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Aegean Turkey, Türkiye
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Southern Aegean Region is on the southwest coast of Aegean Turkey. It has a 2000 year tradition of tourism, and most international visitors are heading for party-town Bodrum. But beyond the resort strip are some of Turkey's top attractions, with quiet coves, Roman cities, hot springs, and mountains clad by pines and wild olives.
Muttas is the regional bus service. A swarm of Muttas buses and dolmuşes link the main towns and associated villages.
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Pamukkale is a village in the Southern Aegean region of Turkey, famous for its hot springs, Roman spa town of Hierapolis, and white terraced pools: the village name means "cotton castle". It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the country's top sights, mobbed in summer.
Aphrodisias is the ruin of a Roman city in the Southern Aegean region of Turkey, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its wealth of remains. Geyre is the small modern village next to it, deriving its name from Caria an early Grecian state absorbed by the Roman Empire.
Didim is a resort town on the Southern Aegean coast of Turkey. It's the most northerly of the resorts served by Milas-Bodrum Airport so in tourist brochures it's often described as "Bodrum region", and attracts a budget mass-market.
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