I visited the "pasar" during a short stay in Izmir. I really enjoyed shopping here because it was small and manageable compared to bigger historic markets. Also, there was very little pressure from the vendors to buy....this made our shopping a much more pleasant experience. Prices were cheaper than in Istanbul.
Full of energy and winderful chaos. Also' terrific food stands in every direction. Spices, soaps, antiques, and charm. Jewelry looks good and bargain able!
Prices are amazingly low, I bought a letter jacket for 50 bucks. But watch out the crowd , there is always a danger of pickpocketing.
这个市场是伊斯密耳最大的传统市场,最古老的部分在室内,室外的部分是后来发展出来的。感觉很像伊斯坦布尔的那个。市场里除了游客,当地人也很多。这里基本上都是一些价格不会的小玩意儿。价格整体还算公道,不需要过多的砍价。
There is different from Alsancak.Crowded but cheap.You can find everything in Kemeralti.If you come Izmir.You should visit Kemeralti.
Completely different from the rest of the city which is very modern. This old traditional district is not only very touristic, it's also very popular and crowded and you can do lots of business with any kind of goods. Try it !
Fantastic place for open market lovers, have many districts,which you can find from fresh food, fish to garments, gold, textile, even iron equipment etcIt is traditional shopping place in the heart of the city, you can eat tasty foods at very reasonable prices
very historic place.poor neibrhood of the city. street vendors. you will observe how common people lives in Turkey. its definitely worthed to see.
We have visited a few places in Turkey and found some (Kusadasi) to be excellent and really enjoyable with a good level of banter, and others (Marmaris) to be awful where you are being bombarded to buy stuff, so when we went to Izmir we did not know what to expect.We got off our cruise ship and decided to walk into the market. It was the start of the Republic day bank holiday so there were many flags in view and a really nice atmosphere to go with it. We arrived in the market around 10am and were approached by a lot of shop / stall holders touting for our business and as it was the end of the season there were not many tourists around so we did get more than our fair share.What was really nice was that we did look at a few stalls and bought some items, but we were approached lots for leather jackets which we did not want nor need and we politly declined, and were wished to have a nice day - no hard sell nor pushy attitude and it made shopping in the market very enjoyable.We did a bit of haggling - but being English we are not very good at it. My daughter wanted a leather purse so we were buying that in a shop and the shop owner wanted to arm wrestle me! (I am a big man and am used to be touched / patted etc in Greece, Turkey and the like) Anyway I won the arm wrestle and got a hefty discount, the shop owner then went to get his friend to arm wrestle me - but he cheated as this guy was left handed. After a few minutes of stalemate we called it a draw and we went on our way much to the amusement of our Children.We enjoyed walking around Izmir and really enjoyed the market and would definitely return, as an introduction to Turkish markets / bazaars this is a very friendly place to start.One last tip - use the bathroom before you go. They do have toilets for use at the cost of 1TL but they are not that nice.
I felt watched all the time I was there, and harrassed most of the time. If you look more like the local population though, you are in for a treat of entire streets of goods to choose from.