When you lean your back on green and your face to blue, you are in Ayvacık with its nature and exquisite view that makes you feel that you are living the moment. You started your day by enjoying the glittering sea, and now it is time set out to the ancient times and to see the cultural assets such as Temple of Athena, Apollo Simintheion, Altar of Zeus.

It is located on the skirts of Mount Ida (Kaz), which is one of the important places in the Epic of Iliad written by Homer, the famous poet of antiquity;

After a pleasant walk between fragrant pine trees and pine cones; if you encounter with an exquisite view at the mountainside of the Ida (Kaz) Mountain, which is mentioned as one of the important places in the Epic of Iliad written by Homer, the famous poet of ancient history, then you are, as of the moment, definitely in the Altar of Zeus. Here you may enjoy the beautiful view of the lace-like elaborated coastline and Lesbos Island, which you may not have thought of before that it could be that much close, and capture beautiful photo frames with the condition of being careful.

As the first destination stop of Ayvacik journey course, you may prefer to reach Zeus Altar through a trip of approximately 3 km of driving with your car from Küçükkuyu and then following to take a short walk, and you may choose to go to Adatepe Village as the second stop of the route after you enjoy the scenic view. When you visit Adatepe Village, which has kept its visitors admirable thanks to the stone houses that have survived until the present day with its unique architecture; do not forget to wander among the alleys that are in harmony with multiculturalism, and you take break in the pleasant places in the village square.

After visiting the Adatepe Village, in terms of visiting to the ruins on Küçükkuyu-Babakale axis; with the companion of the sunset, you may make your travel choice through the ancient times in favor of the Temple of Athena located in the Assos Antique City, and therefore, you can set your next visiting destination as the Temple of Apollo Smintheus in Gülpınar.

During your journey program from Küçükkuyu to Gülpınar; you may stop by the Adatepe Olive Museum; observe objects collected from the surrounding villages for the production of olives, olive oil and soaps; and as in Adatepe Village, you may take a break in Yesilyurt and Nusratli villages and witness the beautiful harmony of life with the nature.

If you get exhausted from heat and wish to cool off during your journey between Küçükkuyu and Gülpınar; you may take a short break in one of the bays, which is listed along the way such as Kadırga, Sokakağzı or Sivrice bays, and set off your course to one them to cool off.

After you complete your visit to the Temple of Apollo Smintheus, you may make your delightful sunset choice as the Assos location, which hosted the world's first philosophy school, or Babakale, which has the title of the most western point of Anatolia and even Asia, so that you may set off your course to Babakale for a better sunset preference.

If you make your sunset preference in favor of the Temple of Athena with an exquisite view of the Lesbos Island; As you walk up through the lively streets of Behramkale Village, do not forget to take a break and taste the black mulberry juice, while you encounter the lemon thyme odors, which attracts you during your entire trip from time to time, and purchase it for your beloved ones as a souvenir of Çanakkale. When you keep following the upward streets in Behramkale Village, you may see on the left side the Behramkale Murat Hüdavendigar Mosque, which was built the 14th century during the reign of Murat I, before entering the Ancient City of Assos. As you enter the ancient city of Assos, you may examine the temple model, while displaying and exposing its past glory, enjoy the view among the temple columns and capture beautiful photo frames.

If you wish to imagine what it feels like to watch ancient plays in accompany with a magnificent view, you may visit the ancient theater, which survived until today, located on the left side of the road that descends from Behramkale Village to Assos Antique Harbor, and you may feel like you travel to the past.

Pleasant discoveries in advance....
You should remember that you can access the information about historical places mentioned in the article, as well as all other cultural assets located in Ayvacık but not covered by the text through the promotional materials such as brochures, booklet, etc. which you can obtain from the Tourist Information bureau located on the Pier Square in the city centre of Çanakkale. In addition to the mentioned information sources, you may also have more detailed and scientific knowledge through the Cultural Inventory link published on the web site of Çanakkale Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism, and the web page of Çanakkale Governorship.