Turkey's third-largest city, and its major port on the Aegean. According to the ancient tradition, Ionian Smirna was the birth place of Homer.
Clock tower, built pn the 19Th. Century by Sultan Hamit and the small but ornate 18h. century mosque "Konak Camii"; Izmir's bazaar district, a maze of narrow streets; archeology museum, with an extensive collections of artifactsfrom the region; Kadifekale, the Mt. Pagus, on top of which are some of the fortifications built by the Byzantines and Ottoman, are the places that you will visit during this half day tour.