If you live in a popular beach resort like Fethiye, like me, how much I go sightseeing around, the trips doesn’t end. On the weekends, we leave home spontaneously to explore the environment and chart a route for ourselves on the way. This time we set our sights on Dalyan and Iztuzu beach. Using the opportunity to leave the house early in the morning, we parked our car by the river in Dalyan and started to look. Since there was a certain size standard that could enter the lake channel, everywhere was filled with small boats for 15-20 people. The advantage of these small boat is not a chaotic sailing as much as Fethiye boat tours for 200-250 people. We were already bored of doing this, so we looked for something different and fun. We learned that there are two types of boat tours departing from Dalyan. We missed it because the boats departing to Ekincik Bay departed at 10:00, but the tours called Dalyan Classic Tour started at 10:30. We immediately got on a co-operative boat, which is cute and clean and also completely renovated. Finally we started the tour by paying 300 TL per person.

While the captain of the boat and the crew were telling, he was giving a tour and serving on the other hand, and I felt exactly like this; We are so lucky that we are going with a giant team of two! First, they took us to the Kaunos Rock tombs and left us some time to talk about the history of the place and take photos. Then we sailed to the shores of Hole Island and swam with fish in ice-cold but crystal clear waters. We were given 45 minutes in this region. The reason why it is called Hole Island is that there is a huge stone in the middle of the island and a huge hole in the middle of it! How creative isn't it?

After that, we turned our route to the far end of Iztuzu beach. Time was given to swim for 1 hour and a delicious barbecue lunch was served on the way back. Next to the magnificent meals, they put 3.4 kinds of salads and appetizers. Even the smell of meat and chicken cooked on the barbecue made him hungry. I can say that the menu with options was quite rich. After our meals were over, the boat moved again and took us to the Alagol waters. We anchored in the waters of Alagol, on a warm side that mixes with the thermal water coming from the underground. There we immersed ourselves in the lake waters. Although the smell and temperature felt strange, it was a good experience, let's say we went out with the intention of healing. After 30 minutes of lake experience, we stopped in a very sweet area and said, let's come to the mud bath. We checked in to the facility by paying an extra fee of 50 TL per person. There were two types of pools and showers, there is also a restaurant inside, but since we came with a tour, time was limited and we immediately started to get muddy. First, you go into the mud pool and get muddy and dry in the sun. When your skin is stretched, you realize that the process is complete. Then you take a shower with pressurized water and drain the mud. Before entering the thermal pool, someone washes you for the last time, like a concentration camp, with a hose pressure. You are now ready to enter the warm waters. While I thought that I would really find peace after all this torture, I couldn't calculate the holiday crowd and the smell of sulfur. The pool smelled disgusting. I hardly lasted for 10 minutes in it, and it was for healing. Even though I took a shower with water flowing from the top again when I got out, I smelled of sulfur in vain. We didn't take anything with us except money and a phone, including a towel, because we couldn't afford to lose it in the mud and in the shower. We were dry until we got on the boat.

Our last stop was to sail to the waters of Köyceğiz lake, take a last canal tour, swim and eat watermelon. We rested well and sunbathed, swam, and finally we went back with a sweet tiredness but good memories.

They dropped us ashore at around 5.30pm and we had a really great day.