People should be able to experience the sea at their gate.
Port Agrilia at Alacati is not a dream! It only seems like one!
Alacati is a traditional Mediterranean town with its
150 year old architecture, is located on the western side of the
Cesme Peninsula, 70 km from Izmir. The Cesme Peninsula is known as
Turkish Riviera. The Port Agrilia Project south of Alacati will be
the"Little Venice" of the Turkish Aegean Coast.
The water-land area ratio of this 500 hectares (1,250 acres) size
project is
0.42.
Islands and peninsulas are inter-connected with Venetian style bridges
to provide pedestrian and service circulation. As a unique Canal Town
project, Port Agrilia will expand the shoreline from 1 km. to 30 km.
like a "shore length amplifier" as it builds into the new Agrilia Bay.
The developers will use Fronsois Spoerry(deceased) techniques which use
a mooring facility for every canal house, thereby creating a new
lifestyle which combines boating and contemporary Aegean living.
Port Agrilia shall be surrounded by natural and historical beauties
and it will access The Environmental Technology Park.
Year 2023-Development Concept illustration (174 KB)
The World Green Technology Corridor where many universities and
high-tech companies will locate in the near future.
In addition to technology and research developments there are artistic developments details will follow ..Art Village
or 0535 232 3950 Ms.Conny..
Artistic activities please call for further information. Conny Tranekaer Jorgensen
development where learning workshops take place. The art village is
a development with an independent, artistic
atmosphere.Cultural tours, entertainments..
allan.tranekaer@sca.com for Denmark 0045 86386861
The new development integrated with old Alacati town is to be peaceful
and prestigious place in which to live. Port Agrilia synthesizes the
loves of sea going and golf playing with a Modern Mediterranean
Architecture Town Planning Concept. Intellectual activities helps to
extend life long mental occupation, which is one of the important
parameters of longevity while staying and feeling young. This New
Lifestyle Concept attracting the attention of the whole world has
been developed by Froncois Spoerry Atelier, the creator of Port
Grimaud in South of France.
The vineyards of Alacati region are as famous as its windmills.
The magnificent hills of Agrilia Bay has natural earth layers like
France and California which are very suitable for viticulture.
10 kilometers away, there is a 200 hectare vineyard development
on the hills of Ovacik which is of itself a magnificent spectacle.
1998 will produce harvests of cabarnet sauvignon, merlot, chardonney
grapes for making great local wines and California style Champagnes
at affordable prices. There will be daily wine tasting tours to the
caves of the Chateau Agrilia Vinyard.
The grapes collected from the vineyards will give re-birth to Alacati
wine tradition, which was very famous in the last century.
The whole region will feature environmental developments starting this
year with 2 wind farms totaling
Windmills of 8.9 MW to produce
electricity from the hills. The potential of wind energy with 7.5 m/sec
at 10 meter height in this region if fully utilized is enough to supply
the whole electricity of the nearby city of Izmir.
Alacati has 330 days sunshine and hot water from the geothermal energy.
Port Agrilia development is hoping to have a lifestyle with zero
energy concept integrated in it. The hybrid electric car development
will one day comprise fuel cells utilizing hydrogen to produce electricity
where hydrogen is produced from the wind electricity.
The Region will be so unique and attractive for permanent housing and tourism,
as well as for active scientific research people or part time retired
academicians. It will have ideal housing sites to support offices or
headquarters of local and international businesses located in the International Environmental
Technology Corridor. There are beautiful small hotel and restaurant developments going on..
Several new businesses are opening with success. We shall try to reflect them here..Below is a beautiful small renovated Hotel..
The owner and manager of the hotel Zeynep Hanim in the picture speaks several languages and had been very active in a big multinational business as manager before starting her own business here in Alacati
A small Hotel in Alacati
ALACAT Dekoratif Esya ve Cafe - Before entering Alacati is a cafe house with home made breakfast, home made jam and cookies, run by 2 ladies Ayse Nur Mihci and Destina Akgun Phone (0232) 716 7944.
Nur Cafe-is a Cafe-Restaurant-Bar.
Cozy and friendly atmosphere.
Phone (0232) 716 6260 - 0532 524 5028
For instance "Cafe Agrilia" Kemal Pasa Cad.75, Phone: (0232) 716 8594 is a very beautiful place with old environment to have
Village breakfast, sandwiches or Italian sweets and good coffee...Cosy candle ambience dinners with light music also....
Restuarant with garden. A gourmet, a very refined gentleman, also the top businessman of Turkey Mr.Rahmi Koc visiting the restaurant.
Good food and music. Swim and lunch with a beautiful garden to enjoy.
Owner Metin Yesilsakiz is in restaurant business many years, from the family.
Also has 22 years of Hannover-Germany gourmet experience. One of the best fillet steak you can eat in Turkey...
Tlf: (0232) 716 8259
O EV Gourmet Cafe - Restaurant Tlf:(0232) 716 6150. Open garden in Summer times. Open in winter season for special occasions.
New Year Party 2001/2002 Alacati O EV Restaurant cosy ambiance, very good food, drinks of all sorts,
lottery drawn by the very attractive owner Emel hanim (blonde tall lady),
guests like Marian and Herve Giraud, Mine Sener Koyuncuoglu, University Professors and other prominent people,
business people from Izmir and other cities with their families. Reasonable prices, smiling face, good and friendly service.
............................................................................................................Bistro Hannover ( below right )
Port Agrilia will be realized in 15-20 years in 10 phases. A marina
with a capacity of 400 yachts, a Fishermen Shelter, Town Center and
Housing Islands / Peninsulas constructed on the main canal entrance
will be built in the first stage of construction.
The Bay just outside the development area-The Turkish Windsurf Riviera- is one of the five wind
surfing paradises in the world.
Surfing in Alacati-The Turkish Windsurf Riviera
The existing Surf Centers which is registered by the International Surf Federation is being visited by very
many passionate surf lovers every year.
Also another In German:
Alacati 2000
The center lies at the southern part of Port Agrilia and will be further developed to provide
surfers' accommodation, surf education, professional surf and entertainment
facilities. The Project is planned to allow opportunities to the
lovers of sea, fishing and sailing, to moor their boats in front of
their houses. Port Agrilian's living in a tranquil atmosphere will
benefit from zero pollution beaches within walking distances to the
housing, entertainment and aqua sports facilities.
The non-separable features of the search for a perfect lifestyle:
beauty, health, tranquility, intellectual activities, sports,
and hobbies meet at the fiords of Port Agrilia. The Sports and Beauty
Center is planned to attract both local and foreign visitors.
Visitors will enjoy sun bathing and benefit from surfing, aqua sports
like canoeing, diving and biking. Open-air discos by the seashore away
from housing will add to night activities for those who would like
other things to happen than watching the very clear Alacati sky.
One of the most lively passions of the youth is to see new places and
live through adventures. The Youth Center at Agrilia Bay will offer
opportunities for learning as well as jobs from the nearby activities.
Trio-Restaurant is a another beautiful location to relax, eat and drink fine wines..
Behind you can see at a distance are Alacati wind turbines..Pictures from several occasions..
Pictures and information to follow soon.
24 hours 7 days laundry service. Kartopu business (0232) 716 9299
Manager Family of Sailor Hotel in Alaçati center is a bed and breakfast small hotel. Old Municipality Building.
more pictures and information to follow soon.
Every Tuesday and Saturday home made "borek" and cookies and meals on sale to take away. Behind you see the bazaar for antiques......Every Saturday and Sunday Antique Bazaar opens.....
Internet Cafe. Yeni Mecidiye Mahallesi, Cumhuriyet Caddessi 27/B
Yasar Cafe
Ms. Canan Aydemir Tlf: (0232) 723 1481 and 723 1482 Fax: (0232) 723 4486
An unusual Medical Doctor has an office. Dr. Fevzi Ozgonul(1st left in the picture) has 37 doctors in the family, father being a professor in the university for medicine. This clinic is like a technopark itself...He is married to a very lively Finnish lady (3rd from left) who is very active. Picture below. Also pictures of the laboratory he has. He is one of the most organized doctor in Turkey Mobile phone: +90 532 212 8625....Look what he and his co-doctors can do...A smiling face the considered ear the soft healing touch of your doctor....A simple plaster in his hands could heal what even heart surgery may not mend...
It is every Saturday so beautiful shopping here in the open air...
So friendly the villagers and so proud of their home grown fresh and natural products...When you ask did you use any chemicals in your vegetables. The answer is ..we also eat it ourselves.. Look at the beauty of zucchini (courgette) flowers...
If you are in Alacati and you would like to taste fish as it comes from the sea You must visit FAHRI RESTAURANT in the Marina.Phone before you go in the evenings for reservation. It is very reasonable prices...
Phone: (0232) 716 7691 ....... Simple sea food with salad and drinks especially "RAKI" lion's milk we say in Turkey. It has been found that when you drink raki soon you feel like a lion..Of course if you drink one shot in one hour you feel like a tamed lion...You see Fahri himself at the picture.
Below: Melih A. Kura
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See the beautiful 12 wind mills of Alacati behind.
Melih Kura is lifting a 40 kg. Blue Fin Tuna, the best catch of 1999 in Alacati and Cesme.
Normally the catch is Albacore Tuna around 5-10 kg. 7.5 m.
Boston Whaler with a 175 hp.outboard engine and a 25 hp. reserve motor.
Boat is fitted with side riggers for 6 rod holders.
The season for the big fish is from autumn to late spring..or at least we think so...
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Alacati Surf Paradise chalk writing seen at the background.
Family meeting fishermen at the pier with great excitement.
Ender Akman with both catch. Swordfish on the left picture and Blue tuna(orkinos) right picture both caught in Alacati.
One of the best catches of the year 2002 was a 150 kg. swordfish. Part of this swordfish was bought by Joy surf club for Sushi serving.
The 100 kg.blue tuna(caught on 21st July 2002).
Last updated August 5, 2002
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