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About Cesme
Throw your cares away .....
Welcome to a town packed with historical gems a town founded by the Ionians
around 1100 BC as part of the 12 cities of the Ionian League.( others are
Clazomanae, Phocea, Miletus, Myus, Priene, Ephesus, Colophon,
Libidos, Teos, Chios and Samos )
Welcome to a culture with a history stretching back 3000 years and bearing
traces of the Ionians, Lydia, Alexander the Great, the Kingdom of Pergamum,
Rome, Arabia, Seljuk and the Ottomans. Welcome to our 700 year old castle
constructed by the Genoese, to our ‘caravanserail’ which was a gift from
Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, to the historical stone fountains which are
found on nearly every street corner and to our churches of Ayios Haralambos
and Ayios Konstantions.
And not forgetting a welcome to Erythrai, the world famous site that dates
back all the way to the Bronze Age.
Cesme, at the most westerly tip of Turkey and surrounded on three sides by
the Aegean Sea, is a town we think you will like.
The famous historian of ancient time, Herodotus, wrote this of this area
centuries ago :
‘’ The whole world is fascinated by Izmir and its surrounding areas which
posses the most pleasant of climates to be found under the great dome of the
sky ‘’
Geographical position : Situated at the most westerly tip of Turkey, just 80 km from Izmir by highway, Cesne is on a peninsula surrounded on three sides by the sea. It takes up 260 sqkm of the so-called Cesme Peninsula which stretches westward from Urla. The whole area has great tourism potential with its beaches, pristine sand and thermal springs. As the mountains sweep down to the sea, a natural paradise has been created in Cesme. Sloping fields, rocky hills and, between them, an accessional small flat plain.
Cesme is only eight nautical miles from the Greek island of Chios. The local
population, including the including the surrounded villages, is 40,000
however, during the tourism season this number increases to 300,000 with the
arrival of second home owners.
Cesme is the place to catch one of the regular ships to Chios, Bari, Venice,
Brindisi and Ancona and there is a good link from Izmir Adnan Menderes
airport.
Distance between Cesme and other sites of interest to tourists :
Teos : 100 km / Ephesus : 155 km / Foca : 143 km / Kusadasi :
170km /
The
climate in Cesme
Cesme
has a typical Mediterranean climate The average annual sea temperature is
18,5 ‘C and it is possible to swim and do watersports for at least seven
months of the year. The endless coves around Cesme provide the perfect
opportunity for underwater hunting.
As it is situated on a peninsula and subject to climate changes of the sea,
even in winter you can see a sudden turn in the water in Cesme.
The
famous breeze of the Aegean, known as the ‘Imbat’ brings pleasant relief
from the heat of the summer sun and makes the high temperatures bearable.
Cesme
center of thermal tourism
Situated on the coast, 5km from Cesme on the Izmir-Cesme Road is a place of
great interest to both foreign and local guests – the hot thermal springs of
Ilıca, which have an historical importance too. The famous traveller, Evliya
Celebi, described the water that springs from below the sea at a temperature
of 50-60 ‘C by the Yildiz Peninsula, containing limestone, minerals,
volcanic lava, sodium, calcium, irion, aliminium, bromide, Fleur, sulphate,
nitrate, chloride, potassium chloride and magnesium chloride. Originally a
cure for rheumatism, it also aids gout, rickets, metabolic disorders such as
obesity, woman’s diseases, tuberculosis, vervous diseases, skin diseases of
the liver, kidneys and urinary infections. These springs at Topan ( or
Hamidiye ), pouring forth pure mineral water of 55 ‘C, are of a unique
importance....
The thermal springs of Sifne, 5km north east of Ilıca, are found on the
small peninsula of the Sifne Bay. These waters are especially good for
rheumatism, rickets, woman’s diseases, urinary infectins and intestinal
complaints, the complex also has a mud bath for the treatment of eczema and
psoriasis and other skind disorders.
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