The Mıhlı stream runs on the boundary between Balıkesir and Çanakkale, five kilometres beyond Altınoluk on the road to Küçükkuyu. Going inland from the stream brings you to the Baş Değirmen area, where there are small ponds and waterfalls.
The bridge there, Baş Değirmen, is built in Roman architecture, and the provincial directorate describes it as having been in older times the only road to Troy. Today it gives access to the olive groves of the district and to people walking.
Getting there
- Access
- Five kilometres beyond Altınoluk on the road towards Küçükkuyu; city transport reaches it.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Balıkesir as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 4.9 °C in January to 25.7 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (87 mm) and lightest in August (5 mm). Long-term means for 1999-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
