Kuşadası

An oddity, an old turret housing an exhibition of miniature art, which you squint at through microscopes.

2500 years of olive oil manufacturing techniques.

This is a cavern with a 10 m deep brackish pool, where a karstic spring channel mingles with sea water, and the minerals stain it deep blue. You skitter down a rocky slope to reach the pool. Officially bathing is not allowed but lots of visitors ignore this - it's cold, so you won't linger long. The name derives from a legend that Zeus hid here from Posiedon god of the sea.

This peninsula is perhaps the wildest stretch of land on the Turkish Aegean coast. Encompassing Mount Samsun (Samsun Dağı, ancient Mt Mycale) which juts out towards the island of Samos, the area is covered with dense forests. You might see wild boar or wild horses but the Anatolian leopard is now extinct locally. There are many hiking trails and secluded beaches, plus crumbling monastic ruins. Boat trips sometimes visit from Güzelçamlı. Since 1994 the park extends south into the Büyük Menderes Delta - this side is easier to approach from Didim.

Ancient Greco-Roman city ruins with a large stadium with capacity for 30 thousand spectators — one of the largest in Asia Minor. Excavations continue, so this is a "live" site not yet prettified for the public.