Tenedos
Tenedos, or Bozcaada in Turkish, is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea.
Tenedos, or Bozcaada in Turkish, is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively, the island constitutes the Bozcaada district of Çanakkale Province. With an area of 39.9 km2 (15 sq mi), it is the third-largest Turkish island after Imbros (Gökçeada) and Marmara. In 2022, the district had a population of 3,120 inhabitants. The main industries are tourism, wine production and fishing. The island has been famous for its grapes, wines and red poppies for centuries. It is a former bishopric and presently a Latin Catholic titular see.
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Worth seeing in and around Tenedos
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bozcaada Castle
Bozcaada Castle is a castle in the Turkish island of Bozcaada.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Bozcaada Castle (Kalesi). Daily 08:30-19:30. This looms over the harbour. An earlier castle was demolished after the 14th century war with Genoa. The present structure was built for Mehmet II in 1455, and repaired by Mahmut II in 1815. There's a bailey, citadel, and dry moat on the landward side. Adult
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Things to do
Beaches: the best for beach lazing and swimming are grouped on the south coast. Ayazma beach below the monastery has surprisingly cold water, as fresh springs emerge into the sea. 500 m west is Sulubahçe beach, then the strip ends with bluffs beyond Habbele beach. Continue along the twisty turny lane to the island's west point, sunset views and wind turbines. East coast is not as scenic, but more sheltered.
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Where to eat
The witching hour for dinner is 20:00 - either get in and order before then, or make a reservation. Otherwise you may have to wait until 22:00, or sample the quiet cafe that everyone's avoiding for some reason. Sehir, Kurtuluş Cd,. Daily 09:00-01:30. Good fish restaurant right on the harbour. Cumhuriyet Cd is the main eating strip, looking over the castle and harbour.
- 01Maya
Great reviews for this restaurant with 12 tables in a vineyard - watch out for the dusty narrow turn-off.
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Getting to Tenedos
- Airports
- Balıkesir Koca Seyit (EDO), 89 km · Kavala Alexander the Great (KVA), 170 km · Adnan Menderes (ADB), 196 km
- Edremit → Tenedos87 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · ₺200–265
- Gaziemir → Tenedos191 km · quickest by road, 5h 59m · ₺560–740
- Istanbul → Tenedos280 km · quickest by road, 6h 17m · ₺660–880
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tenedos
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tenedos. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBozcaada has no air service and can only be reached by ferry from Geyikli or Çanakkale.
- Get inLong-distance buses to Geyikli are timed to connect with the ferries and go all the way to the ferry port.
- Get inA short-haul dolmuş from Çanakkale might only run to Geyikli town centre, so you'd need another dolmuş or taxi the last few km.
- Get inGestaş Ferry sails from to 4 or 5 times a day year-round, taking 40 min.
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