Cesme-Alacati Tour from Izmir

Our driver was excellent. Punctual to pick us and up and was very flexible with pick up times at different points of our day. He had little English which was resolved by using Google translate. We were a party of 6 and the van we were picked up in was a comfortable, large 14 seater. You can easily arrange your itinerary for the day directly with the tour company Who were you excellent at communicating with us before. They allowed us to rearrange, which was very kind of them. Would recommend if looking for peace of mind travel to Alicate and Cesme.

Wonderful day in the atmosphärisch seaside village of Cesme and the beautiful und lovely Alcati town. For is Gezenthi is a highly recommended local Travel Agency for your (privat) daytrips inside and outside of Izmir.

The Driver was very nice, but spoke one word English... not very much. We had booked this tour many months in advance.... and was very confused because we had no "tour guide" only a van driver. He dropped us in Cesme, for a 1 hour walk around the small market coastal town. The driver said "1 hour", "here" for meeting back up. Very enchanting - cool historical castle at the marina. We only had time for slow walk along water, a coffee, pastry, and street vendor open store shopping. Next, we went to Alacati to select a restaurant and get some decent food. There were at least 15 restaurants to choose from, and again without a tour guide to make recommendations, (the driver said "1 hr, and half")... so we found a place to eat - and met back up with driver where he dropped us off. Finally we went to the famous "iLica Public Beach". Wonderful clear water on the Aegean Sea, all sandy bottom, where you can walk waist deep for probably half mile offshore - all sand, no shells, no hazards, completely clear salty water. Like swimming in a salt pool. My daughter loved it. The driver dropped us off and said "swim - 1 hr".... We said, "where do we change" he pointed to a shack and said "change".... Would advise taking an umbrella (sun blocker) because it was bright, sun was strong, and the sand was HOT. It all worked out - loved the scenic drive across the terrain from Izmir, but again, without a guide, we really had no context nor historical reference for the entire day - and that made the ride boring. The drive was approx 1 hour 15 mins from Izmir to the coast, lovely rolling hills, lots of agriculture, and lush vegetation. Would have loved a tour guide (as was expected).... all went well - driver was professional - but seemed like we had rented transport rather than a tour.