Foca

Description

Foca is a town and district in Turkey`s İzmir Province, on the Aegean coast. The town of Foca is situated at about 69 km northwest of İzmir`s city center. The district also has a township with its own municipality named Yenifoça, also along the shore and at a distance of 20 km from Foca proper. For this reason, Foca itself is locally often called as Eskifoça (``Old Foça``) in daily parlance. The ancient city of Phocaea is located between the two modern Focas. Many parts of the district are under strict environmental protection, due to the value of the flora and the fauna, and the beauty of the small bays and coves, especially between Foca and Yenifoça. Therefore, a judicious way to get to know the district would be by boat tours regularly organized in partance from the town center.