DESTINATIONS IN DATCA

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Knidos Antique Theater

Knidos was a center of culture and art as well as a very important commercial center. Knidos Aphrodite in the Knidos Temple of Aphrodite made by Praxiteles, one of the most famous sculptors of the period, is a very important work of art. In the religious festivals organized with the participation of the Ionian cities, the artists always kept the Aphrodite in the foreground. The famous astronomer, mathematician and philosopher Eudoxus, who finds that the planets are always round objects moving in the same orbit, the sculptor Praxiteles, Skopas, Bryaxis, and the architect of the world's Alexandria Lighthouse, They lived in. The sculptures of the Aphrodite sculpture, the 8000-seat theater, the sun clock and the Demeter Fountain are important remnants of the ancient city of Knidos. The Aphrodite sculpture, which is so famous in antiquity, that people come too far to see it, has not been found to this day.

Remains of Knidos Ancient City
Datça - Palamutbükü
Palamutbükü is a place where people will live a life ...

Palamutbükü is a tourist center which is embraced by blue with the last of the coins (Hayıtbükü, Ovabükü, Palamutbükü), which is also called as Three Authors in the part of Datça Peninsula overlooking Akdenize, 25 km away from Datça center. If you do not have a car, you can reach Palamutbükü with minibuses.

The shimmering beaches, the koyll, the olive, the almonds and the pine trees you will see in a multitude of green tones are a natural wonder. This was an important settlement place of Knidos with ancient port and fertile land. Nowadays, Datca's shining stars in the field of tourism.

Ideal for those looking for a quiet, peaceful holiday away from the city noise. The proximity to many ancient and natural beauties is another issue.

Palamutbükü There is a long stretch of beach in Datça, so it is sandy in some parts of the coast and flat in some parts. The walk from Palamutbükü can not forget the immaculate sea.

Palamutbükü, on the shore, there are restaurants, tea gardens, bars. You can swim in front of all of them. Tables and loungers of these enterprises are lined up along the coast.

The people of Palamutbükü are loved so much, many of the hospitable hot-blooded people, tourist facilities and businesses are family-owned.

Datça - Simi Island

Simi Island (Sömbeki)
Simi (Sömbeki), located in the region where the Aegean and the Mediterranean meet, is a tiny but very cute Greek island. Simi is known by the name "Semmbeki" in Turkish. In the 1700s, it was the third richest island of the twelve islands, the livelihood of the island, the sponge hunting and the shipbuilding.

Simi in the north of Rhodes is 8 km from Datça.

With a population of around 2,500, the island of Simi provides its livelihood mainly through tourism, fishing and trade. According to other Greek islands in terms of transportation, it is not crowded with tourists because it is outside the main route. With this feature, the interest in the island that does not move away from nature is increasing every year.

Simi Island (Sömbeki) Transportation - How to get to Simi Island?
There are two options to go to Simi Island. Bodrum - Simi ferries and Datca-Simi ferries. the most frequent and regular flights from Turkey made the point Datca. The distance between Datça and Simi is 50 minutes by ferry.

The history of Knidos Ancient City and Datça
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Knidos was constructed according to Hippodamos' grid plan scheme. Four wide streets parallel to each other in the east-west direction intersect at right angles with a street in the north-south direction. In accordance with the position of the land, the streets and streets are sometimes stair-clad, sometimes vertically. To the west of the first street in north-south direction is the agora. In the following ages, a large church was built on both sides of the Agora in the north of the military harbor, using ancient stone.

Towards the north, the Temple of Apollo Karneisos, which the towns connected to Dor Hexaopisi have organized a festival every four years, is reached. An excavated rectangular altar was found in the excavations to the north of the temple in Doric style. Behind the terraces where the sun sets, another terrace is an example of Hellenistic wall work. In 1972, a temple remnant was found in the area where the steps reminiscent of the living steps were also found.

During this period, Knidos was one of the major wine exporting centers.

Wall paintings made by Polynotos in 450 BC are very important.

According to Herodotus, the Spartans accepted Knidos as a colony town.
But they have become stronger over time, thanks to the Phoenicians, they have made much progress in maritime and have built shipyards.

The Cnidos tried to separate the Reşadiye Peninsula from the land to protect against the attacks of the Lydians. Later, the rock came out, and these rocksThe excavation slowed down because of the hardness. They were not able to complete this incident after the Persian attacks started. During these attacks, the Persians did not harm the city. The houses of the parla houses, the house rooms, the Kidids, then subjugated to Alexander the Great. However, there is not much information about this period. In the battle between the Roman Empire and the Seleucid Kingdom, they took part in the kingdom of Pergamon, which had been held by Rome. The houses of the parliament were used as house rooms. During the Byzantine era, Kent became a dilapidated settlement during the Byzantine Empire. In the later periods of Byzantine, the city was destroyed by earthquakes and pirate attacks on the other side and was completely abandoned in the 7th century AD. the population of the peninsula has gone down to a thousand. In the 13th century, the mansion houses were connected to the Menteşe Emirate. In the 15th century it joined the borders of the Ottoman Empire and its name became Datça. In the period of Sultan Reşat, the Datça name was Reşadiye from the Ottoman sultans, and Datça was transformed together with the Republic. In 1928, the first center of Datça was the Reşadiye Quarter, and in 1947 it was moved to Iskele Quarter, which is today's place. The Datça Peninsula is still referred to as the "Reşadiye Peninsula" in some mappings. The first excavations were carried out by Charles Newton from 1856 to 1858 to illuminate the history of Kınidos.

DATÇA

Datça is famous for its calm and natural beauties of Muğla. It is located at the junction of Aegean and Mediterranean.

The world's second in terms of oxygen, is Turkey's richest regions. The famous historian Strabo has a famous promise in this regard:

"If God wants his servant to be long-lived, he will leave it to the Datça Peninsula."

How is Datça located?

Datça is located in the Aegean Region as the geographical region. It has a mountainous and rugged terrain. The highest points of the Datça Peninsula are Bozdağ (1174), Kalecik Mountain (881), Montenegro (786), Emecik Mountain (704), Slit Mountain (615). 66% of the land is forest area, 18% is rarely bush and rocky, only 16% is agricultural land. Kizlan Plain, Burgaz Plain, Reşadiye Plain and Karaköy, Palamutbükü and Masudiye which are among the most important of the coastal plains are the plains of the county.

The 235 km coastline of the peninsula, with a surface area of ​​446 km², is decorated like 52 large and small laces. In Balıkaşıran (64 km from Datça), which forms the border between Marmaris and Datça, the land width between the northern and southern coasts is 1 km and the widest point of the peninsula is 17 km.

Datça has a typical Mediterranean climate. The summers are hot and arid, the winters are warm and rainy. On the peninsula surrounded by the sea on three sides, the cool northern winds of summer blow away the scorching heat. The average humidity is 58% and Datça is sunny in 300 days of the year.

Tourism
Datça Peninsula is declared to be a Special Environmental Protection Area, so it is prudent to be one of the most important tourism centers in the future with its unspoilt nature, 235 km coastline and 52 coves, rich flora and fauna, Knidos Ancient City. Datça has many blue flag beaches. Some of those; Aktur Holiday Site Beach, Aktur Kamping Beach, Karaincir Beach, Hospital Beach, Periliköşk Beach, Billurkent Beach.


Yacht tourism and water sports
Eco-tourism is the extensive opportunities available in terms of, between Bodrum and Fethiye are important as a place where the focus of intensified Turkey yacht tourism. On the other hand, for local and foreign tourists who spend their holidays in our regions, nature and water sports such as trekking, surfing and sailing are ideal environments. It is an ideal place for health tourism because of the continuous wakefulness of the wind and the possibility of holiday that is not felt naturally and plenty of oxygen.


Tourism has rapidly gained importance in the economic life of the city, with the province being declared as a priority tourism region in 1970 and it has become an important source of income for the people. Parallel to this phenomenon, it is observed that the number of establishments that increase the number of lodging facilities in the district has increased rapidly from year to year. Datça Peninsula is a very important route for the boat that organizes the "Blue Voyage" from Bodrum and Marmaris.


Boats and yachts from the Aegean Islands occupy an important place among the entry-exit boats in Datça Harbor. From the Greek islands, especially Rhodes and the (Semi) Sömbeki islands, the Greeks, who come to the city on Saturdays to exchange money, provide foreign exchange to the city. Construction works carried out outside the tourism season keep the economic life alive beside agriculture in the winter months.
Important historical monuments in Datça
A mosque from the Seljuks and the remains of ceramic workshops in the area of ​​Hızırşah; In Reşadiye Mahallesi, Mehmet Ali Ağa Konağı and Reşadiye Mosque and Temple Remains in the Emecik neighborhood are some of the artifacts dating from the day.