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Island in Turkey
Photo: Félix Marie Charles Texier, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Marmara Island (Marmara Adası) is the largest of the Marmara Islands in the Southern Marmara Region of Turkey. It's roughly triangular, 15 km east-west and 10 km north-south. The population in 2021 was 10,148, with about 4000 apiece in Marmara town and in Saraylar, with the rest in the coastal villages between.
Boxy modern place, clean, near the ferry port.
Pleasant family-oriented hotel on Kole beach.
Relaxing resort hotel on the south beach strip.
Small place with a pool in Gündoğdu.
IDO ferries for foot passengers normally sail from Istanbul in summer (May to October), stopping at Avşa. The total length of the sail is usually 2.5 hours.
Read in the guideMunicipality Busses ran out from Marmara town to the other settlements, and connect with the ferries.
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