Alaçatı & Çeşme Chill Tour: Vibes, Streets & Snapshots

Staying in Izmir a busy urban hub we decided to venture out to a seaside resort for a chilled day. This tour hit the brief!!! Beautiful destinations, a great guide made our visit perfect - thank u !!!

Prompt. Good communication. A fun, relaxed tour thru 2 beautiful towns. He even pointed us to a favorite lunch spot. Recommended.

This trip was an awesome was to see two beautiful cities. Faruk was very flexible in his scheduling and was a great photographer. He took amazing photos and provided great recommendations for food in Izmir as well as Cesme and Alacati. I highly recommend this tour to anyone in Izmir looking for a half day tour.

Faruk did a great job in organizing this tour and executing per plan. The pickup and drop off from my hotel in Izmir were smooth. The tour was well paced and I loved all the places I saw. Faruk took awesome pictures and also recommended an outstanding lunch place to try in Alacati.

This was fantastic. Very chill and relaxed - Faruk (who is a fantastic guide) lets you go at your own pace. I cannot recommend this enough - particularly if you're coming off the back of an Ephesus tour (which can be busy and intense!) Slow travel at its finest.

Faruk is such a lovely guide and photographer! He knew the best photo spots in each town (and came prepared with his camera!) and had amazing recommendations for food and sweets. He’s a joy to talk to and seemed genuinely happy to talk all about local life in and around Izmir. The towns were a little quiet outside of the warm summer months but still beautiful to see and photograph with Faruk’s insight.

Walked around harbor and up into castle. Drove by beach and walked streets of Alacati. Time to shop. Not historical or informative. Can ask questions and got answers. Tour guide did not give much information and led us around.

Guide Faruk was very experienced and offered us a very relaxed but enjoyable experience. Faruk also provided a great deal of background information about Cesme and Alacaty. He was very polite and friendly. He also made an additional stop at a pharmacy for us to buy some medicine.

Faruk was knowledgeable, prompt and professional. He was also personable and a delightful conversationalist. His English is superb and his willingness to give you the type of experience you want is invaluable. He takes you to the best sites for Instagram worthy photos and is prepared to take photos of you so that bad selfies are not your only proof of your visit. I highly recommend him as a tour guide for İzmir and its surrounds. He dropped me at the Kordon on our return to the city at my request and gave me detailed information about catching the ferry or ambling through the city. Thank you for a memorable tour!

Visiting Çeşme and Alaçatı was a wonderful experience—just a little over an hour’s drive from Konak. Even though it was December and technically off-season, the weather was pleasantly mild, with enough sunshine to take beautiful photos of the marina and even catch a glimpse of Greece across the water. Alaçatı is a charming village; most of the shops were closed despite it being past noon, likely due to the low season. Still, the quiet, uncrowded streets made it perfect for a peaceful, relaxing walk. Farouq picked me up and dropped me off at my Airbnb, and he was very friendly, offering helpful commentary and suggestions throughout the trip. If you’re visiting with a group, renting a car could be a great option—it gives you more flexibility and the chance to spend the whole day in one of the cafés and enjoy the sunset.