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Calis Beach Forum => Calis and Area - Member's Photographs => Topic started by: usedbustickets on August 05, 2015, 11:41:31 AM

Title: Akyaka
Post by: usedbustickets on August 05, 2015, 11:41:31 AM
Went to Marmaris on Monday and on the way stopped for lunch and a walk about in Akyaka.  If you have not been there it is a nice place to visit, but perhaps out of the hieght of the season, and here are a few pics to whet your appetite.

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Glad that Turkish beaches are not packed like those in Spain!

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Is this what they mean by an old seadog?

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These next few pics are of the attractive houses and buildings you find in Akyaka.  Now Colwyn - the big beast of the CBF jungle - did tell me the name of this style of building/word-working/architecture whatever, but it was over a year ago now and it's fallen out of the brain since then.  Perhaps he will tell us when he reads this post?

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One of the very nice things about the town is the lovely icey cold river that flows through the town and into the sea.  Families picnicking, nice bars and restaurants along its edge, riverboats, clear lovely water to swim or wad in with ducks and geese a plenty.  So make a visit to Akyka when you can, perhaps combining it with a visit to marmaris/mugla.

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Title: Re: Akyaka
Post by: Colwyn on August 05, 2015, 12:37:42 PM
The houses are in the traditional Mugla style, specifically that of the Ula district. They dominate in Akyaka because of the award winning work of local architect and poet, Nial Cakirhan, born in Ula. Almost all the houses are built in this style and limited to 2 and a bit storeys high (how much is a "bit";  it is Turkey how much can you negotiate?). Traditional wooden ceilings are of Mugla style (or, rarely, of the simpler Ula form). Houses are topped with traditional Mugla pan-tile chimneys.
MUGLA CEILING
 (sun in the centre sending out rays of light over the waves of the sea)

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ColwynJones/Mugla_zpsnorddukz.jpg)

MUGLA CHIMNEY

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ColwynJones/Mugla1_zps9jkihthf.jpg)

P.S. And I bet that those squashed onto that crowded beach would be 80%+ Turkish tourists. Better going on an August Monday than a weekend, especially Sunday, when it seems half the population of the town of Mugla come down to the coast for the day.
Title: Re: Akyaka
Post by: Lotty on August 05, 2015, 13:51:44 PM
Great information and pictures, it looks lovely, thank you both.  :D
Title: Re: Akyaka
Post by: kenkay on August 05, 2015, 14:11:38 PM
We spent a great couple of nights there last year. One of my friends is into kite surfing and Akyaka is adjacent to one of the best kiting beaches  ;D
Title: Re: Akyaka
Post by: Colwyn on August 05, 2015, 17:39:23 PM
Brilliant photograph by "Smiler" on the, now moribund, Akyaka Forum.

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a138/ColwynJones/Kites_zpsrnlgnhnb.jpg)
Title: Re: Akyaka
Post by: patrice on August 05, 2015, 21:22:05 PM
Great photo's both of you Akyaka looks a worthwhile place to visit thanks for sharing
Title: Re: Akyaka
Post by: nichola on August 05, 2015, 22:42:36 PM
Akyaka is a sweet place and worth a visit and can easily be done as a day return by car, or even on the bus.

Great photos btw UBT, I was just wondering what you use to take them  ;D  8)
Title: Re: Akyaka
Post by: patrice on August 06, 2015, 08:04:38 AM
What would the journey time be by bus ?
Title: Re: Akyaka
Post by: usedbustickets on August 06, 2015, 08:18:25 AM
Quote from: nichola on August 05, 2015, 22:42:36 PM
Great photos btw UBT, I was just wondering what you use to take them  ;D  8)

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Title: Re: Akyaka
Post by: nichola on August 06, 2015, 08:40:30 AM
Quote from: patrice on August 06, 2015, 08:04:38 AM
What would the journey time be by bus ?

About an hour and a half. It may be possible to get a direct bus but any of the big buses going that way can drop you at the traffic light turning where you would turn left if going to Marmaris and right to Akyaka.

Title: Re: Akyaka
Post by: mercury on August 06, 2015, 11:25:14 AM
We went for a visit one Winter.. Looks very different but there was a film company filming an episode of a soap there. We were asked to be extras in the crowd... A sureal experience... The beach and prom was over run with stray dogs. There were still a few bars open and it is a lovely walk.   Always wondered what The Turkish viewers thought about a couple of Brits were doing there?