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The most recommended tourist spots here are the following:
Guvercin Adasi (Pigeon Island), which used to be an important
defense port, located along the Ottoman Aegan coast and now known as
a relaxing place where you can see landscaped terraces, snack bars
and tea houses.
Kusadasi Cruiser and Yacht Ports, the main ports of the tourist
ships that approach Kusadasi;
Kale Ici Mosque, built during 1618 by Grand Vizier Okuz Paşa;
Okuz Mehmet Pasa Caravansary also constructed during 1618 and is now
a sumptuous hotel;
Long Beach, which offers cafes, restaurants and water sports such as
parasailing, water skiing and jet skiing;
Green Beach, a small and calm, sandy beach which is a 5-minute drive
from the center of town;
Ladies Beach, a sandy beach which measures about 1 km. long and
offers deck chairs, sun umbrellas, and showers, you can also find
cafes and restaurants across the street;
Papaz Beach, a rocky beach area that is located very near the center
of Kusadasi town.
Downtown Beach, the only beach located within the town that is free
of charge, although it does not offer sun umbrellas or deck chairs.
This beach is very convenient for those tourists who are staying in
the downtown hotel;
Sun Set Beach Club, a private club where you have to pay a certain
amount in order to enter and use the premises. This beach has no
sand but rather you can find a combination of concrete and stone
platform on the rocks.
Kustur Beach, a beach situated 5 km (3 miles) north of Kusadasi. The
beach offers sun umbrella, deck chairs, showers, sand volleyball
court, and water sport activities, and even ATM machines when you
need cash! This beach is usually crowded during Sundays and
holidays.
Pamucak Beach, a sandy beach which measures at about 80 meters wide,
and it is in the middle of this beach where the river Kucuk Menderes
unites with the sea. The beach does not offer sun umbrellas and deck
chairs but you can enjoy camel riding or horseback riding within
this beach.
Baradan Bay, a beach located 25 km north of Kusadasi. There are two
ways to reach Baradan bay, one is through land transportation and
the other one is traveling by the sea. Traveling by land would take
you about 30 min. though the most common way of reaching this place
is to travel by sea which would take you for about an hour. This
beach offers picnic tables although there are no deck chairs that
are being offered.
Aqua Parks, there are two famous aqua parks here in Kusadasi. They
are Adaland and Aqua Fantasy where you can enjoy their variety of
magnificent, thrilling and exciting water park rides.
Thermal Springs, the well known and important thermal springs around
here in Kusadasi are Ciban (Yavansu), Venus and Guzel camii.
Those are just some of the wonderful places in Kusadasi where you
can explore and enjoy your vacation. There are three means of
transportation when going to Kusadasi. It is traveling by land, by
sea or by air. When traveling on the road, you can take the smaller
buses that make regular trips or the dolmuses which run like shuttle
services. These buses either depart from the town centre or from the
bus stations.
When you choose to travel by sea, you can take cruise
ships or yachts that are sailing daily to the Greek island of Sisam
(Samos). You can also take the Blue Voyage Boats which are
organizing trips and excursions. While the easiest way to get to
Kusadasi is by riding a plane, the nearest airport in Kusadasi is
the Izmir Adnan Menderes which has regular domestic flights to
Istanbul and Ankara and also chartered flights to other European
countries as well.
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