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The long sandy Sarımsaklı beach
Photo: Filip Maljković from Pancevo, Serbia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0, resized

Beaches · Ayvalık & Cunda · Ayvalık

Sarımsaklı Beach

Sarımsaklı Plajı

A long sandy beach south of Ayvalık with shallow water, the main beach of the area.

  • Open space No opening hours, no ticket
  • Ticket Free

Directions See it on the Ayvalık & Cunda map

Build a day-by-day plan with closing-day warnings and ticket totals.

What to see

Several kilometres of sand run along the bay, backed by hotels and a promenade; the shallow water suits children.

A beach day from Ayvalık; Şeytan Sofrası viewpoint is on the hill above.

The northern Aegean is cooler than the south; the season is shorter.

Getting there

About 7 km south of Ayvalık; frequent dolmuş minibuses in summer.

Transport lines are general directions, not checked against the operator's timetable.

Open in OpenStreetMap See it on the Ayvalık & Cunda map

Nearby

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Eat & drink nearby

Restaurants

Cafés

  • Cup Coffee Coffee shop · ~250 m (straight line) 4.6 on Yandex (9 reviews)
  • Kahve Aşkına Coffee shop · ~150 m (straight line) 4.3 on Yandex (12 reviews)
  • Can Aile Çay Bahçesi Tea garden · ~450 m (straight line) 4.2 on Yandex (11 reviews)
  • Pinos Coffee Coffee shop · ~500 m (straight line) 3.8 on Yandex (7 reviews)
  • Ayanora Cafe & Bistro Café · ~400 m (straight line) 2.3 on Yandex (4 reviews)

Bakeries

Listings from ilçemde, our sister directory; ratings from the map service shown. We don't rank by payment. Nearer places come first (within 300 m, then 700 m), then ratings weighted by how many reviews they have. Opening hours can change; “Open now” uses Istanbul time.

Also in this area

Straight-line distances.

Where to stay nearby

Ayvalık (incl. Cunda) has 236 places to stay licensed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Ministry list, counted on ilçemde on 30 Sep 2026).

Hotels and guesthouses in Ayvalık ↗

Accommodation lists open on ilçemde, our sister directory of Turkish businesses (new tab). We do not take bookings or commissions.

Pharmacies on duty tonight in Ayvalık ↗ The list changes every day; on-duty pharmacies stay open when the others are closed.

About this page

Location: OpenStreetMap — Sarımsaklı Plajı (relation/18819122; Nominatim, 01.10.2026). Ticket, hours and closing days: only from the operator's own pages; anything we could not confirm there is marked “Not verified”. Last checked 30 Sep 2026.