We took a bus about four hours north to the city. It was mentioned in our guidebook as a stopping off point to some of the ruins, and as a Turkish tourist destination. First, Turkish buses are fun, they have stewards and they serve hot drinks and packaged cookies. In case you don’t remember, buses are less smooth than airplanes so it is quite the job pouring boiling hot water into little cups and passing them out to passengers.
We arrived late, so went straight to bed and woke up to an amazing breakfast served outside right next to the Aegean. The hotel was literally on the water, so you could look down at the fishes while eating. And the breakfast was fabulous, my favorite on the trip, kind of a Greek style breakfast with cheese, olives, vegetables, pepper spread (ayvar), fry bread, jam, and butter. We had a big pot of Turkish tea to wash it down.
Also, at breakfast we had the kittens, some of which would climb up onto your lap to beg for leftovers. We got quite attached to our kittens after three days.
Once we started exploring, the town surprised us. By walking straight perpendicular to the seashore we encountered a warren of ancient narrow streets many filled with shops. We spent both days exploring. There were hundreds of coffee, shops, and restaurants, to the local tourists along with shop selling olive oil and food.
We all bought a few souvenirs, prices being dramatically lower than in other places we visited.
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