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Things to do in Balıkesir
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Sightlore has 15 places to explore in Balıkesir, and 15 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Antandrus
Antandrus or Antandros was an ancient Greek city on the north side of the Gulf of Adramyttium in the Troad region of Anatolia.
Ayvalık Old Town
Ayvalık, with old Greek houses, olive oil factories and cobbled streets, is one of the prettiest towns on the northern Aegean.
Aesepus Bridge
The Aesepus Bridge was a late antique Roman bridge over the Aesepus River (today Gönen Çayı) in the ancient region of Mysia in modern-day Turkey.
Cyzicus
Cyzicus ( SIZ-ik-əs; Ancient Greek: Κύζικος, romanized: Kúzikos; was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey.
Macestus Bridge
The Macestus Bridge or Bridge of Sultançayır was a Roman bridge across the Macestus River at Balıkesir, in the northwestern part of modern-day Turkey.
Museums
Museum of the Nationalist Forces in Balıkesir
Museum of the Nationalist Forces in Balıkesir is a museum in Balıkesir, Turkey, dedicated to the irregular Kuva-yi Milliye (Nationalist Forces) formed as part of the Turkish National Movement during the Turkish War of Independence.
Burhaniye National Forces Culture Museum
Burhaniye National Forces Culture Museum is a museum in Burhaniye district of Balıkesir Province in western Turkey.
Church of the Taxiarchs, Cunda
The Church of the Archangels or Taxiarchs' Church is a historically significant Greek Orthodox church, dating back to 1873 and located in Cunda Island of the Ayvalık district in Turkey—an area formerly inhabited primarily by Greeks.
Places of worship
Kirazlı Monastery
Kirazlı Monastery near Bandırma is a 19th-century Greek monastery complex of churches and buildings at the foot of ancient Mount Didymus.
Saatli Mosque
Agios Ioannis, meaning Saint John, is a former Greek Orthodox church built in 1850 in the coastal town of Ayvalık (known as Kydonies by the locals) — located in present-day western Turkey’s Balıkesir Province — which was formerly inhabited primarily by Greeks.
Zagan Pasha Mosque
Zagan Pasha Mosque is a historic mosque in Balıkesir, northwest Turkey.
Monuments
Last Bullet Memorial
Last Bullet Memorial, located at Bandırma district of Balıkesir represents last bullets of Turkish War of Independence.
Nature
Cunda Island
] Cunda Island, also called Alibey Island,, Greek Moschonisi, is the largest of the Ayvalık Islands archipelago in Turkey, which was historically called the Εκατόνησα (Hekatonisa) or Μοσχονήσια (Moschonisia) archipelago in Greek.
Mount Ida National Park
Kazdağı (Mount Ida) National Park near Edremit protects the mythological Mount Ida, with pine and fir forests, canyons such as Hasanboğuldu and clean mountain air.
Şeytan Sofrası
Şeytan Sofrası (Devil's Table), 8 km south of Ayvalık, is a rocky hilltop viewpoint over the Ayvalık islands and Lesbos, famous for its sunsets.
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