Radisson Izmir Aliaga and local artisans

Discover Radisson Izmir Aliaga from a new perspective. For their hotel opening, the hotel worked on a social responsibility project about the lost heritage of the North Aegean, all about the traditional handmade Turkish carpets named 'Helvacı' rug. They worked with local artisans to produce beautiful local gifts to give during the opening.

Helvacı is a small village close to the Radisson Izmir Aliaga hotel and the rug's name comes from there. The rugs are made by unemployed women in Aliaga who started during the pandemic to try to earn some money. Alongside the rug, the hotel supported other local artisans including old-world parchment paper from Pergamon, only 30 minutes from the hotel and a Unesco World Heritage site. For the hotel opening, letters were hand-written on this old-world parchment paper by a local artist from the Old-Bazaar Kemaltı in Ancient Symrna. Also for the hotel opening, the rugs are given as hotel opening gifts to guests.

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