The Marble İzmir Fair will take place from March 30th to April 2nd, allowing more than 75,000 professional visitors to explore its 120,000m2 exhibition area, including four seminar halls, five meeting rooms and one amphitheatre.
Beyond the 330,000m2 total area of the Fair, the visitors and participants will have the chance to enjoy Izmir, which is in the westernmost part of the Anatolian Peninsula, at the side of the Aegean Sea.
Izmir is the third most populous city of Turkey, with a population of over four million, following Istanbul and Ankara. Its large and sheltered harbour is the second biggest after Istanbul and one of the oldest port cities of the Mediterranean Sea.
As a port city, Izmir acts as a point of interaction between the East and West. For thousands of years, the city has been a borderland between civilizations, ethnicities, and religions. Izmir’s rich and multicultural past contributed to its current urban identity, a modern Turkish city, which has fully embraced western values and lifestyle.
Izmir combines the Mediterranean climate, food, lifestyle, culture, and the relaxing atmosphere of a waterfront city with the fast-paced daily life of an ambitious global economy. The Fair’s visitors will have the chance to explore this two-speed city and discover its picturesque modernity and traditions.
A popular destination with hot summers, mild winters and a total coastline of 629 kilometres, İzmir promises a life in contact with the sea. In İzmir, visitors can enjoy the sea by walking in Kordon or taking a ferry from Alsancak to Karşıyaka. Alternatively, they can explore the waters of 49 blue flag beaches, where they can find every shade of blue and enjoy all kinds of water sports.
The city, nicknamed Beautiful İzmir, is a focal point of tourism and entertainment and draws in visitors with its unique architecture of elegant houses, palm trees and a coastline littered with Aegean Cuisine and seafood restaurants, cafes, and opportunities for leisure activities. Further away from the seafront, the city is rich in ancient ruins and monuments narrating Izmir’s history of countless ancient civilizations.
