ALAÇATI

In the time of the Greeks, thanks to viticulture and wine making, Alaçatı had the brightest periods in its history. However, right after the exchange, the difficult years began for the town. Muslim Turks from the Balkans didn’t know anything about viticulture and olive. So immigrants from Thessaloniki removed all the vineyards and planted tobacco. And those from Bosnia to Kosovo began farming. But the climate of the region wasn’t convenient neither for tobacco, nor for farming. For this reason, growing tobacco wasn’t enough to feed the whole town… Fortunately, that unproductive period has changed over time and vineyards and oil returned back to town. And by welcoming tourism, Alacati has progressed at a great pace and win its old glory back. In 1990’s, first arrivals to town’s port were the windsurfing enthusiasts thanks to its endless wind, then the old Greek house aficionados arrived in the 2000’s... The famous narrow cobbled streets of Alacati is decorated by the single or two-storied stone houses.