Places to visit
Things to do in Köyceğiz
8 destinations, each with a description, how long it takes and where it sits on the map.
In short
toroti’s catalogue holds 8 described destinations within Köyceğiz, Muğla. The themes that come up most: Nature, Local culture, Coast, History.
Köyceğiz Gölü
The lake is fed by waters descending from the mountains in seven branches and by abundant water sources, and for this reason it does not lose its characteristic in summer or winter. It is a lake that discharges its excess water into the Mediterranean through a narrow 10-kilometer-long channel (Dalyan). If you do not have a detailed map of the surroundings, while traveling around the area it can easily be confused which is the lake and which is the sea. The best clue is the lake’s reed beds. The area covered by the lake, which is connected to the Mediterranean by the Dalyan Strait, is 6300 hectares.
45 minutes
Beyağaç Kartal Gölü Tabiatı Koruma Alanı
The elevation of Kartal Lake and the Nature Protection Area is 1903 meters above sea level. Kartal Lake and its surroundings were declared a protected area by the General Directorate of National Parks and Wildlife Protection of the Ministry of Forestry. Turkey’s oldest Black Pine forest is here. Kartal Lake and the vicinity of the “Monument Forest” are very rich in terms of plant flora. It is a center of interest for natural scientists.
45 minutes
Çamur Banyoları
On the opposite shore of the Dalyan Canal, within the district boundaries of Köyceğiz, thermal spring water emerges in many places in the villages of Çandır and Sultaniye. The hot sulphurous waters are a remedy for many ailments, especially rheumatism and skin diseases. About 15 minutes from the centre of Dalyan and accessible by boat, the Mud Bath and thermal spring, where there are also day-use facilities, has developed as a tourist animation centre.
45 minutes
Sultaniye Kaplıcası
At the hot spring, which is also a stop for boat tours, you can hear many stories that patients brought in wheelchairs or on stretchers left walking after a 21-session treatment. Sultaniye is the hot spring with the highest radioactivity in Turkey. (98.3) The 39-degree water contains calcium chloride, calcium sulfate, calcium sulfur and radon. It is also good for skin and women's diseases as well as rheumatism and sciatica.
45 minutes
Ekincik Koyu
Ekincik Bay, one of the main stopping points for boats cruising between Marmaris and Göcek, is connected to Köyceğiz by a wide asphalt road. The beach and the area around the pier are full of hotels and guesthouses, large and small. To reach Ekincik by road, one proceeds from Köyceğiz via Hamitköy, enjoying the magnificent view of the lake.
45 minutes
Likya Kaya Mezarları
The ostentatious rock tombs overlooking the Dalyan Canal in Kaunos are the continuation of a tradition that has existed in Anatolia since the first millennium B.C. These tombs, whose facades were carved in the form of temples, were plundered in antiquity. The remaining finds show that these were family tombs and that they were built in the 4th century B.C. Kaunos is an important city located between the regions of Karia and Lykıa. Until the middle of the 4th century B.C., it gave its name to its own region.
30 minutes
Dalyan
Dalyan is a charming holiday resort on the shore of the fjord-type natural channel connecting Köyceğiz Lake to the sea and called Calbis in Antiquity, with many hotels, guesthouses and restaurants, some in the town centre and some at the town entrance. The increasing threat of construction during the years when tourism began to develop rapidly was brought under control with the declaration of the region as a Special Environmental Protection Area in 1998 by the South Aegean Development Agency.
45 minutes
Kaunos Antik Kenti
Its most distinctive feature that sets it apart from other ancient cities is its rock tombs. The facade architecture of the rock tombs encountered within the Kaunos region differs from the facade architecture of the rock tombs in the Urartu, Phrygian and Lycian regions. For the first time, temple-fronted rock tombs, a type unique to Kaunos, are seen here.
45 minutes