Aegean · Plate code 09
Aydın
Aydın lies on the fertile plain of the Büyük Menderes river and is famous for its figs and olives. It combines ancient cities such as Aphrodisias, Priene, Miletus and the Temple of Apollo at Didyma with busy seaside towns like Kuşadası and Didim.
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© Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0Historic · Karacasu
Aphrodisias
A UNESCO-listed city with a sculpture school, the Tetrapylon gate and a stadium.
© Maksym Kozlenko · CC BY-SA 4.0Historic · Didim
Temple of Apollo at Didyma
A famous oracle of the ancient world with giant columns.
© Ken and Nyetta · CC BY 2.0Historic · Söke
Priene
A grid-planned ancient city with a Temple of Athena on the slopes of Mount Mykale.
© Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Historic · Didim
Miletus
The city of Thales, an Ionian port city with a huge theatre.
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Highlights
Places
Aphrodisias
Temple of Apollo
Kuşadası
Priene
Miletus
Tastes
Figs
Local food and products
- Product
Aydın figs
The famous figs of the plain, dried and exported worldwide.
- Product
Olives and olive oil
From the olive groves all across the province.
When to go
Spring and autumn are best for the ancient sites; summer middays are very hot. The beaches of Kuşadası and Didim are lively from June to September.
Getting there
- Bus terminal
- There are bus terminals in central Aydın and in districts such as Kuşadası, Söke and Nazilli. Air travellers use İzmir Adnan Menderes or Milas-Bodrum airport.
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