Armutlu Peninsula and Gemlik surroundings are famous for their olives and olive oil. There are many shops selling olives around Gemlik and Umurbey. Also, on the descent of Mecidiye village in Armutlu, you can find olives that you can buy by tasting black, green and cocktail olives. They give bread, after dipping in extra virgin oil and eating it, you buy it if you like it. You can eat fish at Çetinkaya Armutlu Restaurant. With its cute restaurants and cafes with pomegranate, alternatives on the road suitable for a break by the sea.

Tülay Andiç’s ambitious cuisine awaits those staying at the Mecidiye Village Thuya Eco-Pension. In addition to the opportunity to pick tomatoes and peppers from the branch at breakfast, you can also pick from vegetables such as beans and eggplant prepared for a meal. The fried egg is delicious, made with free-range, stress-free chicken eggs cooked in local ecological extra virgin olive oil, fed with wheat. (There are changes in consistency, color, flavor and smell in the eggs of chickens fed with millet and corn).

You can buy the region’s highly fragrant, dried thyme and village products. The village’s black head, chestnut and lime honey can also be bought.