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Dalyan

Located in Ortaca İlçesi, Muğla Province Coordinates: 36°50′03″ N 28°38′41″ E

Dalyan
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Population
5,000
5K
Elevation
3 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+03:00
Europe/Istanbul · UTC+03:00
When to go
April–MayOctober
See the climate
Airports
DLM Dalaman International Airport19 km
RHO Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"69 km

About Dalyan

Dalyan is a town. Location: Ortaca İlçesi, Muğla Province. Population: 5,000. Elevation: 3 m.

From Wikipedia

Dalyan is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Ortaca, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,829 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). It is located between Marmaris and Fethiye on the south-west coast of Turkey. Dalyan achieved international fame in 1987 when developers wanted to build a luxury hotel on the nearby İztuzu Beach, a breeding ground for the endangered loggerhead sea turtle species.

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At a glance

Official website
dalyan.bel.tr

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Dalyan

From Wikivoyage

This page describes Dalyan in Muğla Province of Turkey, not the city of Dalian in China.

For Dalyan village in the Troad Peninsula south of Çanakkale, see Geyikli.

Dalyan is a small resort town in Lycia on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It's administratively part of Muğla province and in 2020 had a population of 5564. The main attraction is the ancient port of Kaunos, which silted up and lost its importance when a sandbar formed across the river estuary. This turned the navigable bay into a reedy wetland, and the site was abandoned in the 15th century AD.

Get in+

Dalyan is 29 km west of Dalaman Airport. Most visitors arrive on package flights from Europe, and the coach transfer takes about 40 minutes.

Buses from Istanbul and Izmir towards Fethiye follow Highway D400 and stop in Ortaca village and Dalaman's edge of town bus station - from those take a bus or dolmuş into Dalyan. The Havaş bus from Dalaman Airport to Marmaris also stops there, but charges the full fare to Marmaris.

Muttaş is the regional bus company, run by Muğla district council. Bus 8-8 runs every 15 min between Ortaca and Dalyan via Okçular, and Bus 8-9 is a less frequent service via Eskiköy.

Buses and dolmuşes stop along Atatürk Cd the main boulevard in Dalyan, there isn't a bus station.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Climate of Dalyan

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: April–May, October.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 20° · Night 12° · Rain 143 mm

Better nearby cities in November

  • Aydin · 133 km northwest19°
  • Alanya · 301 km east21°
Hottest month
July (day 34°)
Coldest month
January (night 8°)
Wettest month
December (231 mm)
Driest month
July (6 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).

Show values as a table
Climate of Dalyan
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)15°15°18°22°26°31°34°34°31°26°20°16°
Average low (°C)8°8°9°12°16°20°23°23°20°16°12°9°
Precipitation (mm)20815898493015661877143231

Other places to visit in this season: April May October

How to get to Dalyan

The nearest airport is Dalaman International Airport (DLM), 19 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Denizli, 111 km to the north.

Airports

  • Dalaman International Airport (DLM) Dalaman 19 kmsoutheast
  • Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" (RHO) Rhodes 69 kmsouthwest
  • Milas Bodrum International Airport (BJV) Bodrum 99 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Denizli Population: 313.2K 111 kmnorth
  • Merkezefendi Population: 280.3K 113 kmnorth
  • Nazilli Population: 119.4K 123 kmnorth
  • Aydin Population: 163K 133 kmnorthwest
  • Antalya Population: 1.3M 183 kmeast

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

Day trips from Dalyan

Within 100 km: 33 historic and cultural sites, 343 natural sites, 250 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km78 places

  • Papas Island Island 16 kmS
  • Delikada Island 6 kmSW
  • Sülüngür Gölü Lake 5 kmS
  • Lake Köyceğiz Lake 9 kmN

25–60 km242 places

  • Çalış Beach Beach 46 kmSE
  • Uzunyalı Plajı Beach 34 kmW
  • Ölüdeniz Plajı Beach 53 kmSE
  • Kidrak Beach Beach 55 kmSE

60–100 km306 places

  • Taşlık Plajı Beach 86 kmW
  • Kumluk Plajı Beach 86 kmW
  • Hastanealtı Plajı Beach 86 kmW
  • Yıldız Adaları Island 90 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

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