Regular Sirince Tour includes:

- Pick-up from the Kusadasi port or hotel

- Kirazli Village

- Sirince Village

- Lunch Break

- At the end of the tour drive back to Kusadasi port or hotel

Duration : 8 hours (Full Day)

Highlights of this tour:
Sirince is a wonderful little Aegean village of 600 inhabitants. It is located in the hills at about 350 meters (1000 ft) above sea level, at 30 minutes drive from Kusadasi and it is a typical example of old villages in Anatolia.  Sirince was originally a Greek Village. As part of the peace settlement after the Greeks were defeated in Turkey in 1922, a formal exchange of populations was agreed upon. As a result Turkey received about 500.000 Muslim Turks from Greece in exchange for nearly 2 millions Greeks who had been displaced since 1912. The Greek population of the Sirince Village migrated to Greece as part of this exchange program. Most of the houses in the village date from the 19th century or earlier. They were built at a time when Sirince was predominantly a Greek village.  Today the village is under conversation to retain its authentic appearance.
The village lies in a lovely bowl of hills surrounded by peach orchards, vineyards and olive groves. The higher hills are covered with pine forest. Nearly all houses command a pastoral panorama extending over many miles, undisturbed by any modern development.
Some tourism has unfortunately come into the village in recent years, bringing with it souvenir shops, a dozen restaurants and a few guesthouses. But farming remains the principal activity. Villagers make wine and olive oil, and grow some of the best peaches in the country. They greet strangers with a smile and very often invite them in for a cup of tea.

Itinerary :
Sirince is an amazing place
This is the tour to see the way how Turkish villagers live. The tours starts ≈ 10.00 hrs with picking you up from your hotel. On the way to Sirince we have a short stop in Kirazli Village, at a café, for an opportunity of local contact with friendly and hospitable villagers. You can take a walk among the nearby hillside vineyards and orchards. Here we also have a visit to the mosque.
Then we continue our way to Sirince. First we stop for lunch and then we visit the old churches of the village. All the narrow streets of the village belong to the women, selling handcrafts of all kinds, olive oil. Last on our itinerary is a stop at a  typical Turkish family’s house – don’t miss the opportunity to have a cup of Turkish coffee or tea or to taste the local wine !
The tour finishes ≈16.00 with dropping you off at your hotel in Kusadasi.

! Gateway Kusadasi Port