Alex Crevar is a regular contributor to New York Times Travel. For much of its history, Izmir, Turkey’s third largest city, was arguably the center of the world. Halfway down the Aegean coast, Smyrna, ...
Perfectly perched on the northwestern stretch of Turkey's Turquoise Coast and in the heart of the TurkAegean Region, is a beachside destination of lush peaks that's steeped in history and sprinkled ...
It’s hard to know what to expect from Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city and gateway to the Aegean Coast. It’s not Istanbul, the fabled metropolis where East meets West in a thousand fascinating ways.