Enez Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
district and town of Edirne, Turkey
About Enez
The river known in English as Maritsa, in Turkish asMeriçand in Greek asΈβρος(Evros) breaks up into a swampy delta as it flows into the Gulf of Saros. By its outlet is the tip of a ridge, providing firm ground where a port developed and a trade route wound inland. That port became known as Ainos (Greek Αίνος, Latin Aenus) and it exported the corn, timber and fruit of Thrace, plus its own fish and sea-salt. Ainos is first mentioned in around 500 BC and, given its name, the poet Virgil couldn't resist weaving it into theIliadlegend as a place founded by Aeneas in his flight from Troy. Certainly it was inhabited by Hellenistic people, one of the many proto-Greek settlements along the coast. Over the next 1500 years Ainos was raided and occupied by rival powers on multiple occasions, with its
Where to Stay in Enez
- 🏨Ege Otel
- 🏨Enez Altun Motel
- 🏨Enez Balci Motel
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