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The pretty riverbank farming village of Dalyan has become a fast-growing Mediterranean tourist destination.
People come for its setting on the placid Dalyan Çayi (Dalyan Creek), for the dramatic Lycian tombs hewn into the rockfaces that dominate the town, for the ruins of ancient Caunos, and for broad Iztuzu Beach, a natural nesting-ground for carretta carretta (loggerhead turtles). Upsteam, on the shore of placid Köycegiz Lake, are the Sultaniye hot springs, with their therapeutic (or at least fun) mud baths.
Many of the farmers' fields now grow new hotels, and the smooth-flowing creek is often thronged with excursion boats both local and from as far away as Fethiye and Marmaris. Even so, it's still an interesting place to stop.
Dalyan has a wide selection of lodgings, from homey pensions and small hotels to three and even a few four-star places.
Bus is the way to get to Dalyan. Most bus traffic actually originates and terminates in Ortaca, the town on the highway 13 km (8 miles) east of Dalyan. From Ortaca you take one of the frequent dolmus minibuses for the final distance to Dalyan.
The nearest airport is at Dalaman, 27 km (17 miles) southeast.
Maps of Mediterranean Turkey
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Distances & Travel Times
Antalya: 371 km (231 miles), 9 hours
Dalaman: 27 km (17 miles) SE, 40 minutes
Fethiye: 76 km (47 miles) SE, 2 hours
Kas: 186 km (116 miles) SE, 4 hours
Köycegiz: 24 km (15 miles) NE, 35 minutes
Marmaris: 86 km (53 miles) W, 2 hours
Ortaca: 13 km (8 miles) E, 15 minutes
People come for its setting on the placid Dalyan Çayi (Dalyan Creek), for the dramatic Lycian tombs hewn into the rockfaces that dominate the town, for the ruins of ancient Caunos, and for broad Iztuzu Beach, a natural nesting-ground for carretta carretta (loggerhead turtles).
Upsteam, on the shore of placid Köycegiz Lake, are the Sultaniye hot springs, with their therapeutic (or at least fun) mud baths.
Many of the farmers' fields now grow new hotels, and the smooth-flowing creek is often thronged with excursion boats both local and from as far away as Fethiye and Marmaris. Even so, it's still an interesting place to stop.
Dalyan has a wide selection of lodgings, from homey pensions and small hotels to three and even a few four-star places.
Bus is the way to get to Dalyan. Most bus traffic actually originates and terminates in Ortaca, the town on the highway 13 km (8 miles) east of Dalyan. From Ortaca you take one of the frequent dolmus minibuses for the final distance to Dalyan.
The nearest airport is at Dalaman, 27 km (17 miles) southeast.
Maps of Mediterranean Turkey