Overview
Ayvalık is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey. It is a district of Balıkesir Province. The town centre of Ayvalık is surrounded by the archipelago of the Ayvalık Islands, which faces the nearby Greek island of Lesbos.
It was an ancient Aeolian port-town, called Kydonies (Ancient Greek: Κυδωνίες) and it served surrounding Greek Aeolian cities, such as Pergamos; since the Ottoman era, the name of the city changed to Ayvalik, the town remained predominantly Greek, and although the Turks used its Turkish name, its Greek population used indiscriminately its ancient name Kydonies and its new name Hellenized to Aivali (Αϊβαλί).
Accommodation
The festival fee is 140 euros per person. It covers organizational expenses, and accommodation in a hotel for 4 nights with 3 meals per day. (Open buffet breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Free non-alcohol drink)
The Groups will stay at a hotel (http://www.erginotel.com.tr ) and similar hotels
11.- Contact persons of the Festival Committee ;
Salih ÖNSOY kararitim61@hotmail.com gsm : 0090 542 216 39 46
Murat ERDEM merdem_65@hotmail.com gsm : 0090 545 494 83 75