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District and municipality in Muğla, Turkey
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Datça is the main town of the Datça or Reşadiye Peninsula, a scenic 70-km neck of land that forms the boundary between the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. It's here considered as part of the Southern Aegean region of Turkey; it's rugged, forested, and in 2020 had a population of 23,711. The main tourist attraction, at its west tip, is the ruins of Knidos.
Friendly harbourside cafe with Italian and other Mediterranean food.
Trad Mediterranean food in a "mengen" - a former olive mill.
Where the construction workers of Datça have their lunch. Good home-cooked food for a price that won't even buy you a side dish at the seafront restaurants.
Comfy friendly hotel on town beach.
Pleasant clean rooms in Datça main town.
"Tunç" means bronze but it's a simple white-washed apartment block, clean and value-for-money.
Smart welcoming B&B a short walk up the hill.
A small apartment hotel near Palamutbükü beach.
For long-distance routes see Marmaris, which has buses from other Turkish cities and is 100 km west of Dalaman airport.
Read in the guideBuses run as far west as Palamutbükü. Exploring Knidos and the small coves on the west peninsula will need a vehicle.
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