For the town with the same name on Lake Van in Eastern Anatolia, see Van. Edremit is a city in the Northern Aegean Region of Turkey. It’s a few km inland from the tip of the Gulf of Edremit, a large inlet of the Aegean Sea. Small resorts straggle along the coast, the main ones being Altınoluk, Akçay and Burhaniye, with Güre inland on the slopes of Kazdağı, the ancient Mount Ida. These resorts are also described on this page. The combined district had a population of 161,145 in 2020.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons contributors.
Edremit is named for Adramytteion, which lies somewhere beneath its modern streets. That ancient city had disappeared before the Turkish tribes assailed the area, and it was an early Ottoman conquest, by Orhan in 1336. However like other coastal towns it continued to have a majority Greek population: Dr Panos Dukakis, the father of Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, emigrated from Edremit in 1912. Murderous ethnic conflict broke out here in 1914, continuing through the First World War into the follow-on Greek-Turkish War.
Dolmuşes radiate from Edremit to all the other townships. Don't use the inter-city buses for the short hop between the Edremit Gulf towns; they probably wouldn't sell you a ticket.
Ethnography Museum (Ayşe Sıdıka Erke Etnografya Müzesi), Yılmaz Akpınar Blv 12a, Edremit (500 m southeast of otogar), ☏ +90 266 374 1718. Daily 09:00-17:00. Small fusty museum in Edremit town centre. Adult 2 TL. (updated Jul 2022) Burhaniye town centre is modern, but Hacı Ahmet mosque south along Atatürk Cd is from 1798. It's built in the style of a Greek basilica but was always a mosque, not a converted church. There are pleasant cobbled streets south of it. In the centre, look out Koca and Çarşı mosques. 1 National Forces Culture Museum (Kuvayi Milliye Kültür Müzesi), Fidanlık Sk, Burhaniye (Burhaniye town centre). Daily 09:00-17:30.
Derman is a geothermal spring (kaplıca) 4 km southeast of Edremit. It's a busy highway junction and the best way to experience it is at one of the spa hotels - Entur Termal is the pick of these, see Sleep. Akçay Lunapark is a chain funfair near Akçay marina, open daily 10:00-02:00.
Edremit has a cluster in the old centre near the museum. Pick any of Gram Plus, Mercan, Deli Burger, Cumhuriyet Mustafanın Yeri, Tarihi Ömür Lokantası, İnci, Özdemir, Öz Hamur or Cumhuriyet Lokantası. Akçay has Ciğerci Malik Usta on the highway, with liver and other kebabs as its specialties, 24 hours daily, 100-175 TL. Burhaniye eating places are mostly on the south beach strip near the marina. Pelitköy has a couple on the north-facing beach, but more beyond the cape on the west-facing beach.
Edremit has Gece Bistro by the otogar, and Park Izgara and Tütüncü Baba in the centre. Ören Beach has Martin Pub, Köşem, Sizz Cafe, Nostra (formerly Kuytu), Antica F, Pasha and Kafemm. Akçay has Köprü Beach, Esinti, Asparagus Beach, Akçay Kıyı Cafe, Çınar, Garage Art Shot Bar, Rock Cafe, Dostlar, Luca's, Ah-Pub and Sosyete. Altınoluk has Defne, Rıhtım, Hoppa, Shot Bar, Nisan Türkü Evi, Sant Pub, Sahil'de Bistro, Kırmızı Bar, Günlerin Getirdiği Rock Bar and Mamba Beach.
Guide content from Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA) — abridged; the full article has much more.
In Aug, Edremit typically sees ~34°C daytime highs and 1 rainy days.
Cheapest destinations travellers searched recently — refreshed daily.
Flight prices are real fares travellers found in the last 48 hours, refreshed daily — the booking site confirms the final price. Train, bus and ferry fares are shown on the operators' booking sites. Weather data by Open-Meteo; exchange rates: ECB reference. Data updated 2026-08-11. Some links earn Stayonomy a commission at no cost to you.
stayonomy