If you've only seen the Altinkum in Turkey or stayed in Altinkum, rest assured that nothing compares the experience of seeing the real thing before your very eyes. This is just one of the many reasons why millions of tourists flock to Turkey on an annual basis and Altinkum Didim gets visited more and more every year by many tourists all over the World. One of the most common mistakes that tourists have upon arriving to Altinkum Turkey is thinking that the country is one-dimensional, in the sense that you will only see ruins and a skyline filled with many ruins from Romans and old houses.
What they don't know is that Turkey is actually a multi-culturally diverse country which offers something for every tourist and history books explains all very clearly and keep in mind some of the 7 wonders of the World is based in Turkey. To give you an idea about just how pleasant a touring experience it is that you will get when visiting Altinkum Turkey, here's a list of some of the best sightseeing spots in and around Altinkum that you might wish to discover while you are in and around Altinkum Turkey..
1 – Apollon Temple
Didyma is located near the village of Didim near the town of Söke in the province of Aydin in the Aegean region. Here one finds an important sanctuary that housed one of the oracles of Apollo. It was connected to Miletus by sea, and those arriving by ship would land at the harbour of Panormus and thence follow the Sacred way to Didyma. Until its destruction by the Persians in 494 B.C. it was administered by the family of the Branchidae, the descendants of Bronchus, a youth beloved of Apollo. For the last two kilometres the Sacred Way was lined with seated statues of the male and female members of the Branchiate family. After his capture of Miletus in 334 B. C. Alexander the Great placed the administration of the oracle in the hands of the city of Miletus. In 331 B.C. the oracle proclaimed Alexander "the son of Zeus". In 300 B.C. the Milesians embarked on the construction of the largest temple in the Greek world.
2 – Akbuk
Akbuk is located between mountains and green forest and clear blue waters of Aegean coast near Altinkum Didim and really quiet and peaceful place small holiday resort. Akbuk is conveniently situated between Altinkum and Bodrum highways and only 70 km from Milas Bodrum Airport. Akbuk has become a rising trend on Real Estate Property, Villas industry with its nature as well as its history. It used to be a small town where all fishermen caught delicious fishes like sea bass, but now it is a rapidly growing tourism resort with its holiday complexes with five star hotels, villas and well as summer houses, small harbour, and hotels. Akbuk became a township in 1991 and separated from Altinkum Didim and classed as a Fevzi Pasa on the maps some times.
Clean roads, beautiful and very calm beaches welcome you to Akbuk as it is an ideal resort for those who love quiet times alongside water sports. Many people who come here from big cities decide to stay here after their retirement this includes Turks, British, French and Germans. It has been explored not by tour operators in recent years but the economy related tourism in recent years has made available the local fishermen’s boats for boat trips along the coasts of Akbuk for the duration of the summer months. Mainly become popular with investment and property development companies. Between Akbuk and Didim you will see lovely quiet village Denizkoy and Uslu Sitesi with Sahte Cennet beach which is very busy full all the summer with local people along with holiday makers. Denizkoy Villas become very popular recent years with new property laws in 2008 in Turkey.
3 – Ephesus
According to the old legends, Ephesus was founded by the female warriors known as the Amazons. The name of the city is thought to have been derived from "apasas", the name of a city in the "Kingdom of Arzava" meaning the "city of the Mother Goddess". Ephesus was inhabited from the end of the Bronze Age onwards, but changed its location several times in the course of its long history in accordance with habits and requirements. Cairns and Lelegians are to be having been among the city's first inhabitants. Ionian migrations are said to have begun in around 1200 B.C.
According to legend, the city was founded for the second time by Androclus, the son of Codrus, king of Athens, on the shore at the point where the cayster empties into the sea, a location to which they had been guided by a fish and a wild boar on the advice of the soothsayers. The Ionian cities that grew up in the wake of the Ionian migrations joined in a confederacy under the leadership of Ephesus. The region was devastated during the Cimmerian invasion at the beginning of the 7th century B.C. Under the rule of the Lydian kings, Ephesus became one of the wealthiest cities in the Mediterranean world.
4 – Miletus
It is on a hillside surrounded by large ports at the mouth of the river Maeander at the head of the gulf of Litmus. Now the sea is far off, silted up by the river. It had trade links with countries on the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. Miletus was of the most powerful and important Greek metropolises in Asia Minor and was part of the influential Ionian Confederation. The city encouraged erudition and founded several schools attracting scientists, architects, philosophers and geographers. Western philosophy originated in Miletus and it is the native city of famous men such as Anaximander, Hippocampus, Cadmus and Isidorus. The first coins were minted in this city, exact weight measures were established and the Phoenician alphabet perfected. From the results of excavations, it appears that Miletus was actually the Hittite settlement Millawanda and it was certainly a Mycenaean colony by the fourteenth century B.C. .
Miletus then fell into Persian hands and razed to the ground. It was rebuilt in 479 B.C. by Hippodamus, the famous architect and due course passed to the Romans. It began to prosper once more, new streets and monuments were constructed and it was renamed Castrum Palatia. The Apostle Paul preached Christianity here and the Emperor Justinian built city walls. The Venetians established commercial trading posts. In 1424, under Sultan Murat II, Miletus became a city of the Ottoman Empire but as the port silted up caused by detritus brought down by the river Maeander, the city's decline began.
5 – Bodrum Castle
One place of Bodrum that no visitor to this great city should miss is the famous Bodrum Castle, which overlooks the harbour and the international marina. This castle was constructed by the Knights of Rhodes in the 15th century during the crusades of the middle ages, and it was given the name The Castle of St. Petrus, or Petronius. Occupying over 30.000 square feet at its base, construction of this castle took years to complete. The castle was built partly from the left remains of the mausoleum of Mausoleums which had collapsed as the result of an earthquake.
The huge exterior walls were designed in the early 15th century by the German architect Heinrich Schlegelholt and were strengthened by five towers known usually as the English tower, the Italian tower, the German tower, the French tower and the Snake tower. The French tower of the castle is thought to be the earliest one with the others being added during the following century.
After the French Tower the Italian tower was built in 1436 by Italian architect Angelo Mascettola. The final parts of the castle were erected in the time of Pierre d’Abusson between 1476 and 1593, with the English tower being added at around 1480. The walls of the Bodrum castle contain the nearly 250 coats of arms and armorial bearings of many of the knights that served there. Captured in 1522 by the Ottomans during the reign of Kanuni Sultan Suleyman, the church on the castle was converted into a mosque.
Finally, check out the island of Altinkum Didim with lazy boat tours which can be found near Altinkum harbour also you can get ferry to Kos and other small islands. Altinkum has many beaches and don’t miss to see third beach, second beach and main beach of Altinkum because beaches are beautiful, and all the gift shops located in town which you can’t miss in and around Altinkum.
