Izmir

View from the elevator of  Izmir

Port

Many Turkish people had said to me that Izmir is the most beautiful city of Turkey. Izmir is a big city with 2.5 million habitants. Izmir resembled a lot of Ankara in my opinion but difference was that Izmir is in the seaside. Izmir is much more touristic than Ankara but there are more sightseeing destinations in Ankara than in Izmir. In Izmir there is not a beach near the city center. Turkish friends said that water was not clean enough for swimming even the water looked more pure and transparent than in the beaches of Spain.