City dossier

İzmir

The Aegean's Best-Kept Secret

İzmir doesn't perform for tourists. Your path winds through Kemeraltı's courtyards — dawn bakeries to lunches the guidebooks miss entirely.

From the dossier
Zeynel FırınıWood-fired boyoz and gevrek at dawn.
Lokanta OrhanSlow-cooked seasonal esnaf lokantası fare.

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İzmir

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