About izmir

Izmir is an attractive cosmopolitan city with lots of history and interesting places to visit both inside and outside the city boundaries. This makes Izmir an ideal hub where you can spend a few days and use as a staging post to explore the region from alternatively you may wish simply to discover the City of Izmir and what it has to offer, below are just a few places of interest within the City where you may like to spend a little of your time whilst visiting...

izmir history

izmir history

There has been a settlement in Izmir, formally Smyrna, since 3000 BC. The Trojans were the 1st inhabitants and according to excavations, the city was founded in an area known today as Tepekule in the Bayrakli district, which lies to the east of the Gulf of Izmir. Izmir is also credited with being the birthplace of the legendary poet Homer, who is believed to have lived there in the 8th century BC...

izmir Museums

Phone 0.232.483 46 96 izmir Agora Open Air Museum
Open to the public between 9.00 -12.00 and 13.00 -18.00

Here you will find the ruins of the Public Square and shopping district of dating back to Roman times in the Namazgah district, at the foot of Mt. Pagos (Kadifekale). Originally the site was uncovered in the mid 30’and further digging started in 1996, this is one of the largest Ionian Agoras. Many of the statues and artifacts uncovered here can be seen in the Izmir Archaeological Museum...

İzmir Hotels

5 Stars Hotels *****
Hilton Izmir
Address : Gazi Osmanpasa Bulvari No 7, Izmir, TURKIYE
Phone : +90 232 497 60 60
Fax : +90 232 497 60 00
www.izmir.hilton.com

İzmir Photo Gallery

İzmir Photo Gallery