Cumalikizik Things to Do

The ground and first floors of the houses harbour the storerooms, stables and inner courtyards; upstairs, the living quarters present bay or lattice windows and wide tiled eaves overhanging the street. Many of the existing original double-front doors are studded with large-headed nails and wrought-iron strips

Following the alleys into the village, you'll find that the roads are only wide enough for pedestrians and pack animals – some are so narrow that two people cannot pass each other – and there is a myriad of fascinating alleyways, dead-ends and cobbled squares to explore

Not quite sure if you will manage it, but following the alleys into the village, you'll find that the roads are only wide enough for pedestrians and pack animals – some are so narrow that two people cannot pass each other – and there is a myriad of fascinating alleyways, dead-ends and cobbled squares to explore

Following the alleys into the village, you'll find that the roads are only wide enough for pedestrians and pack animals – some are so narrow that two people cannot pass each other – and there is a myriad of fascinating alleyways, dead-ends and cobbled squares to explore. The ground and first floors of the houses harbour the storerooms, stables and inner courtyards; upstairs, the living quarters present bay or lattice windows and wide tiled eaves overhanging the street.

In Cumalikizik you can see a lot of village women making dough in front of their historical houses. In most, a cook sits at a low table in full view of diners, rolling out the dough with a brookstick-handle-thin rolling pin, then spreads the nearly one-meter-diameter rounds of paper-thin dough on a circular griddle to bake.

Gözleme: A simple food however is very opten listed among the specialties in small eating spots. A very thin wrapped sheet of dough, similar to crepes baked on a curved sheet of metal and then filled with cheese and lettuce, potato, spinach, sausages. Also you can choose whether you want it with hot spices or not. It is served freshly made and can be covered with butter while warm.

You can order your gözleme:

Ispanakli = with spinach
Karisik = mixed
Kasar peynirli = with cheddar cheese
katmer = plain
kiymali = with meat
patatesli = with mashed potatoes

This old graveyard was just behind the busstop. The graves that look like they have "heads" are male, no "head" is female.

As usual the men were sitting at the tea room gossipping and checking out the tourist going click click clik with their cameras.

Set on the lower slopes of Uludað, the cobbled streets are full of dilapidated buildings, leaning brokenly into each other. Is this romantic or just in a bad state of repair?