“Selim’s Town” Population: 4,900 Old name: Mendelya Market day:…
At the entrance to Kıyıkızlacık, near Milas, a man has set up a kokoreç stand to grill lamb entrails for passers-by. It strikes…
I had such fond memories of Beçin, near Milas, but of course since my last visit the tidy-uppers had been at work, restoring…
A village called “Ruins” Population: 1,650 Old name: Gereme Market day: About 45km south of Milas, Ören is a pretty little seaside…
“Rose Garden” Population:…
No matter how little known they may be now, the beys (lords) of Turkey’s Beylik Era bestowed on Anatolia some of its most…
“Cudgel (or Tree) Mountain” Population: 770 The small village of Çomakdağ, near Milas, goes surprisingly unrecognised despite the fact that it…
The hillside ruins of Labranda lie northwest of Milas (Mylasa) in beautiful wooded countryside but are only accessible via a road in a…
Other names: Cyramos, Hyramos, Ayaklı As you head out of Milas towards Söke you will pass the impressive ruins of a seemingly half-finished Temple…
The Southern Aegean is the stretch of coastline that stretches from big, bustling İzmir in the north to the small seaside resort of Akyaka…