ALACATI IN SPRING

Spring months, when we witness the awakening of nature, are the most magnificent time in Alaçatı. Quiet and peaceful streets adorned with daisies, geraniums, bougainvilleas, and wisteria allow you to experience the true beauty of the village.

While walking on the narrow streets with paved cobblestones, you can enjoy the different architectures of the stone houses, doors, windows and bay windows, which are the products of patience, labor and care, and watch the colorful bougainvilleas and geraniums. The always cool and humid air of Alaçatı allows you to walk on the streets comfortably and the slanting light of spring and winter allows you to perceive the colors with all their liveliness.

Surfing on windy days when the sea is clear is a different experience, the beach and the sea that turn into a minefield in the summer are left to you in the off-season. In the evening, while taking a bike tour along the surfing path, breathing in the fresh, fragrant air, watching the landscapes that turn from green to yellow and the sunset will make you say, 'This is life!'  

At night, absolute silence prevails, not a sound is heard, you will have the most peaceful sleep in Alaçatı.

Those who love Alaçatı know that the real pleasure comes out of season, and they come to our town all the time outside of summer. As Alaçatı Tourism Association, we work to produce enjoyable experiences, activities and events in our village all 12 months of the year so that more of our guests can enjoy Alaçatı throughout all four seasons. 

ALAÇATI SPRING ROUTES
ALAÇATI MARKET
The Alaçatı market, set up on Saturdays, is legendary. There is everything you can find in the market. Fresh vegetables, fruits, cheese, olives, walnuts, hazelnuts, lavender and black mulberry jam, mastic coffee and paste, various types of clothing, linen bedspreads, towels and loincloths, ceramic and wooden household goods, and various types of flowers are all available in this market. If you are a fan of herbs, the local black-eyed herb, chicory, ragweed, radish, chibrika, coral, basil, and geraniums are just for you. The region is famous for its artichokes and melons. It has become so famous in recent years that people come from surrounding towns and cities by bus to shop. The days of the other markets in the region are: Çeşme-Sunday, Ildırı-Monday, Çeşmealtı-Friday, Urla-Saturday, and the Seferihisar Organic Market is on Saturdays.
ALAÇATI FISH AUCTION
Another original experience you can witness in Alaçatı is the Fish Auction. Every morning at 11:00 in the auction building on the market road, fresh fish are auctioned off to their owners. It is really exciting to watch the competitive auction.

The secret corner of Pazar Yeri Mosque…
Another gem of Alaçatı is Pazar Yeri Mosque, which was converted from a church. The mosque was restored 3 years ago. However, the icons inside were preserved as they were. When the curtain is pulled while praying, you cannot see the icons, but when the curtain is opened, the icons, the works of the village's real creators, show respect to the Greeks. Another beauty of the mosque is the mosaics decorated with black and white pebbles covering its entire courtyard. This 100-year-old stonework, called podima or krokalia (crocodile back), is admirable.

ALAÇATI MARINA
Alaçatı Marina has become the face of Çeşme peninsula opening to the South Aegean. The sailboats and boats it hosts can take the route of Seferihisar, Samos, Furni, Ikaria, Patmos, Arki, Lipsi, Leros by using this place as a base. Alaçatı Marina also makes it possible to enjoy a day at the deserted bays in the vicinity.

ALAÇATI SPRING EVENTS         
TASTING ALAÇATI FESTIVAL: Organized as an international flavor and lifestyle festival in Alaçatı on May 11-13, Tasting Alaçatı brings together gourmet flavors, conversations, events, music and art. Also supported by the Alaçatı Tourism Association, the festival brings together those who are keen on food, those who love to explore, gastronomy circles, leading chefs, local producers, business owners, suppliers, the public and journalists to offer a global flavor experience. Within the scope of the festival, the Peak Talks to be held at Alaçatı Yek will feature speakers such as Pere Planamuga, Christopher Dologh, Dr. Leading chefs and taste experts from Turkey and the world, such as Levent Köstem, Nedim Atilla, Turgut Tokgöz, Serkan Çakır, Kemal Demirasal, Can Ortabaş, Korcan Korar, Başak Cankeş, Banu Maga, Mehmet Ali Akbulut, Haluk Özyavuz, Aylin Yazıcoğlu, Emre Kolburan, Gabriele Sponza, Cihan Anadoloğlu, and the success stories of the Aegean, Çeşme, and Alaçatı will inspire by telling their extraordinary stories. The conversations will discuss living in the Aegean, growing old in the Aegean, being inspired by the Aegean, nourishing ourselves from the Aegean, and the beauties and sustainability of this geography where the wind, sea, smell, and abundance of moss and greenery intertwine. 
Ceramics at Terra Cotta: The cozy ceramics workshop located in Paşadayı Square on the Hacı Memiş road is an extremely enjoyable place where you can find ceramic bowls, mugs, and decorative accessories, as well as participate in ceramics workshops. Terra Cotta, an oasis created by ceramic artist Gül Alper, is a warm workshop where you can knead and paint ceramics without realizing how the hours pass in the heavenly courtyard and experience a kind of meditation. You can also buy ceramic objects that support stray animals from Terra Cotta.
Bazen Atölye: 12000 Sok. No:14, Hacımemiş /Bazen Atölye is a place that integrates the concepts of art, design and taste into daily life with its products, chats and workshops. At Bazen, which adds flavor to art and design, you can sip your coffee, attend workshops on healthy living and life, chats on travel and inspiration, book signings and interviews, documentary and film screenings.
Enjoyable workshops at Zeytin Konak Hotel… Zeytin Konak Hotel – Zeytin Konak Hotel, a corner of heaven created by İlknur and Ertuğrul İçingir in one of the greenest and widest gardens of Alaçatı, offers wonderful events such as Cretan and Aegean Cuisine, Terrarium cactus design, yoga and fishing workshops. We recommend that you follow the program of the hotel, which is like an oasis in the middle of Alaçatı with its decades-old olives, pines, lilacs, bougainvilleas and geraniums.
Enjoyable workshops at Atölye Yağhane… Another gem in Alaçatı that is open all year round is Atölye Yağhane. A historical olive oil mill has been transformed into an event center. You can join food, ceramics, pottery, tiles, tokat writing and music workshops at this wonderful venue, which can be attended by both Alaçatı locals and guests.
Another treasure of Alaçatı is Alaçatı Bookstore… The 20-year-old bookstore of Ömer Abi, an intellectual born and raised in Alaçatı, is Alaçatı’s most important cultural treasure. The autograph day tradition that began with the late Aziz Nesin continues and every year, valuable writers of Turkey meet with their readers in Alaçatı, from Kemal Anadol to Uğur Dündar, from Ayşe Kulin to Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, from Aret Vartanyan to Elif Şafak. Even if there is no event, we definitely recommend you to stop by Alaçatı Bookstore and chat with Ömer Abi with the excuse of a book.

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