The Izmir bypass

We got up with a nice view of Foça bay. Then we cycled into town to have breakfast. We had heard of a boat going from Foça to Karaburun which we wanted to take. But after talking to many people, it looked like there's a 95% chance the boat had stopped for the season already. Even with the help of some locals we couldn't find an official info, but didn't want to look any longer.
Instead, we had to go towards Izmir which we wanted to avoid because of the traffic. However, in the end, it wasn't too bad. After a shorter stretch on a less busy main road, we could go on secondary roads and then even on a bike path along the coast with no cars nearby. We even saw lots of flamingos here! When we got closer to the city, we took a ferry to the other side of the bay, from where we continued to Urla. This part wasn't fun as we had to fight headwinds all the time. We were quite tired when we arrived in Urla and decided to stay in a hotel as camping options were rather rare.Read more