| Dalyan Travel Guide: Dalyan guide
| | Written by Frans Maassen on 26 Aug 2006 about a trip in Aug 2006.
Trip was for a single traveller on holiday. Frans Maassen would definitely visit again.
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Spectacular view from the mountain at Kaunos |
Detailed picture of the old Church |
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Dalyan nightlife | | | Check out the SunRay Lounge bar, on the river, live music every night. |
Dalyan restaurants | | Best restaurants (my personal opinion):
Temsi
Saki
Ocakbasi Restaurant
Beyazgul |
Dalyan attractions | | | Don't forget to rent a car and drive up to Yuvarlakcay. Or first to Koycegiz and then find the road all along the lake. You haven't seen Dalyan if you haven't seen Dalyan from the other side of the river!!! |
Dalyan events | | | The Dalyan festival (each year in june) is worthwile visiting |
Dalyan History and Culture | | Kaunos is a definitive must see. The ancient city of Caunos stands midway along the channel facing Dalyan. Settlement here is believed to date from 3000 BC by Caunos, the son of Miletos and it later grew into a major port on the border between Lycia and Caria. Sprawling over a broad sloping site overlooking the sea and the delta, the principal monuments to be seen in Caunos are the Acropolis surrounded by city walls, a theatre, four temples, an agora, stoa, nymphain, baths, palestra, churches and a cistern.
The imposing Lycian rock tombs with their facades curved into the form of temples were the last resting place of the kings of Caunos. The city had two harbours, one for military use and the other for merchants. Inscriptions discovered on the nymphain have been found to cite customs regulations and have thrown valuable light on the economic life of the city.
Founded around the 9th century BC, Caunos became an important Carian city in 400 B.C. Right on the border with the Kingdom of Lycia, its culture reflected aspects of both Kingdoms. The tombs, for instance, are in Lycian style. When Maussolos of Halicarnassus was ruler of Caria, his Hellenistic influence reached the Caunians, who eagerly adopted the culture. |
Getting to Dalyan | | | Easiest by plane. Fly to Dalaman Airport. |
When to visit Dalyan | | Travel from april - oktober. August is pretty hot (approx. 35 - 40 degrees). |
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