Traveling has the ability to take you out of our daily routine and into new surroundings and experiences and this can reset your body and mind. Even planning a trip can have a fantastic effect on the body – it boosts happiness and feels rewarding. Not only does travel reduce stress but it expands the mind.
We have been visiting around so far. The peninsula we live is big. At an area of 171,000 hectares, it is one of the largest peninsulas in Turkey, and its ports, size, and location have given it a strategic role in Turkey's past. It is surrounded by the Aegean Sea. We have been on the Aegean Roads.
Seat belts!!
The peninsula is divided into three parts: Urla in the east, Karaburun in the north, and Çeşme(chesh-meh) in the southwest.
You can see olive trees everywhere..In the parks, almost in every garden, sidewalks..
If you look for a stop point, resting under a tree, it will be probably an olive tree 😊 Peaceful🫒
Olives and grapes..wine yards, local wines and so many local or traditional famous dishes.
Here is a Dolma & Sarma Combo, I made, green pepper and grape leaves. Dolma is one of the famous Turkish dishes and its variety is countless. Zucchini blosoom dolma(stuffed zucchini blossoms)is another one, well known here in Aegean.
Sarma is a type of Dolmas, grape leaves rolled around a filling of grains like bulgur or rice with herbs, nuts, raisins and spices.You can use the same filling for bell peppers.
Let's start with the olive oil museum.
Köstem Olive Oil Museum.
It is a museum complex
with a closed area of 5 thousand 650 square meters
in a total area of 20 thousand square meters.
Do you want to see the root of a thousand year old olive tree?
When I saw this root, I couldn't take my eyes off it.
It's impressive. Made me feel like a time traveller.
In the museum, all olive oil crushing systems used in Anatolia so far are available as originals and replicas.
There are organic certified household products, olive oil soap, handmade products and of course olive oil in the museum store.
Vintages & Antiques
When we saw the gramophone,
couldn't passed through without hear it.
Collections..familiar?
It's a well-known restaurant
with a heavenly garden to eat anytime of the day.
Urla, Art Street. This pic is one my favorites.
Denizaltı Restaurant was our breakfast stop. Turkish Breakfast Spread items are all homemade, natural ingredients, local organic foods. Tea, fresh whole grain bread, pastries, all kind of cheese, olive, tomatoes, cucumber, honey, jams, eggs, omelettes or boiled eggs, orange juice..
Turkish people love food and consider breakfast to be the most important meal of the day.
Having tea in Turkish tea cups is
a great experience if you haven't tried before.
Fish shaped cheese wood serving plate
with nuts, dry fruits and fresh strawberries.
Organic orange peel jam was delicious.
Mulberry Jam with Kaymak; dairy product (all natural) that comes from Central Asia.
Black olives, and green olives.
Börek is also another famous dish in Turkey.
So many varieties.
One of Urla's peaceful cafe & bistro's that make you feel at home. Kindly people, delicious food, well decorated garden in a rainy day. After the dentist, it was like heaven. Paşa böreği is absolutely
worth to try.
Purple Potato Latte was
incredibly delicious.
There is always a another new to try for the first time every year in this festival. Alaçati Herb & Edible Weed Festival, is held in April.
What is next? Let's curl to the north.
Karaburun, Mordogan.
An amazing view is waiting for us all the way there.
Seafood restaurants on the shore.
Mordogan
Narcissus flower got it's name here.
Echo and Narcissus is a myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses,
a Roman mythological epic from the Augustan Age.
In the end, one day, he also dies because of sadness just like Echo.. and the "Narcissus" flower, which takes its name from the "philosophy of self-love", blooms in Narcissus' place.
Good catch sweetheart 😘
Stay Healthy 💚
