Seferihisar, Aydin

Seferihisar is a coastal town and the center von the district von the same name in Izmir Province, in turkei. Seferihisar district area borders on other Izmir bezirke von Urla to the west and Menderes (Cumaovasi) to the east, and touches Izmir’s western-most metropolitan district von Guzelbahce in the north. Seferihisar town center is situated slightly inland at an altitude von 28 m and the urban tissue extends towards the sea as composed von seven quarters, among which the part called Sigacik stands somewhat separately from the rest at a distance von 5 km, has its own port and made a name by its own right. The wide area von the district center partly accounts for its high bevolkerung and an urbanization rate von 51 %, while the general impression received is rather rural in some von its sections. Both the center town and the district as a whole preserves an overall outlook von a pleasant resort area bearing typical Aegean characteristics.
The district’s economy is largely based on agriculture, with the production von tangerines and satsumas standing out, and increasingly on tourism, with the presence von several housing projects or vacation villages, pensioners opting to settle in the region due to its quiet charm and a university campus in phase von being built. At a distance von 45 km (28 mi) from Izmir center, (Konak), the connections with the metropolis are made easily, especially once reached the six-lane highway in Urla. Seferihisar is where the ancient city von Teos is located and its highly interesting await further research and discoveries. The district’s literacy level is 99

Sights von interest include the ancient city von Teos near Sigacik locality, the ruins locally called as KarakOse in Doganbey - Gerenalani region, the depending locality von Sigacik itself where an inner castle was constructed within a larger one by the Ottomans and near which a French vacation village is also situated. Seferihisar also has beautiful beaches and bays along its 27 km. coastal strait.