Nazilli – Kemer Dam – Arapapıştı Canyon

Total Distance: 56 km

Average Time: 2 hours 30 min

Starting Elevation: 76 m

Highest Elevation: 400 m

Difficulty: Easy

 

Transportation to the Starting Point of the Route

Aydın – Nazilli: 42 km

Kuşadası – Nazilli: 103 km

Çine – Nazilli: 61 km

 

Route Details

Sumer Textile Factory, located in Nazilli, Aydın’s one of the biggest Districts, is a park open to public in the present day which was built by the initiative of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the founding years of the Republic. If you wish, you can visit this place locally known as Sumer Park. You can also visit Nazilli Ethnography Museum, also known as Demirci Mehmet Efe Hotel. You can reach Kemer Dam through Nazilli, Bozdoğan, Kemer Dam route while enjoying the Akçay Plain’s unique beauty in every season of the year.

When you reach Kemer Dam, which was built in 1958 in order to prevent floods and make better use of the water in the area, you can taste fish such as trout and catfish that grow in Kemer Dam Lake at the local restaurants. Afterwards, you can go on a tour of the canyon with boats that set off from Aydın Metropolitan Municipality’s pier.