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Discover Dalaman by Hire Car

Dalaman is small town with about 18,000 inhabitants, on the southwestern Mediterranean coast in Turkey. Dalaman is directly approached from Germany.

Mostly it goes on to the tourist resorts of Marmaris or Fethiye. The region around Dalaman can be easily explored by hire car.

Discovering the Dalaman hinterland

Trips to the scenic Tausrus Mountains can thus be made at your own convenience, combined with hikes or real mountain tours.

Of course, a trip from Dalaman to the Lycian Peninsula, which is just around the corner, is a great way to admire the scenic beauty as well as numerous historical sites.

The rock tombs, funerary monuments and a well-preserved amphitheatre at Kas on the southern tip of Lycia are particularly famous.

Tourists also like to visit the pilgrimage site of Nicholas of Myra as well as the famous rock tombs there, the ruins of Olympos and Xanthos or the sanctuary of Apollo in Patara.

The list of ancient Lycian sites could go on and on. Many of these lie along the famous Lycian Way, a trail some 500 kilometres long that starts not far from Fethiye and winds along the coast to near Antalya.

Exploring natural areas near Dalaman

For those seeking tranquillity and a slice of unspoilt nature, both can be found around Sarigerme, a town south of Dalaman set in a nature reserve.

Another tour is to the former fishing village of Dalyan and to Lake Köycegiz. Here you will also find rock tombs as well as the famous Caretta turtles.