Private Knidos and old Datca Full-Day Tour from Marmaris

Highlights

Leistungen

Ablauf

1. This is our point of departure

   Vorbeifahrt

2. Cnidus, ancient Greek city on the Carian Chersonese, on the southwest coast of Anatolia. The city was an important commercial centre, the home of a famous medical school, and the site of the observatory of the astronomer Eudoxus. Cnidus was one of six cities in the Dorian Hexapolis and hosted the Dorian games every four years. The Cnidians claimed they were of Spartan origin. First founded on the southern coast of the Reşadiye peninsula, it was moved in c. 330 bc to Deveboynu Burnu (Cape Kriyo), where a small island was artificially joined to the mainland. One of the two harbours thus created served ships of war, the other merchant shipping. C.T. Newton, excavating the site in 1857–59, found a marble statue of the seated Demeter there.At this site Love found the marble base and fragments of the famous statue of Aphrodite sculpted by Praxiteles in the 4th century bc.

   1,5 Std.

3. Once the peninsula’s main village, Eski Datça (Old Datça), lapsed into obscurity in the late 20th century. Now it has been partially restored by second homers from Istanbul, Ankara and further afield. It’s a beautiful patchwork of stone-paved lanes, kitchen gardens, pot plants, bougainvillea-drenched walls, and little cafes and shops. Drop into the old stone house of the late poet Can Yücel. In his poem, Testament, he wrote: “Bury me, my dear, in Datça. Near that view by the sea.”

   3 Std.

Stornierung

Kostenlose Stornierung bis 24 Stunden vor Beginn, mit voller Rückerstattung.

Gut zu wissen

How it compares in Marmaris

• Its from-price is 620% above the median of the 78 tagesausflüge we list in Marmaris.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Marmaris

Marmaris is a Turkish Mediterranean resort around a deep, pine-fringed bay, with a small castle, a yacht harbour and ferries to the Greek island of Rhodes.

Marmaris sits at the head of a long, sheltered bay surrounded by pine-covered mountains, and the harbour is lined with moored yachts and gulets. The small castle above the old quarter was rebuilt by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1522, when he gathered his fleet here before sailing against Rhodes, and it now houses a museum. Whitewashed lanes of the old town lead down to the bazaar.

Top-ranked sights in Marmaris: Dalyan, Iztuzu Beach (Turtle Beach), Dalyan River.

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