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The Izmir Clock Tower in Konak Square, framed by palm trees
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Izmir

Use a central Izmir base for a city-and-waterfront programme.

The verdict

Use a central Izmir base for a city-and-waterfront programme.

Fit notes and month scores are editorial proposals from dated 2026 research, not guarantees.

Strong for

  • • Food
  • • Culture
  • • Cities
  • • Social

Weaker for

  • • Nature
  • • Beach
  • • Adventure

What Izmir actually is

Purpose
Use a central Izmir base for a city-and-waterfront programme. Konak and Alsancak suit a different trip from the peninsula's beach resorts. Keep any Çeşme, Alaçatı or Ephesus excursion outside the city accommodation and local-transport model. Konak supports a historic-centre programme, while Alsancak works as a starting point for waterfront and restaurant time. Compare the walking route to your chosen stops as well as the room price. Keep a relaxed city day between longer excursions if you extend the trip.
Energy
A lively Aegean city: seafront promenades, bazaar lanes and long evenings out, rather than a beach-resort stay.
What feels different
Türkiye's third city, built around a bay, with a relaxed seafront culture quite unlike Istanbul.

Dated cost examples

Six dated, itemised examples from 2027-01-19 to 2027-01-25: 6 nights and 7 days for two adults sharing one room, which is 14 person-days. Prices are as observed in October 2026, cover ground costs only, and are not multiplied out to other party sizes or trip lengths.

Dated planning example for two adults sharing one room, 19–25 January 2027: seven days and six nights, flights excluded. Hotel offers observed 1 October 2026 (quoted in EUR); restaurant menu reviewed 2 October 2026. Transport, extra drinks and activities are MTC allowances. Not a booking quote, a checkout price or an annual default; reprice your own dates, room and board.

ibis and Marriott are room only; Hotel Baylan includes breakfast for two, so 12 breakfasts are deducted once there. All meals are priced from Pimlico Bayraklı's official menu (VAT included; no service, couvert or table charge; tips voluntary). Hotels are ordered by hotel price alone: the cheapest room-only quote (ibis) ends up slightly more expensive in total than Hotel Baylan with breakfast. Baylan uses its public price, not the member-only rate.

Budget · Example A

Total for two adults

1,200.12 USD

Lowest hotel quote, but room only: once breakfasts are budgeted, this hotel's examples cost slightly more in total than the Hotel Baylan examples with breakfast included.

85.72 USD per person per ground day

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  • Hotel, six nights (listed charges included)

    1 × 426.5 EUR (stay) = 426.5 EUR ≈ 481.86 USD

    Source-backed: ibis Izmir Alsancak, Standard Double Room, room only (breakfast offered separately at 10 EUR; not used here). Quoted 426.50 EUR including the listed taxes of 45.70 EUR (VAT 10% 38.08 EUR and government tax 2% 7.62 EUR); converted at 1.1298 USD per EUR (Banca d'Italia reference dated 1 October 2026), not the provider's own conversion.

  • Breakfast per adult, outside the hotel (menu benchmark)

    14 × 250 TRY (person-breakfast) = 3,500 TRY ≈ 71.38 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Lunch per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 690 TRY (person-lunch) = 9,660 TRY ≈ 197.00 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Dinner per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 690 TRY (person-dinner) = 9,660 TRY ≈ 197.00 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Additional drinks allowance per day for the two of you

    7 × 400 TRY (party-day) = 2,800 TRY ≈ 57.10 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary budget for additional drinks only, not a supplier quote or a hydration recommendation.

  • Izmir airport (ADB) car allowance, each way

    2 × 1,200 TRY (direction) = 2,400 TRY ≈ 48.95 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget for two adults, not a fare; Izmir airport (ADB) to a central hotel only.

  • Local car ride allowance

    12 × 350 TRY (ride) = 4,200 TRY ≈ 85.65 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget, not a quoted fare or guaranteed coverage; central Izmir and the Bayraklı dining trips. Çeşme, Alaçatı and Ephesus are excluded.

  • Optional activities allowance per adult

    2 × 1,500 TRY (adult) = 3,000 TRY ≈ 61.18 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary planning budget; no named ticket or admission is promised.

Hotel: Ibis Izmir Alsancak — Standard Double Room; room only — breakfast in this example comes from the outside restaurant menu, not the hotel's optional breakfast. Cancellation and payment: Non-refundable; pay online at booking. Listed hotel taxes are included once; unlisted extras need reconfirming and are not guaranteed to be zero, so this is not a guaranteed final bill.

Budget · Example B

Total for two adults

1,477.07 USD

Lowest hotel quote, but room only: once breakfasts are budgeted, this hotel's examples cost slightly more in total than the Hotel Baylan examples with breakfast included.

105.51 USD per person per ground day

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  • Hotel, six nights (listed charges included)

    1 × 426.5 EUR (stay) = 426.5 EUR ≈ 481.86 USD

    Source-backed: ibis Izmir Alsancak, Standard Double Room, room only (breakfast offered separately at 10 EUR; not used here). Quoted 426.50 EUR including the listed taxes of 45.70 EUR (VAT 10% 38.08 EUR and government tax 2% 7.62 EUR); converted at 1.1298 USD per EUR (Banca d'Italia reference dated 1 October 2026), not the provider's own conversion.

  • Breakfast per adult, outside the hotel (menu benchmark)

    14 × 250 TRY (person-breakfast) = 3,500 TRY ≈ 71.38 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Lunch per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 690 TRY (person-lunch) = 9,660 TRY ≈ 197.00 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Dinner per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 1,660 TRY (person-dinner) = 23,240 TRY ≈ 473.95 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Additional drinks allowance per day for the two of you

    7 × 400 TRY (party-day) = 2,800 TRY ≈ 57.10 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary budget for additional drinks only, not a supplier quote or a hydration recommendation.

  • Izmir airport (ADB) car allowance, each way

    2 × 1,200 TRY (direction) = 2,400 TRY ≈ 48.95 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget for two adults, not a fare; Izmir airport (ADB) to a central hotel only.

  • Local car ride allowance

    12 × 350 TRY (ride) = 4,200 TRY ≈ 85.65 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget, not a quoted fare or guaranteed coverage; central Izmir and the Bayraklı dining trips. Çeşme, Alaçatı and Ephesus are excluded.

  • Optional activities allowance per adult

    2 × 1,500 TRY (adult) = 3,000 TRY ≈ 61.18 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary planning budget; no named ticket or admission is promised.

Hotel: Ibis Izmir Alsancak — Standard Double Room; room only — breakfast in this example comes from the outside restaurant menu, not the hotel's optional breakfast. Cancellation and payment: Non-refundable; pay online at booking. Listed hotel taxes are included once; unlisted extras need reconfirming and are not guaranteed to be zero, so this is not a guaranteed final bill.

Mid-range · Example A

Total for two adults

1,192.61 USD

Public price used (474 EUR), not the member-only 426.60 EUR. Breakfast is included, which makes these the lowest-total Izmir examples even though the room costs more than the ibis.

85.19 USD per person per ground day

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  • Hotel, six nights (listed charges included)

    1 × 474 EUR (stay) = 474 EUR ≈ 535.53 USD

    Source-backed: Hotel Baylan İzmir, Double Room with Terrace, breakfast for two. Public price 474 EUR — the general price, not the member-only discounted 426.60 EUR also shown. The room table lists VAT 10% and government tax 2% outside the room subtotal and the summary total includes them; the tax breakdown shown for the member price is not applied to the public price. Converted at 1.1298 USD per EUR (Banca d'Italia reference dated 1 October 2026), not the provider's own conversion.

  • Breakfast per adult, outside the hotel (menu benchmark)

    2 × 250 TRY (person-breakfast) = 500 TRY ≈ 10.20 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Lunch per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 690 TRY (person-lunch) = 9,660 TRY ≈ 197.00 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Dinner per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 690 TRY (person-dinner) = 9,660 TRY ≈ 197.00 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Additional drinks allowance per day for the two of you

    7 × 400 TRY (party-day) = 2,800 TRY ≈ 57.10 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary budget for additional drinks only, not a supplier quote or a hydration recommendation.

  • Izmir airport (ADB) car allowance, each way

    2 × 1,200 TRY (direction) = 2,400 TRY ≈ 48.95 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget for two adults, not a fare; Izmir airport (ADB) to a central hotel only.

  • Local car ride allowance

    12 × 350 TRY (ride) = 4,200 TRY ≈ 85.65 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget, not a quoted fare or guaranteed coverage; central Izmir and the Bayraklı dining trips. Çeşme, Alaçatı and Ephesus are excluded.

  • Optional activities allowance per adult

    2 × 1,500 TRY (adult) = 3,000 TRY ≈ 61.18 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary planning budget; no named ticket or admission is promised.

Hotel: Hotel Baylan İzmir — Double Room with Terrace; breakfast included for two adults. Cancellation and payment: Free cancellation before 5 January 2027; pay nothing until 3 January 2027, then pay the property in EUR or TRY. Listed hotel taxes are included once; unlisted extras need reconfirming and are not guaranteed to be zero, so this is not a guaranteed final bill.

Mid-range · Example B

Total for two adults

1,469.56 USD

Public price used (474 EUR), not the member-only 426.60 EUR. Breakfast is included, which makes these the lowest-total Izmir examples even though the room costs more than the ibis.

104.97 USD per person per ground day

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  • Hotel, six nights (listed charges included)

    1 × 474 EUR (stay) = 474 EUR ≈ 535.53 USD

    Source-backed: Hotel Baylan İzmir, Double Room with Terrace, breakfast for two. Public price 474 EUR — the general price, not the member-only discounted 426.60 EUR also shown. The room table lists VAT 10% and government tax 2% outside the room subtotal and the summary total includes them; the tax breakdown shown for the member price is not applied to the public price. Converted at 1.1298 USD per EUR (Banca d'Italia reference dated 1 October 2026), not the provider's own conversion.

  • Breakfast per adult, outside the hotel (menu benchmark)

    2 × 250 TRY (person-breakfast) = 500 TRY ≈ 10.20 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Lunch per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 690 TRY (person-lunch) = 9,660 TRY ≈ 197.00 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Dinner per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 1,660 TRY (person-dinner) = 23,240 TRY ≈ 473.95 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Additional drinks allowance per day for the two of you

    7 × 400 TRY (party-day) = 2,800 TRY ≈ 57.10 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary budget for additional drinks only, not a supplier quote or a hydration recommendation.

  • Izmir airport (ADB) car allowance, each way

    2 × 1,200 TRY (direction) = 2,400 TRY ≈ 48.95 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget for two adults, not a fare; Izmir airport (ADB) to a central hotel only.

  • Local car ride allowance

    12 × 350 TRY (ride) = 4,200 TRY ≈ 85.65 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget, not a quoted fare or guaranteed coverage; central Izmir and the Bayraklı dining trips. Çeşme, Alaçatı and Ephesus are excluded.

  • Optional activities allowance per adult

    2 × 1,500 TRY (adult) = 3,000 TRY ≈ 61.18 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary planning budget; no named ticket or admission is promised.

Hotel: Hotel Baylan İzmir — Double Room with Terrace; breakfast included for two adults. Cancellation and payment: Free cancellation before 5 January 2027; pay nothing until 3 January 2027, then pay the property in EUR or TRY. Listed hotel taxes are included once; unlisted extras need reconfirming and are not guaranteed to be zero, so this is not a guaranteed final bill.

Premium · Example A

Total for two adults

1,883.67 USD

134.55 USD per person per ground day

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  • Hotel, six nights (listed charges included)

    1 × 1,031.52 EUR (stay) = 1,031.52 EUR ≈ 1,165.41 USD

    Source-backed: Izmir Marriott Hotel, Twin Room with City View, room only (breakfast offered separately at 33 EUR; not used here). Quoted 1,031.52 EUR including the listed taxes of 110.52 EUR (VAT 10% 92.10 EUR and government tax 2% 18.42 EUR); converted at 1.1298 USD per EUR (Banca d'Italia reference dated 1 October 2026), not the provider's own conversion.

  • Breakfast per adult, outside the hotel (menu benchmark)

    14 × 250 TRY (person-breakfast) = 3,500 TRY ≈ 71.38 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Lunch per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 690 TRY (person-lunch) = 9,660 TRY ≈ 197.00 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Dinner per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 690 TRY (person-dinner) = 9,660 TRY ≈ 197.00 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Additional drinks allowance per day for the two of you

    7 × 400 TRY (party-day) = 2,800 TRY ≈ 57.10 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary budget for additional drinks only, not a supplier quote or a hydration recommendation.

  • Izmir airport (ADB) car allowance, each way

    2 × 1,200 TRY (direction) = 2,400 TRY ≈ 48.95 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget for two adults, not a fare; Izmir airport (ADB) to a central hotel only.

  • Local car ride allowance

    12 × 350 TRY (ride) = 4,200 TRY ≈ 85.65 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget, not a quoted fare or guaranteed coverage; central Izmir and the Bayraklı dining trips. Çeşme, Alaçatı and Ephesus are excluded.

  • Optional activities allowance per adult

    2 × 1,500 TRY (adult) = 3,000 TRY ≈ 61.18 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary planning budget; no named ticket or admission is promised.

Hotel: Izmir Marriott Hotel — Twin Room with City View; room only — breakfast comes from the outside restaurant menu. Cancellation and payment: Free cancellation before 19 January 2027; no prepayment — pay at the property. Listed hotel taxes are included once; unlisted extras need reconfirming and are not guaranteed to be zero, so this is not a guaranteed final bill.

Premium · Example B

Total for two adults

2,160.62 USD

154.33 USD per person per ground day

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  • Hotel, six nights (listed charges included)

    1 × 1,031.52 EUR (stay) = 1,031.52 EUR ≈ 1,165.41 USD

    Source-backed: Izmir Marriott Hotel, Twin Room with City View, room only (breakfast offered separately at 33 EUR; not used here). Quoted 1,031.52 EUR including the listed taxes of 110.52 EUR (VAT 10% 92.10 EUR and government tax 2% 18.42 EUR); converted at 1.1298 USD per EUR (Banca d'Italia reference dated 1 October 2026), not the provider's own conversion.

  • Breakfast per adult, outside the hotel (menu benchmark)

    14 × 250 TRY (person-breakfast) = 3,500 TRY ≈ 71.38 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Lunch per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 690 TRY (person-lunch) = 9,660 TRY ≈ 197.00 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Dinner per adult (menu benchmark)

    14 × 1,660 TRY (person-dinner) = 23,240 TRY ≈ 473.95 USD

    Source-backed: Pimlico Bayraklı (Mansuroğlu 288/5 Sk. No 1A, Bayraklı) — official menu reviewed 2 October 2026; not a restaurant inside any of the priced hotels. Breakfast: plain omelette with mini salad and sourdough toast, 250 TRY. Daytime lunch and dinner basket A: lime fettuccine with grilled chicken, 690 TRY. Dinner basket B: soup 380 + fettuccine 690 + tiramisu 590 = 1,660 TRY, three courses. The menu states VAT is included and there is no service, couvert or table charge; tipping is voluntary and not added. Breakfast 10:00–18:00, lunch 12:00–18:00, evening 18:00–23:00. Bayraklı is a dining detour from Konak and Alsancak. No membership rewards are deducted. One menu used as a price marker — not January availability, a city average or a seven-day diet.

  • Additional drinks allowance per day for the two of you

    7 × 400 TRY (party-day) = 2,800 TRY ≈ 57.10 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary budget for additional drinks only, not a supplier quote or a hydration recommendation.

  • Izmir airport (ADB) car allowance, each way

    2 × 1,200 TRY (direction) = 2,400 TRY ≈ 48.95 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget for two adults, not a fare; Izmir airport (ADB) to a central hotel only.

  • Local car ride allowance

    12 × 350 TRY (ride) = 4,200 TRY ≈ 85.65 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Planning budget, not a quoted fare or guaranteed coverage; central Izmir and the Bayraklı dining trips. Çeşme, Alaçatı and Ephesus are excluded.

  • Optional activities allowance per adult

    2 × 1,500 TRY (adult) = 3,000 TRY ≈ 61.18 USD

    MTC allowance (not a supplier price): Discretionary planning budget; no named ticket or admission is promised.

Hotel: Izmir Marriott Hotel — Twin Room with City View; room only — breakfast comes from the outside restaurant menu. Cancellation and payment: Free cancellation before 19 January 2027; no prepayment — pay at the property. Listed hotel taxes are included once; unlisted extras need reconfirming and are not guaranteed to be zero, so this is not a guaranteed final bill.

Not included: Flights, Visas and insurance, Shopping, Çeşme, Alaçatı and Ephesus trips

Reference exchange rates dated 2026-10-01: 1 EUR = 1.1298 USD · 1 USD = 49.0346 TRY. Your card rate at payment may differ.

Rate source as recorded in the research: EUR 1 = USD 1.1298 = TRY 55.3993 — Banca d'Italia reference dated 1 October 2026 (hotel offers quoted in EUR, not the provider's conversion); menu and allowance lines in TRY are converted at the cross rate 1.1298/55.3993 USD per TRY. Not a card or retail rate

Practical notes

Arrival is Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB); the airport car allowance covers ADB to a Konak or Alsancak hotel only. The meal prices come from a restaurant in Bayraklı, across the bay from Konak and Alsancak, so each meal is a separate dining trip; the local ride allowance is not guaranteed to cover every one of those journeys. Çeşme, Alaçatı and Ephesus need their own transport and, if you stay over, their own hotel budget.

Limits of these examples

Covers central Izmir: Konak, Alsancak and the waterfront. Çeşme and Alaçatı resorts and Ephesus tours are excluded. Prices are dated snapshots for 19–25 January 2027, not year-round ranges or calculator defaults, and the menu is not a daily restaurant itinerary.

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Who it suits

  • • Couples
  • • Families
  • • Groups of friends
  • • Solo travellers

Timing and seasonality

Mean temperatures rise from about 9C in January to 28C in July. Mild spring/autumn city walking scores highest; this is not a beach-season score.

Getting around

Arrival is Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB); the airport car allowance covers ADB to a Konak or Alsancak hotel only. The meal prices come from a restaurant in Bayraklı, across the bay from Konak and Alsancak, so each meal is a separate dining trip; the local ride allowance is not guaranteed to cover every one of those journeys. Çeşme, Alaçatı and Ephesus need their own transport and, if you stay over, their own hotel budget.

Honest trade-offs

  • • Covers central Izmir: Konak, Alsancak and the waterfront. Çeşme and Alaçatı resorts and Ephesus tours are excluded. Prices are dated snapshots for 19–25 January 2027, not year-round ranges or calculator defaults, and the menu is not a daily restaurant itinerary.

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    Researched and checked on 2026-10-01. Every cost source, with its link and check date, is listed with the dated examples above.