Kıyıköy is a town located on Eastern Thrace’s Black Sea coast (NW of Istanbul) in Turkey. It’s still known as Midye, which is derived from town’s Greek name (Medea), more than as Kıyıköy among its locals.
The town is located on a peninsular hill between two rivers and the sea. Both sides of the streams are sandy beaches. Behind the town is forest.
There are buses approximately once every two hours during daytime from Saray and Vize, both of which have direct bus connection from Istanbul.
From Istanbul (2-2½ hr), take O-3/E80 motorway/toll-way to west, quit the motorway at ‘Çerkezköy’ exit, and follow the signs for ‘Saray’ afterwards. After arriving in Saray, signs to be followed will say ‘Kıyıköy’.
From north (Kırklareli) and west, head to Vize first, which lies around 20 km west of Kıyıköy and the starting point of other road leading to Kıyıköy.
Nearest train station is in Çerkezköy (three daily connections with Istanbul). From there, you should take a bus to Saray, and then transfer to another one for Kıyıköy.
There are a couple of guesthouses (pansiyon) in the town. Going rate per person is about 20 TL.
Town’s telephone code is 288 (+90 288 when calling from out of Turkey).
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