Şeytan Sofrası — the Devil's Table — is a hilltop viewpoint about 8 km north of Ayvalık town, reachable by road or on foot through olive groves. The name comes from a flat-topped rock at the summit that local legend associates with the devil pausing to eat here while surveying his domain, leaving a footprint in the stone.
The view is the point. From the hilltop you look out over the entire Ayvalık archipelago — the scattered islands, the causeway to Cunda, the open water extending south towards Lesbos. On clear days (most days in spring and autumn) you can see across to the Greek island itself, about 10 km offshore. At sunset the light across the bay turns everything orange and amber, and the silhouettes of the islands against the water are genuinely dramatic.
The site is popular with Turkish visitors for exactly this reason and can get busy in summer evenings, with vendors selling tea and snacks near the parking area at the top. A small café operates seasonally. Coming in the morning instead of at sunset trades the dramatic light for near-solitude and a cleaner view of the water.