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Resort town in Muğla Province, Turkey
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Dalyan is a small resort town in Lycia on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It's administratively part of Muğla province and in 2020 had a population of 5564. The main attraction is the ancient port of Kaunos, which silted up and lost its importance when a sandbar formed across the river estuary. This turned the navigable bay into a reedy wetland, and the site was abandoned in the 15th century AD.
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Kaplumbağa Hastanesi
The Sea Turtle Research, Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre guards the nesting areas, nurses injured turtles, and monitors their populations. It also does research about the population, nesting sites (including depth, temperature, number of eggs and if the female was tagged before), injuries and autopsy/necropsy for cause of death in an area of 100km wide
Injured turtles come from the whole coastline of the Turkish Mediterranean sea.
Simple modern apartments north side of town.
Friendly clean place, spacious rooms.
Tranquil riverside hotel.
Pleasant efficient place mid-town.
Clean friendly budget hotel.
Small but clean and tidy rooms, friendly owner.
Caria Hotel
Basic but clean rooms mid-town.
These beautiful rental holiday apartments are also available all year long. One sleeping room with a shower plus one living room with an open kitchen.
Charming resort hotel on a bend in the river opposite the ruins.
Clean friendly simple hotel.
Cozy place south end of village.
Welcoming clean hotel south end of village.
Tranquil spot 1 km south of town.
Infinity pool, ornate garden, accepting only guests aged 14 and over. Bed/breakfast/half-board concept.
Dalyan is 29 km west of Dalaman Airport. Most visitors arrive on package flights from Europe, and the coach transfer takes about 40 minutes.
Read in the guideDalyan-Kaunos Feribot is the main access to the ancient city. It plies across the river on demand, and has space for cars (50 TL) but most visitors cross on foot (10 TL pp) then walk 500 m to the ruins.
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Dalaman · International · DLM
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