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Edremit is a city in the Northern Aegean Region of Turkey. It’s a few km inland from the tip of the Gulf of Edremit, a large inlet of the Aegean Sea. Small resorts straggle along the coast, the main ones being Altınoluk, Akçay and Burhaniye, with Güre inland on the slopes of Kazdağı, the ancient Mount Ida. These resorts are also described on this page. The combined district had a population of 161,145 in 2020.
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Ayşe Sıdıka Erke Etnografya Müzesi
Small fusty museum in Edremit town centre.
Kuvayi Milliye Kültür Müzesi
Built in 1840 as a mansion for a local worthy, this became the centre for local resistance to the Greek invasion of 1919, which escalated into the War of Turkish Independence.
Quirky but good value museum, exhibitions include Turkey's nomadic shamanistic period.
Smart business hotel, central and good value for money.
Boxy basic place, cleanliness erratic, convenient for transport.
Spa hotel in the geothermal area.
Edremit is on the Istanbul - Izmir bus route, so it has direct services every hour or so round the clock. From Istanbul these take 7 hours via Bursa and Balıkesir, fare 500 TL, and from Izmir 3 hours for 140 TL.
Read in the guideDolmuşes radiate from Edremit to all the other townships. Don't use the inter-city buses for the short hop between the Edremit Gulf towns; they probably wouldn't sell you a ticket.
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