Datça
A long, narrow peninsula town of almond trees, quiet coves and ancient Knidos.
The Turkish name
Datça
At a glance
- Province
- Muğla
- Ancient city
- Knidos
- Coast
- 235 km, about 52 coves
- Known for
- Almonds, Knidos, quiet bays
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The story
Datça stretches along a narrow peninsula reaching west from Marmaris into the sea; at Balıkaşıran the land between the two shores is only about 900 metres wide. Some 52 coves line its 235 km of coast, and the peninsula is a Specially Protected Area.
At its tip lie the ruins of Knidos, a rich trading city famous in antiquity for Praxiteles' statue of Aphrodite, which has never been found. Under Sultan Reşat the town was called Reşadiye, and the name Datça returned with the Republic.
Almonds grow on the slopes, and the district is one of Türkiye's main almond producers. Its bays are an important stop for blue voyage boats sailing from Bodrum and Marmaris.
