf beach

Windsurf and kite schoolsLong fine-sand arc

0 places

Vineyard & Slow

Tokoğlu

Inland wine-country corridor on the Urla route

Boutique winery clusterUrla wine route gateway

11 places

Marina & Cosmopolitan

Alaçatı Marina

Yacht harbour north of the stone village

Yacht harbour edgeMarina-side restaurant strip

5 places

Harbour & Year-round

Çeşme

Genoese-castle harbour district seat west of Alaçatı

Çeşme Castle (Genoese, 14th c.)Daily ferry to Chios

13 places

Family-Summer & Resort

Ilıca

Family-summer flat-sand beach east of Çeşme

Long flat-sand beachResort-hotel rim

9 places

Quiet & Working-Village

Şifne

Quiet thermal-spring fishing village north of Çeşme

Thermal-spring heritageWorking fishing harbour

2 places

Working-village & Seafood

Çiftlikköy

South-west fishing-village mahalle and lobster row

Türkiye's first lobster restaurant (1974)Working fishing co-operative

2 places

Wild & Day-trip

Karaburun

Far-north peninsula day-trip — coves, villages, working iskele

Mordoğan working harbourSaip-Sarpıncık inland villages

3 places

Antique & Sleepy

Ildırı

Antique Erythrai harbour fishing-village north-east of Çeşme

Erythrai antique city (Ionian)Working fishing harbour

5 places

Orchard & Slow-food

Ovacık

Inland orchard-vineyard slow-food spine south of Alaçatı

Buradan organic vineyardsAsma Yaprağı Tarla and KestelINN farm

7 places

Unhurried working-harbour rakı nights

Dalyanköy

Çeşme's working fishing harbour, where the rakı-balık tables sit among the boats.

Rakı-balık tables set among the moored fishing boatsThe catch that came in that morning, cooked simply

4 places