Stone villages
On the hills.
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Gökçeada, known in antiquity as Imbros, is Turkey's largest island, in the northeastern Aegean at the entrance to Saros Bay, part of Çanakkale Province, about 50 km west of Çanakkale in a straight line. It holds Turkey's westernmost point, Cape İncirburnu. The island covers 286.8 square kilometres, with some wooded areas, and has about 10,700 residents. Its official name since 1970 means «heavenly island», and its life rests on fishing and tourism. Old stone villages stand on its hills, with a small salt lake near the coast. Quiet sandy coves with clear water line the coast, such as Yıldız Bay and Kardamos beach, and dry green hills and olive trees roll inland. Stone houses with wooden doors climb the hillsides in the old villages, looking out to the blue sea on the horizon. Visitors arrive by ferry from Kabatepe on the Gallipoli peninsula, drive between stone villages and beaches and swim in the coves. The island is known for olive oil, honey and local cheeses, and it is quiet and uncrowded.
On the hills.
Clear water.
Olive oil and honey.
Gökçeada, Çanakkale, Turkey
By ferry from Kabatepe.
At least two.