Balıkesir Province · Turkey
Edremit travel guide
Edremit is a city in Balıkesir Province, Turkey, home to about 154,000 people.
- Best months
- April to June, September and October
- Nearest airport
- EDO5 km · Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport
- Currency
- TRYTurkish lira
- Time zone
- Europe/Istanbul
- Language
- Turkish
About
About Edremit
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.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Edremit
See
- Ethnography Museum
- National Forces Culture Museum
- Adramyttium
- Our Village Museum
- Şahinler
- Pelitköy
- Karaağaç
- Akçay
- Güre
- Tahtakuşlar Ethnography Gallery
- Kazdağı Museum
- Antandrus
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When to go
The best time to visit Edremit
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Edremit are April to June, September and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; December is the wettest, with about 114 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Edremit: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport (EDO), about 5.0 km from the city centre in a straight line; Mytilene International Airport (MJT, 70 km) and Balıkesir Airport (BZI, 77 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
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.
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EDO · Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport
MJT · Mytilene International Airport
BZI · Balıkesir Airport
Questions
Edremit: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Edremit?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Edremit are April to June, September and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; December is the wettest, with about 114 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Edremit?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport (EDO), about 5.0 km from the city centre in a straight line; Mytilene International Airport (MJT, 70 km) and Balıkesir Airport (BZI, 77 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Edremit?
Turkish lira (TRY).
Nearby
Destinations near Edremit
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.