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It was produced in Turkey in 15th century.Back then, honey and molasses were used as sweeteners.

The recipe for lokum as we know it today, using the new ingredients of sugar and starch, was popularized during the 19th century.

It is said that, in the 19th century an  unknown Briton became very fond of the delicacy during his travels to Istanbul and he had boxes of lokum with him back to Britain under the name ‘Turkish Delight’. So, ‘Turkish lokum’ was intruduced to Britain and Europe as ‘Turkish Delight’.

Lokum is a confection made from starch and sugar. It is soft and jelly-like and is often packaged in small cubes after being dusted  with icing sugar to prevent clinging. Some types contain rosewater, mastic, lemon pistachio, hazelnut,  walnuts, cinnamon or mint.

Ayran is a refreshing yogurt drink mostly prefered during hot summer days. Althought it was invented by Turks (like yogurt) it is consumed in other parts of the Middle East and Mediterranean as well.

Ayran is a very healthy drink with its light cream consistency and possible to prepare in a few minutes. All you need to do is to mix yogurt, plane water and a pinch of salt.

A salty drink can sound funny to most but, it is so popular in Turkey  that it is readily available in most of the restaurants  and gracery shops.

Famous 20th century Turkish poet Yahya Kemal ones said that  ‘Coffee has created its own culture in Turkey’. The name ‘Turkish coffee’ doesn’t describe a kind of  Turkish coffee bean but, the method of preparation.

Turks met coffee almost 5 hundred years ago when a governor came back from Yemen with Arabian Coffee beans so,Istanbul, the Ottoman capital was  introduced to Turkish coffee.

For Turks Coffee is not just a drink. It has its own rituals and rules of how to prepare, when and how to drink it, and even a tradition of fortune-telling by reading the coffee grinds deposited at the bottom of the cup.

Instead of adding sugar in it, Turks used to eat something sweet before or while drinking coffee such as havla, dry fruit paste, palace havla but mostly Turkish delight. Today you can order your Turkish coffee; plane (sade), with a little bit of sugar (az sekerli), or sweet (cok sekerli). It is recommended to mention it before preparation because  adding sugar afterwards changes its lovely taste.

If you want to make  proper Turkish coffee you will need extra fine ground coffee beans, a ‘cezve’, which is a coffee pot made of copper, and small coffee cups  called fincan in Turkish.

The sandy beach of Pamucak which is 5 km long and 80m wide, lies 10 km north of Kusadasi towards Selcuk. It is  only 5 km from the ancient city of Ephesus. The river Kucuk Menderes joins the sea through  the middle of the beach.
There are no facilities on this beach but, you can enjoy horse or camel back riding on the beach.

It is an ideal beach for the ones looking for calm and quiet beaches. It is very easy to reach from Kusadasi by dolmus.

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Kustur Beach is located 5 km north of Kusadasi. With 1 km long sandy shore and clear water, it is one of the most popular  beaches  in Kusadasi. After being restored by local administration in 2000 the beach has become even more popular.
Deck chairs, umbrellas, water sports activities, showers, toilets, sand voleyball court, cafees and restaurants and even an ATM machine are available ib the beach area.

This beach is famous with its gorgeous sunset view.

You can take a dolmus (Kustur minibus service) every few minutes from the central Kusadasi to Kustur Beach until 24:00.

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It is a rocky beach on ‘Yilanci Burnu’ (Snake Peninsula) on the left hand side of Pigeon Island. Being very near to the town center of Kusadasi makes it practicle fort he ones don’t want to go far away.

Papaz Beach offers its visitors umbrellas, deck chairs, water sports, cafeterias and a lovely restaurant.

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Ladies Beach (Kadinlar Denizi in Turkish) is the most popular one of all the beaches in town. In past the beach was allocated to women only and the town established nearby had the same name. Today it welcomes everyone. There is a minibus service (dolmus) from Kusdasi centrum to the Ladies Beach every 5 minutes. Motor vehicles are not allowed in the area but dolmus drops the passengers at the enterance of the beach.

There are many hotels, apart hotels, pensions, summer houses, various restaurants including chinese, Itallian, Mecsikan and Indian and bars, cafees, shops that provide you anything you might need  so we can easily say that Ladies Beach area is a holliday resort itself.

Ladies Beach, decorated with  wooden terraces and palm trees, so deserves its great reputation with all the facilities such as toilets, showers, changing rooms, umbrellas, sun beds, and even life guards on duty between 08.00 – 19.00. Its 1 km of lovely sandy beach offers the visiters not only swimming and sunbathing but also various water sports. After being restored in 2000 Ladies Beach became more modern.

Cuba Beach Club which is one of the best beach clubs in town makes Ladies Beach even more attractive especially for young people. During day time you can lie on  the floppy cushions and sip your cool beer and by night you can dance until the early hours of the morning.

Leaving Kusadasi before having a meal with the view of stunning sunset and Greek Island of Samos on  Ladies Beach would be a pity.

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This pretty beach takes its name from the green grass under the palm trees where you can have a cooling  shade but for a great ten you must go sunbathing on the sandy beach.

Althought it is a quiet small beach, it gets really crowded at weekends with its native visiters.

It takes only 5 minutes by dolmus (Ladies Beach minibusses) from  central Kusadasi. If you get off the minibus at Ladies Beach stop, you will reach green beach after walking 5 minutes so, this way you will get to see the both and can decide which one is better for you.

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Long Beach, located south of Kusadasi, is a 6 km long beach area with hotels, summer house complexes, restaurants, bars and cafees along the coast.

The beach offers its guests toilets, showers, umbrellas, cushions, sun beds, a beach bar, pool table, table tenis, restaurants and shops.

If you want to enjoy water sports like parasailing, water skiing, and jet skiing you can book them all on the beach.

This beach is also very easy to reach from Kusadasi centrum by dolmus (‘sahil siteleri’ minibus). On the way to the beach you will see Uydukent Bazaar where you can have fun shopping.

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Sandy, rocky, famous, unknown, modern, wild,  long, shor,  vivid, calm, wide or narrow there are many various beaches in Kusadasi.

Whether you like popular beach clubs or wild and calm bays you will definetly find the beach that suits you the most.

Here you can find information about the distences and charasteristics of some beaches in the area. If you like to have detailed information or access to farther beaches or bays please contact us.

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