Marmara (island) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
island of Turkey
About Marmara (island)
Tourism got started here in the 4th century AD, as the nobles of Byzantium found the island an agreeable place for summer villas and pleasure palaces. It was variously called "Proikonnesos" (island of the royal dowry) and "Prinkipo" (island of the aristocracy); but nothing remains of these sybarite resorts except perhaps the name of the village of Saraylar, "palaces", calqued from its Greek original ΠαλάτιαPalatia. The island is rugged, with the lowland south farming olives and wine grapes; fishing was also a traditional livelihood but the sea has become fished out. The north is forested mountains, rising to 709 meters at Ilyas Tepe. The big industry here has always been marble -marmarain Greek, hence the present name of the island and its surrounding sea. Emperor Diocletian sent heretics
Where to Stay in Marmara (island)
- 🏨Ada Palas Hotel
- 🏨Ali Baba Butik Otel
- 🏨Hotel Mola
- 🏨Mermer Beach Hotel
Marmara (island) Travel Guide Sections
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