Candarli Attractions

On a promontory on the north side of the Gulf of Çandarli stands the little grain port of Çandarli, dominated by a restored 13th century Venetian castle. In antiquity the gulf was known as Sinus Elaiticus, after the city of Elaia, the port for Pergamon. There are still remains of the ancient town walls built by Attalos I. The acropolis was built on an egg-shaped hill.

Çandarli was traditionally believed to be the site of the Aeolian port of Pitane, founded by the Amazons, which had two harbors, one on each side of the promontory.