Places of interest

The city of Aydın has a number of antique ruins and Ottoman period mosques. The province has attractive countryside including a stretch of the Aegean coast and important sites including:

• Didim coastal resort wıth large temple of Apollo and nearby..
• Miletus ruins of an Ancient Greek city
• Kuşadası coastal resort, near to the Büyük Menderes Delta national park
• Kirazli scenic traditional Turkish koy with beautiful old stone houses
• Alinda ancient ruins
• Alabanda ancient ruins
• Magnesia ad Maeandrum ancient ruins, on the Ortaklar - Söke road in Germencik
• Nysa - another ruined Carian city, in Sultanhisar
• Aphrodisias - more ancient ruins, including tombs, friezes and sculpture, in Karacasu
• Priene - another ruin, near Söke