Posts Tagged ‘kusadasi beaches’

-Turkey is a peninsula surrounded by three major seas; the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

-Asian side of Turkey is known as Anatolia (97% of the country).

-Turkey, also known as Asia Minor is located at a point where Asia and Europe meet.

-Turkey is the land where Alexander the Great cut the intricate Gordian Knot.

- Kind Midas, who turned everyting into gold was from Anatolia.

-Anatolia is the birthplace of St. Nicholas, popularly known as Santa Claus.

- St. Paul was born in Tarsus, Turkey.

- The first known beauty contest, judged by Paris was held in Anatolia  with Aphrodite, Hera and Athena as participants.

-Anatolia is the location of the first temple built (Urfa – between 9000 and 8500BC) and the first church built (St Peter’s in Antioch).

-The Seven Churches of Revelation are located in Turkey; Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamon, Tyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea.

- One of the early philosophers Heraclitus was born in Ephesus Turkey.

-The first church dedicated to Mother Mary is in Ephesus Turkey.

-Roots of the names of Paris, Philadelphia and Europe are in Turkey.

- Mount Agri (Ararat) is where Noah’s Ark landed in Eastern Anatolia.

- Two of the Seven Wonders of the World; the Temple of Artemis and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus are  in Anatolia.

-Istanbul was the capital of two of the major empires in history; the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires.

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.

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 lies in the middle of the center of Kusadasi, between the harbour ‘Scala Nova’ and Marina. Dawn-town Beach is also known as Baths Beach or Palm Beach.

The beach offers  sun beds, beach umbrellas and a small cafe on the beach and on the road along the beach  there are various cafees and shops.

While sunbathing  on down-town Beach you can see the Pigeon Island and the great cruiseships docked in the port.

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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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Diamond Beach is located in the area which is called ‘sahil siteleri’. This part of Kusadasi is famous with the summer house sites, where you can see many summer houses, appartment blocks, villas, cottages and pavilions owned by both, local people and foreigners whom fallen in love with Kusadasi.

There are sun beds, umbrellas and some cafeterias where you can have delicious snacks and drinks on the beach. You can also see peddlers with their barrows  selling sweet corn, stuffed mussels and ice cream.

Diamond Beach is vey easy to reach from Kusadasi centrum. All you need to do is to take ‘sahil siteleri’ minibus (dolmus). On the way to the beach you will see Nazilli Bazaar where you can find textile and souvenirs.

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As you can easily presume, the beach derives its name from the fine silvery sand on  it. You can get there by Davutlar minibusses, which passes by Silver Sand Beach on its way to Davutlar centrum. Since there are two minibus lines to Davutlar, you better ask for Silver Sand Beach. Don’t worry,  any dolmus driver in Kusadasi  will understand where you want to go if you mention the name of your destination clearly.J

Here on the beach there are facilities providing  changing rooms, showers, toilets, cafeteria, beach volley, sun beds and umbrellas, darts for the guests. If  you are fond of water sports such as Jet Ski, Banana, Ringo you can find them all at the same place.

At the cozy cafeteria on the beach you can taste exotic coctails and have a bite of those lovely snacks.

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Kusadasi

, sharing its name with the peninsula it lays on is a small town with its 57.000 inhabitants in winter but a very entertaining holiday resort during the summer mounths.

It is not just another tourist attraction in Turkey but, a full package of various tourist attractions with its historical ruins and constructions such as ancient sites, Roman temples, Byzantin churches, Seljuk and Ottoman mosques and fortresses.

Kusadasi, bordered Aegean sea to the west, provides many bays and beaches to lie on or to dive in. Its mild climate and fertile lands allow the natur lovers discovering countless species of plants and animals in the woods.

Gaining a great experience in tourism through decates, it also offers numarous activities in and around the town to satisfy its guests such as horse and jeep safary, aqua parks, turkish baths (hamam), night shows, boat trips and private sight seing tours.