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Town in Turkey
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Behramkale or Behram is an attractive little village in the Northern Aegean Region of Turkey, with a population of 652 in 2021. The main village sits at the foot of the ancient city of Assos, the big draw, so this is the name used in tourist literature. 2 km down the hill is the port, also attractive with traditional Ottoman architecture. 3 km east is the modern beach strip of Kadırga; beach hotels for 20 km on either side often misappropriate the name "Assos".
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Athena Tapınağı
This is the highlight, a classic Doric temple built atop a crag around 530 BC. Several temple columns have been re-erected, and it commands the sort of vista you put in travel magazines, with sunset views over the Aegean islands. Around it are the ramparts of the ancient city of Assos – the complex is extensive but has limited other remains.
Pleasant hotel in a knock-through of three old houses near the entrance to the temple compound.
Clean welcoming place near the temple compound.
Charming hotel in a 19th century building on the harbour front.
The main highway D-550 / E87 runs some 20 km inland, from Çanakkale via Ayvacık and Küçükkuyu then onward to Edremit and Izmir. So from the north you branch off at Ayvacik, and from the east / south at Küçükkuyu.
Read in the guideThe main village and port are 2 km apart, along a narrow, steep lane - it might take 20 min on foot. An occasional dolmuş trundles between.
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