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mirchica Says: Or in English – Blue dream  There is a nice swimming pool and the place is very suitable for day time and night time also. In the evenings they have live Turkish music. Also wedding parties are taking there.
mirchica Says: This is an area in the closest mountain Aytepe. Ii is only 20 km far from the city but you can already escape from the hot weather. There are many places where you can have a picnic. We stopped at a restaurant where I ate very delicious kavarma( meat with tomatoes prepared...
Keyfinn garden: Keyfinn garden
mirchica Says: I loved that place a lot. The only thing I missed there was a glass of good wine. They never serve any alcohol in cafes.Doesn’t matter, we were at a tango night and they also played salsa, wonderful night.
Café de la Rue: Café de la Rue
mirchica Says: This café is one of the most popular and expansive café-restaurants in Izmit. We had an ice coffee outside in the garden and were waited by very polite servers.
mirchica Says: Is nothing special but a great young staff is working there. They serve nargille . It’s in a park and you can feel cool with a glass of lemonade. Turkish coffee
mirchica Says: They serve very delicious pide(bread with cheese, tomatoes and meat – kind of pizza) and also kebab. It is not exactly in the city but it worth going there. Kebab and Pide
mirchica Says: Unfortunately I visited it my last night in Izmit. It seems to be kind of rock bar but also they had a little stage and played some local pop music. People there were coming to have fun.http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19195232928&v=info
benazer Says: Similar to Istanbul Izmit is in 2 parts,you take a boat to other side
mirchica Says: I noticed that every time that there is a pray in the mosques (5 times a day) they stop the music in cafes and restaurants. I was very surprised and amazed.
mirchica Says: It is a typical Turkish delight that must be tried at all cost. They also call it cotton halva. Here you can read more about it.Ismit is very popular with that sweet. It’s very suitable for gifts as well as locum and baklavahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pişmaniye
mirchica Says: You’ll say what is so unusual about the tea - the way they prepare it. They have 2 pots and the smaller one is put on the top of the bigger and it covers it. In the bigger one they put water and in the smaller they put tea leaves with less water.It has to boil and it’s ready...
Traditional costumes – Factory Armelit
mirchica Says: This factory is located between Izmit and Istanbul and is the biggest producer of traditional costumes. Also they make theater costumes. They have 3 workshops and they have on stock more than 30 000 costumes. Also you can rent some.
mirchica Says: Armelit is folkdance group and they were our host in the workshop I’ve attended. Many talented young people dance there. They go to festivals, presenting perfectly their traditional folklore dances. And believe me Turkish folklore is very interesting and should not be...
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ormanci Says: I think Everbody must go to the BELSA PLAZA.Besides ÞÝRÝN KEBAP is very good place.
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