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Foça ( Phokaia ) is a lovely little coastal town  is located at about 70 km northwest of Izmir province, on the Aegean coast.

 

The town  is one of the most popular vacation places of İzmir with its blue flag beaches and healthy Aegean cuisine.

 

The Eski (Old) Foça, is also called as Foça . The district also has a township named Yeni  (New) Foça where many summer houses are located.

 

Old Foça is worth seeing. The town is always lively and crowded with people especially on the weekends . Take a walk along the shores of the Küçük Deniz bay,  take a look at the medieval castle, historic windmills are called yel değirmenleri  and enjoy lunch or dinner  at one of the many fish restaurants there.

 

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If you have time, you should definitely stop in Lavinya Antique  Boutique  Hotel + 90 232 812 54 83 to have a typical Turkish Breakfast called ‘serpme kahvaltı ’. The family owners  and their daughters are very polite and smiling people. We were very well hosted. The breakfasts were really prepared with care and the foods  made with love at the old stone house with  garden. 

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Kavala Café+ 90 554 661 22 11 nice place for a 5 o'clock tea (or coffee) with tasty almond butter cookies (kurabiye)

 

 

 

 

 

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Wine History of Phocaea

The town was known as Phocaea  or  Phokaia  which was ancient city of metropolis.

 

There were  Phoenicians  who live in today’s  Foça borders. Wine called vino in the old days by ancient people of Foça.

 

As I heard about vine’s history from local people of Foça, the people  who made the first vines were  Phoenicians. The vineyard that they  started in Foça, then spread to the Southern.  The Phoenician traders also brought vine plants and viticulture and winemaking knowledge to the Mediterranean.

 

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