Tokoglu · Walking Guides
Tokoğlu Vineyard Route
A long lunch across the boutique wineries of the Tokoğlu plateau, tastings, vine-shaded set menus, an olive oil museum on the way home
Çakır Winery
The six-glass tasting set is the right opener; then move to the terrace for the wood-fired pide and whatever's coming out of the garden that week. Reserve, closed Tuesdays without exception.
Kuşçular Mah, 8036. Sok. No:54, 35430 Urla, İzmir
Köstem Organik Çiftliği
Book the orchard walk and tasting flight together, the difference between Memecik harvested in October and December is the lesson worth driving for. The Çiftlik is twenty-five minutes from the museum at Uzunkuyu; do not confuse the two.
Nohutalan Köyü, 35430 Urla, İzmir
Alaçatı Sakızlığı
Walk it at 17:30, the late-day light is the right one for the resin droplets the trees push between June and September, and the panels read better without the midday glare. Pair with a Rumeli sakızlı dondurma on the way back to the marina; the loop closes itself.
Tokoğlu Mah., 5000. Sk. ile 6000. Sk. kesişimi, Alaçatı Sakızlığı, Çeşme, İzmir
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