Daily Ayvalik City Tour from Ayvalik – Cunda Island & Seytan Sofrasi

Daily Ayvalik Tour: Cunda Island, Old Churches and the Seytan Sofrasi Viewpoint

This daily Ayvalik city tour is a relaxed, fully guided day tour that reveals the North Aegean town of Ayvalik, its stone streets, former Greek churches and the island scenery of Cunda. Starting with a pickup from your hotel in Ayvalik, this daily excursion combines panoramic viewpoints, living history and time to wander at your own pace.

Day Trip to Ayvalık from the Greek Islands (Lesbos)

Guests staying on Lesbos can enjoy the Ayvalik City Tour as a day trip from the Greek islands to Turkey — from Lesbos the ferry takes about 90 minutes, so the excursion can be planned between the morning and evening sailings. Pickup is at the Ayvalık ferry terminal, and the tour is timed so you can catch the return ferry comfortably. For longer itineraries we check the ferry timetable first and confirm that the full programme fits your day. Please bring your passport and check the Turkish entry requirements for your nationality before travelling.

• Cennet Tepesi (Paradise Hill) with a sweeping view over the bay and the town
• Cunda Island and its stone mansions, cafes and narrow lanes
• Taksiyarhis Church Museum, a landmark of the island's Greek heritage
• Saatli Mosque, Cinarli Mosque and Ayazma Church in Ayvalik centre
• Kucukkoy Square in the old Yenicahori quarter
• Seytan Sofrasi, a hilltop terrace for coffee above the islands

Ayvalik lies on the northern Aegean coast in Balikesir Province, facing a scatter of small islands and, across the water, the Greek island of Lesbos. The day opens on Paradise Hill, where your guide explains how the town and its olive-growing hinterland developed. Cunda, also called Alibey Island, is joined to the mainland by a causeway; its Taksiyarhis Church, a nineteenth-century Orthodox church, now serves as a museum and remains the island's most recognisable building.

Back in the centre you will see how Ayvalik's past is written into its architecture: the Saatli and Cinarli mosques were once Orthodox churches, while the Ayazma (Phaneromeni) Church still recalls the town's earlier Greek community. Kucukkoy Square leads on to Seytan Sofrasi, a volcanic hilltop famous for its sunset views over the archipelago. An Ayvalik day trip from Ayvalik hotels is easy and unhurried; entrance fees for the listed sites are included, while lunch is at your own expense, so bring some cash for food and shopping on Cunda.