You are making me so jealous How i would love to be back in Dalyan as we love it there

Please feel free to keep all the information coming Random Number. Am sure our members will be really interested.

Many thanks

Lovely photo's btw

hope you add lots of reports and keep pictures coming
we go to dalyan in augus
have been before but love to read you reorts on prices etc
we havent been since 2006 and i bet prices have changed quite a bit

thankyou

Brilliant. I didn't make the market on my last visit in 2007 because I'm not much of a shopper for one and for another it was severely hot (heatwave) and daytrips had to include some type of water activity!

I'm planning on bringing back spices and things this time.

Keep the reports and photos coming!

OK, we're a few days into the holiday. Weather feels to be getting hotter - hopefully this won't be by too much!

Here's the view looking over the wall of our apartment:

http://Www.camrabristol.org.uk/images/Dal10.jpg

Aside from being popular with the mossies my girlfriend has picked up her traditional Turkish tummy bug (earlier in the holiday than normal) so we haven't made the trip to the beach yet.

Have still managed to have a couple of nice meals so far, although a learning point is that Dalyan doesn't seem to be a place for late dining with a lot of restuarants looking to close just after 10pm.

http://Www.camrabristol.org.uk/images/Dal11.jpg

http://Www.camrabristol.org.uk/images/Dal15.jpg

Most importantly I believe we have found the cheapest beer in the resort! 2.5 Lira for a large Efes but as a special offer when we ordered a meal it was just 2 Lira per bottle all evening:

http://Www.camrabristol.org.uk/images/Dal17.jpg

Couple of other shots from our evening wander:

http://Www.camrabristol.org.uk/images/Dal06.jpg

http://Www.camrabristol.org.uk/images/Dal13.jpg

http://Www.camrabristol.org.uk/images/Dal14.jpg

Including the spooky haunted house:

http://Www.camrabristol.org.uk/images/Dal18.jpg

I liked the "moon in the trees moment" and there are frogs living in the "green" swimming pool of this apparently abandoned building and blimey do they make a racket at night.

Cheers.

lovely photos
10 weeks and counting till we will be there.
hope i dont get a tummy bug as i love the boat trip to the beach.
loved the picture of the lamp shop will definitley make a space in my luggage for one of them.

hope your having a good holiday and await more pictures to get me excited about my holiday.

pink

Thanks for your reports!
Any advice for future visitors? Are the mosquitoes a real problem?
Any must-see places? Anything?!

i cant decide whether to go for a week next mth or not,oh decisions, the mozzies are worrying me as they do seem worse there than other resorts from what ive read and mine always turn into blisters

can you give me an idea on how much some food is like turkish casseroles etc

ive had a look at a few apts and hotels online and there seems to be plenty of availability for next mth still

Hi everyone.

I've started adding Dalyan pictures to my Flickr pages.

Tips about things to do?

The dolmus ride to the beach is nice. It costs 5.5 Lira return (the boat to the other end of the beach is 8 Lira return) however it appears you can't rely on what they say about the bus times if there aren't enough passengers! They advertise the service as every half hour, but we ended up waiting nearly an hour to go to the beach and well over an hour to get back because we picked a day last week that was a bit windy and cloudy and so not that popular.

Another must is the rowing boat across the river to go and see the rock tombs. When you get below them there is a sign saying this is closed, however the gate is open and as long as you're fairly able bodied you can climb up the paths to them.

Market day in Dalyan is Saturday.

There are certainly mozzies here, but I have seen worse in other resorts/countries.

Regarding prices, Turkish casseroles, stir fries etc. are mostly around 15 to 19 Lira. Steaks seem to be between 20 and 25 Lira. A large Efes in most restaurants is 3.5 or 4 Lira. The quality of all the meals we have had so far has been pretty good.

The weather here at the moment is absolutely scorching!

Cheers.

Bumping thread for turkey first timers.

Les

Thanks for the bump Les, I had never seen it before and we are going to Dalyan in June for our first trip to Turkey so it has been nice seeing the pictures and reading about the resort

Happy to oblige Graham.

Les

Well that's a pleasant surprise.

I come here for the first time in ages looking for some advice to find one of my old threads has been bumped - nice to know it's been of value. To be honest I haven't updated my Flickr pages for the last couple of years, but there are sets from Dalyan, Icmeler, Akyaka/Gokova and Altinkum:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/randomphoto/sets/

Maybe I should make the effort to sort out some pictures from my subsequent trips to Bitez and Turunc, plus returns to Dalyan, Icmeler and Akyaka...

Cheers!

Thanks for including your pictures which are excellent by the way

I must ask though what is with the snakes, I know you get snakes but normally they are never seen, you seemed to have captured rather a lot, yes people will say they will only attack if threatened however I am more concerned about the attack that will happen to my bowels if they are a common sight.

You may have guessed I don't like them

The very first picture in the set taken from a hill looking over the river and Dalyan is superb, I must try and find a way up there.

Thanks again for all the pictures and all the brilliant info you have provided in here

Hi Graham.

I've never seen a snake on a beach or actually in the streets of a Turkish resort, however we like to go for a walk slightly off the main drag and seek out a bit of nature. Plus it helps if you're quiet and quick on the draw with your camera, as snakes and lizards are generally keener to get away from you than you are from them if they hear you coming
The first picture looking down over Dalyan was taken after climbing up by the tombs.

Cheers.

am getting so excited about my 2 weeks in Dalyan in Aug. Have never been to Turkey before and cannot wait.
Great photos

You've chosen a great resort for your first visit Rachael!

Fab photos, nae sure about the snakes tho !!!

Just paid final balance, Dalyan here we come on 12 July.

New country , new experience !

fantastic photo's thanks for a great thread. we are coming on our first visit to daylan on 24th may so very excited now.
been to turkey 4 times now but looking forward to the peace and quiet of the river this year,and hopefully a bit of fishing.