Bayır

Bayır Village has become a favorite stopping point for safari tours with jeeps in recent years. Do not forget to take a break and have a tea or a sparkling ayran in one of the open coffees under the huge historical plane tree in the village square. I don’t know where his wisdom is, but it is said that taking a tour around the old plane tree prolongs his life. The people of Bayır wrote and hung this on the tag of the plane tree.

Knidos

Knidos is a historical and ancient place located at the farthest point of the Datça Peninsula. At this point, you can see both the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea. Transportation: When you enter the Knidos turnout just before Datça, you reach Knidos after 35 km. You can also come with daily tours. The most valuable artifact ever found here is the “BARE AFRODITE” sculpture. This statue is the world’s first naked goddess statue. At that time, only god statues were naked, goddess statues were half-naked. Knidos also has an interesting story. In ancient times, an epidemic of leprosy broke out in Greece, and many people get this disease. In order to prevent this disease from spreading any further, the Greek authorities take leprosy patients away from Greece by filling them on ships, and leave them to this region at the tip of the Datça Peninsula. A long time passes, and the Greek officials come to see what happened to the lepers they left. And they see that all the lepers have recovered, they established families, increased their population, and even started to establish a city (Knidos) in this region. Greek officials are very surprised. It is said that the reason why these lepers heal is Datça’s beautiful clean air and sea, and its atmosphere that gives health and happiness.