Gemlik Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
district and town in Bursa Province, Turkey
About Gemlik
Gemlik is hemmed in by mountains north and south, and sits on a plain at the head of the Gulf of Gemlik, an inlet of the Sea of Marmara. So the traveller between Yalova and Bursa gets unexpected glimpses of the sea, which inspired Kanık's three-liner, much quoted locally. But Kanık should have looked where he was going instead of bumbling into a workmen's trench, receiving a terminal surprise. The plain is fertile and there has been settlement here for at least 8000 years, and the Hellenistic city of Kios (Kίος) stood here. The town continued to have a majority Greek population until the exchanges and deportations laid down in the 1923 peace treaty. Basically nothing of those times remain. Gemlik is nowadays a large industrial sprawl; it has a beach strip but there are better elsewhere. Yo
Where to Stay in Gemlik
- 🏨Hotel Atamer
- 🏨Kerimbey Hotel
- 🏨Pasha Hotel
- 🏨Ramada by Wyndham
- 🏨Syrus Otel
Gemlik Travel Guide Sections
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