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Didim

Located in Aydın Province, Turkey Coordinates: 37°23′35″ N 27°17′37″ E

Didim
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Population
64,643
64.6K
Elevation
105 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+03:00
Europe/Istanbul · UTC+03:00
Places inside
20
listed under Didim
When to go
April–MayOctober
See the climate
Airports
BJV Milas Bodrum International Airport37 km
SMI Samos Airport47 km

About Didim

Didim is a district. Location: Aydın Province, Turkey. Population: 64,643.

From Wikipedia

Didim is a municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 424 km2, and its population is 97,000 (2022). It is a popular seaside holiday resort on the Aegean coast of western Turkey, 123 km (76 mi) from the provincial capital city of Aydın. Didim is the site of the antique city of Didyma with its ruined Temple of Apollo.

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At a glance

Area
333 km²

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Didim

From Wikivoyage

Didim is a resort town on the Southern Aegean coast of Turkey. It's the most northerly of the resorts served by Milas-Bodrum Airport so in tourist brochures it's often described as "Bodrum region", and attracts a budget mass-market. In 2020 Didim had a population of 90,427.

The main sights of interest are the ancient Greek ruins of Priene, Miletus and Didyma, usually visited on a combined "PMD" day-trip.

Understand+

The ancient Greeks were sea-faring people, in an era when land transport involved packhorses on rough trails, and by the 8th century BC a network of ports and shipping routes criss-crossed the Aegean and East Med. From the 6th century these settlements were conquered by Persia, then by a series of later empires, but what did for them all was the silting up of the river valleys and receding of the coastline. The River Maeander or Büyük Menderes was the culprit hereabouts: Priene and Miletus relocated several times before being abandoned. Didyma by contrast was simply a ritual space with no associated town, but without its audience and funding of its oracles it too fell derelict.

The monuments were shattered by earthquakes and some stonework was removed for other use, but from the 20th century the sites were stabilised and partly restored. The small modern town of Hisar ("castle") grew up near Didyma, was wrecked by an earthquake in 1955, and rebuilt as Yenihisar ("new castle"). The big change to the area's fortunes came from the 1980s when Aegean Turkey became a mass tourist destination. The town migrated south, so Yenihisar became a northern residential district of Didim, while the major development was along the beach strip of Altınkum. The area was further boosted by the upgrade of Milas-Bodrum airport in 2000, so what had been a three-hour transfer from Izmir airport was reduced to an hour.

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Milas-Bodrum Airport (BJV IATA) 16 km south of Milas is the regional airport, with lots of seasonal package flights from north Europe. It has year-round daily flights from Istanbul, both IST and SAW.

Buses from Istanbul take 8 hours to Didim via Izmir, Selçuk (for Ephesus), Kuşadası and Söke. Between Didim and Bodrum take a dolmuş.

Bus companies are Metro Turizm, Pamukkale and Flixbus.

1 Didim Otobüs Terminali the bus station is 1.5 km east of the main boulevard.

By car from Istanbul follow O-5 to Izmir then E87 towards Aydın, cutting off onto D525 past Söke.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Climate of Didim

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: April–May, October.

This month · November

Outside the best season

Day 19° · Night 10° · Rain 90 mm

Better nearby cities in November

  • Aydin · 70 km northeast19°
Hottest month
July (day 34°)
Coldest month
January (night 6°)
Wettest month
December (152 mm)
Driest month
July (2 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Didim
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)13°14°17°21°26°31°34°33°30°25°19°15°
Average low (°C)6°6°8°11°14°19°21°21°18°14°10°7°
Precipitation (mm)145109783919824184090152

Other places to visit in this season: April May October

How to get to Didim

The nearest airport is Milas Bodrum International Airport (BJV), 37 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aydin, 70 km to the northeast.

Airports

  • Milas Bodrum International Airport (BJV) Bodrum 37 kmsoutheast
  • Samos Airport (SMI) Samos Island 47 kmnorthwest
  • Kos International Airport "Ippokratis" (KGS) Kos Island 69 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Aydin Population: 163K 70 kmnortheast
  • Nazilli Population: 119.4K 108 kmnortheast
  • Karabağlar Population: 479.3K 111 kmnorth
  • Konak Population: 332.3K 113 kmnorth
  • Izmir Population: 2.9M 114 kmnorth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Didim

Within 100 km: 86 historic and cultural sites, 162 natural sites, 188 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km32 places

  • Didem Plajı Beach 4 kmS
  • Kapota Island Island 14 kmSE
  • Panayır Adası Island 8 kmSE
  • Dil Adaları Island 23 kmN

25–60 km164 places

  • Moní Megális Panagías Attraction 52 kmNW
  • Iasos Historic site 29 kmSE
  • Nisída Krevvatió Island 54 kmS
  • Kadınlar Plajı Beach 50 kmN

60–100 km240 places

  • Taşlık Plajı Beach 82 kmSE
  • Kumluk Plajı Beach 82 kmSE
  • Hastanealtı Plajı Beach 82 kmSE
  • Plati Island 84 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Places in Didim

20 places
  1. 7 Balat 1K
  2. 8 Batıköy 143

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages3

Mountains & nature1

Lakes, rivers & coasts1

Heritage & sights7

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources