KÖYCEĞİZ

While you travel to Köyceğiz, located on the edge of Lake Köyceğiz, via the Muğla-Fethiye road it is as if you are destined to get to a waterside town but somewhere inland. And then all of a sudden you see the lake in front of you and are surprised. The population of the town and its surrounding region does not even add up to ten thousand but it has a rich historical heritage.

If you want to see it all: the sea, the beautiful sand beaches, a very beautiful lake, natural and historical riches the address you are destined for is Köyceğiz.

Köyceğiz in history

Settlement in this beautiful region began thousands of years ago. The first traces of civilisation go back to 3,400 BC. This was followed by settlement of this territory by the İskits, Assyrians, Ionians, Dorians, Persians, Greeks, Seluecids, Romans, Menteşeoğulları and Ottomans. The ancient city of Kaunos, situated in the edge of the lake, was one of the most important port cities at the intersection of the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas around1000 BC. The modern day Köyceğiz began life during the Ottoman era.

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