Caunos Tombs of the Kings

Dalyan and Marmaris, Turkey

We had left a day up our sleeves between our booked apartment and needing to drop the car back to Milas. The weather was forecast to be cold and rainy so we made our way back west to see what else we found of interest. Dalyan, a small town along the way had some attractions we thought we’d check out. Along with some more rock tombs, it was also known to have a thermal mud pit that you can “swim” in and a beach famous for having turtles.

Along the drive we hit an almighty downpour with the heaviest rain I’ve ever driven in. With Jessie clearly not impressed with my strategy of slipstreaming behind a semi-trailer to stay in the lane we pushed on through and eventually made it to Dalyan. Once we arrived we discovered that the town was basically dead. The only way to see any of the attractions was to either catch a taxi boat across the small river, do a tour, or drive over an hour to get to the other side. Clearly we should have researched a bit better. With the weather pretty rubbish, we grabbed a coffee and kept going.

Our next stop was Marmaris, another place that we’d flagged on the map. By the time we arrived the weather started to clear. It turned out to be a beautiful beachside town. We went and explored the old town with its waterfront bars and restaurants for dinner.

With a large protected natural bay this would be a great place to moor up and relax if you were sailing the coast. Noted for when we return on our yacht in the future ;)Read more