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Dikili, on Turkey's
north Aegean coast near Bergama, is
a town spread out around the shore
of a broad bay. It's a distance of
at least several kilometers from one
end of the town to the other.
The center of town (if there can be
said to be a center) is marked by fine
old pine trees. In the northern part
of town, a rough sand beach stretches
for hundreds of meters.
Like most Turkish towns, Dikili (DEE-kee-lee) is
growing at an alarming pace, and now
big concrete apartment blocks march
along the crest of the hill to the
east to take advantage of the sunset
water views.
It'd be nice
to say that Dikili is "undiscovered"
by tourism, but that is no longer the case.
Both Turkish and foreign vacationers
come to Dikili for its relative calm and quiet,
broken now and then by the horn of
a cruise ship disembarking hundreds
of passengers on their way to visit
the ruins of nearby Bergama (Pergamum).
Still, it's a pleasant place to spend
a few days if you'd like some time
by the sea in a place that's, well,
sort of undiscovered.
The village of Çandarli,
10 km (6.2 miles) due south of Dikili,
has its own small medieval fortress,
and is even less discovered.
Distances & Travel
Times
Ayvalik: 30
km (31 miles), 45 minutes
Balikesir: 125km
(78 miles) NE, 2 hours
Bandirma: 250
km (137 miles) NE, 3.5 hours
Çanakkale: 225
km (155 miles) N, 4 hours
Çandarli:
10 km (6.2 miles) S, 15 minutes
Bergama: 30
km (19 miles) E, 35 minutes
Ephesus: 210
km (112 miles) S, 3 hours
Izmir: 130
km (62 miles) S, 1-3/4 hours
Troy: 205
km (143 miles) N, 3-3/4 hours
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