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Eski Datça: a walk through the old village
Follow the stone lanes around Can Yücel Street, stopping for open workshops, colourful courtyard gates and a coffee.
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Palamutbükü: from the beach to the fishing harbour
A long stretch of sand and shingle meets a small fishing harbour on the western side of the peninsula.
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Ovabükü: the long beach of Mesudiye
Spend an unhurried day walking the length of the largest bay in Mesudiye and stopping for a swim.
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Hayıtbükü: a day by the water in Mesudiye
Take a morning swim, stop for lunch and explore the guesthouses around this small Mesudiye bay.
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Ancient Knidos: a city between two harbours
Explore a theatre overlooking the water and the terraces of an ancient port at the tip of the peninsula.
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Kızlan windmills: a stop above the coast
Turn inland on the approach to Datça for a short visit to the windmills of Kızlan.
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Datça harbour: a walk from İskele to Taşlık
Start among the boats in the town centre and follow the waterfront towards Sevgi Yolu and Lake Ilıca.
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Taşlık Beach and Lake Ilıca
Follow Sevgi Yolu for sea and fresh water on one morning walk in town.
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Reşadiye: Datça’s first district centre
This inland neighbourhood offers another chapter in the town’s history, before the administrative centre moved to the coast.
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Hızırşah: a mosque and a village cultural centre
Two buildings tell different chapters of local history on a visit to Hızırşah.
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Mesudiye: staying among three bays
Hayıtbükü, Ovabükü and Kızılbük belong to one neighbourhood, with different settings for a stay.
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Yazıköy: a village stop in the west
When adding Yazıköy and Belen to a day out west, check exactly where your bus terminates.
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Burgaz: archaeology just outside Datça
Burgaz preserves evidence of an early port settlement close to town, at a separate site from Knidos on Cape Tekir.
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Gebekum: fossil dunes on the Kızlan coast
Observe the wind-shaped shoreline and dune vegetation from permitted access routes.
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Datça markets: a morning among the producers
Look for almonds, honey and seasonal vegetables at the markets around İskele and Özbel.
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The sanctuary of Apollo at Emecik
Near Sarı Liman on the eastern peninsula, archaeological finds tell a different story from the ruins at Knidos.
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An evening at Datça Open-Air Theatre
Plan tickets, doors and your ride after a performance at the open-air venue in İskele.
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Sındı village: the produce of a cooperative
Follow a village supply chain that connects almonds with table olives, pine honey and almond paste.
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Cumalı: the almond orchards of western Datça
See Cumalı as part of an agricultural area shared with Yazı, Yaka and Sındı.
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Yaka, Kumyer and Palamutbükü: village to shore
One neighbourhood name can point to an inland village address or to a place down by the water.
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Karaköy and Körmen: from the ferry to the village road
Distinguish the port, the inland village and the walking stage on Datça’s north coast.
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Silk weaving in the old school at Hızırşah
Walk from the village square to a workshop where a rural school building has found a new use.
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Mehmet Ali Ağa Mansion: reading a house in Reşadiye
Use the restoration team’s images to compare the stone ground floor with the timber upper storey.
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Mersincik: planning a north-coast stage
Treat Mersincik as a junction of walking stages on the remote shore of the peninsula.
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Can Yücel’s Datça: poetry and remembrance
Trace the poet’s local presence through street names, readings and the town’s commemorations.
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Visiting exhibitions at Datça’s Democracy House
For an art stop in town, check the opening event, exhibition dates and daily visiting hours separately.
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Woven kilims and cloth charms from Datça
Find out who made a piece and whether its loom and the place selling it are in the same village.
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