IZMIR

Izmir hotels & resorts will help you to find best accommodation. İzmir known as ancient Smyrna, is located at a point where the Anatolian Peninsula extends into the Aegean Sea.

Izmir is one of the oldest cities with continuous settlement for 8500 years. Yeşilova and nearby Yassı Tepe Mounds are the oldest Neolithic settlements where idols and symbols of the Mother Goddess have been found.

One of the founding legends of Izmir states that the city was founded by the legendary Amazon Queen Smyrna. Izmir dates back to the third millennium BCE (at Tepekule, modern Bayrakli) and was one of the most advanced civilizations of its time, along with ancient Troia Western Anatolia.