Zeytin Bağı

İzmir & the North Aegean

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Owner/chef Erhan Şeker is rightly proud of his hybrid restaurant, hotel and cookery school overlooking the Bay of Edremit, and he loves to introduce guests from around the globe to the joys of local Aegean produce. You'll dine on local specialities in an elegant indoor dining space or panoramic garden terrace, and can stay overnight in simple but pretty guest rooms (single/double/family ₺350/450/550).

Staying overnight is highly recommended because the Zeytin Bağı organic breakfast spread (included in room price, ₺50 otherwise) is famous throughout the country for its freshness, variety and deliciousness. If you sign up for the full-day cooking class in spring and autumn (US$50 including meal), you may even be able to emulate it at home.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Old Town

    Old Town

    21.44 MILES

    Ayvalık’s old town is a joy to explore. A maze of cobbled streets east of the liman, it is full of market squares, atmospheric cafes, Greek Orthodox…

  • Antandros

    Antandros

    4.5 MILES

    Located on the coastal slope of Mt Ida, the Greek city of Antandros was established in the 7th century BC and was famous for its dockyards and harbours…

  • Temple of Athena

    Temple of Athena

    29.05 MILES

    Built in 540 BC on top of a 238m-high hill overlooking the Gulf of Edremit, this temple with its squat Doric columns has undergone a reconstruction that…

  • Taksiyarhis Memorial Museum

    Taksiyarhis Memorial Museum

    21.25 MILES

    This erstwhile Greek Orthodox cathedral, built in 1844 but never used as a place of worship, was completely renovated in 2013 and positively shimmers in…

  • Rahmi M Koç Museum

    Rahmi M Koç Museum

    21.31 MILES

    Housed in the magnificently restored Taksiyarhis Church (Church of the Archangels), a Greek Orthodox church built in 1873 and now painted in a distinctive…

  • Çınarlı Cami

    Çınarlı Cami

    21.35 MILES

    Built in 1790 as the Greek Orthodox church of Ayios Yorgis and converted to a mosque in 1923, this lovely building has three naves and three apses and…

  • Adatepe Olive-Oil Museum

    Adatepe Olive-Oil Museum

    14.41 MILES

    Housed in an old olive-oil factory, this unassuming but interesting museum explains the process of making olive oil and illustrates the product's many…

  • Köy Pazarı

    Köy Pazarı

    21.51 MILES

    On Thursdays, a 'village market' is held in this square next to the main pazar yeri (marketplace), which is also filled with market stalls.

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Nearby İzmir & the North Aegean attractions

1. Alibey Kudar Etnografya Galerisi

0.59 MILES

The jumble of objects at this privately operated museum below the village of Tahtakuşlar provides an insight into the history of the local Turkmen…

2. Antandros

4.5 MILES

Located on the coastal slope of Mt Ida, the Greek city of Antandros was established in the 7th century BC and was famous for its dockyards and harbours…

3. Adatepe Olive-Oil Museum

14.41 MILES

Housed in an old olive-oil factory, this unassuming but interesting museum explains the process of making olive oil and illustrates the product's many…

4. Taksiyarhis Memorial Museum

21.25 MILES

This erstwhile Greek Orthodox cathedral, built in 1844 but never used as a place of worship, was completely renovated in 2013 and positively shimmers in…

5. Rahmi M Koç Museum

21.31 MILES

Housed in the magnificently restored Taksiyarhis Church (Church of the Archangels), a Greek Orthodox church built in 1873 and now painted in a distinctive…

6. Saatlı Camii

21.31 MILES

Originally built as the Ayios Yannis Kilise, this imposing stone building with its ugly freestanding minaret was converted into the Saatli Cami in 1923.

7. Çınarlı Cami

21.35 MILES

Built in 1790 as the Greek Orthodox church of Ayios Yorgis and converted to a mosque in 1923, this lovely building has three naves and three apses and…

8. Atatürk Statue

21.41 MILES

As is the case in almost every town in this region, there is a statue of the great man in the main square.