Turkish Aegean Wine Odyssey
4-5 day journey through Turkey's most productive wine region. Start on the Urla peninsula with 10 wineries, explore ancient Ephesus, and finish on the car-free island of Bozcaada with its 3,000-year winemaking tradition.
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Urla Wine Trail
10 wineries within 30 minutes on the windswept Aegean peninsula. Ancient grape varieties like Bornova Misketi and 2,600-year-old Foça Karası meet modern Turkish winemaking.
tour $$ - 2🍷
Urlice Organic Sunset
Small family winery practicing organic farming since 1997. Explore vineyards, visit the magnificent cellar, taste wines with stone-oven pizza and pork sausage, then catch sunset over the vines.
wine_bar $$ - 3🗺️
Ephesus & Wine Day
Combine ancient history with wine country. Morning at UNESCO's Ephesus, afternoon tastings at Claros Winery, Isabey Winehouse, and the acclaimed 7 Bilgeler Winery with lunch at Lucien Arkas Vineyard.
tour $$ - 4🎪
Bozcaada Grape Festival
Since 1999, this 3-day September celebration transforms Turkey's wine island. Symbolic grape harvest by tractor, Miss Grape pageant, and 13 island wineries pouring indigenous Karasakız and Çavuş varieties.
festival $