Private Knidos and old Datca Full-Day Tour from Marmaris

9 hours Free cancellation Private tour

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About this activity

This tour offers transportation with the latest model and comfortable vehicles, official licensed and professional guide service, free entrance to Knidos Ancient City open-air museum and most importantly difference and quality.

Knidos(Cnidus) was an ancient Greek city near present-day Datça, Turkey. The town of Datça is located on the Datça Peninsula, which juts out into the Aegean Sea. Knidos was an important cultural and political center by the 5th century BC and, due to its location on the sea and large harbor, it was a major trading hub as well.

Our tour starts at 09:00 in the morning from your hotel or meeting point.

We will visit old Datca between 10:15 - 11:30.

12:15 - 13:30 There is a lunch break.

14:15 - 15:45 We will visit the ruins of Knidos

We will arrive in Marmaris or the meeting point again between 17:45 - 18:00.

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At a glance

Duration: 9 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–13
Guide: English
Operated by: Arbek Travel

Ages: Adults (3–85 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Full Insurance
Included: Modern Air Conditioned Minibus / Midibus
Included: Admission fee to Knidos
Included: Professional Licenced Tour Guide
Included: Highway and Car Park Fees

Not included

Not included: Drinks
Not included: Breakfast
Not included: Lunch

Itinerary

Marmaris

Passing by

This is our point of departure
Knidos Antik Kenti

1 h 30 min Admission not included

Cnidus, ancient Greek city on the Carian Chersonese, on the southwest coast of Anatolia. The city was an important commercial centre, the home of a famous medical school, and the site of the observatory of the astronomer Eudoxus. Cnidus was one of six cities in the Dorian Hexapolis and hosted the Dorian games every four years. The Cnidians claimed they were of Spartan origin.

First founded on the southern coast of the Reşadiye peninsula, it was moved in c. 330 bc to Deveboynu Burnu (Cape Kriyo), where a small island was artificially joined to the mainland. One of the two harbours thus created served ships of war, the other merchant shipping.

C.T. Newton, excavating the site in 1857–59, found a marble statue of the seated Demeter there.At this site Love found the marble base and fragments of the famous statue of Aphrodite sculpted by Praxiteles in the 4th century bc.
Datca

3 hours

Once the peninsula’s main village, Eski Datça (Old Datça), lapsed into obscurity in the late 20th century. Now it has been partially restored by second homers from Istanbul, Ankara and further afield. It’s a beautiful patchwork of stone-paved lanes, kitchen gardens, pot plants, bougainvillea-drenched walls, and little cafes and shops. Drop into the old stone house of the late poet Can Yücel. In his poem, Testament, he wrote: “Bury me, my dear, in Datça. Near that view by the sea.”

Meeting point and pickup

You can be picked up from your accommodation or go straight to the meeting point.

Meeting point

At the meeting point, our guide will have a board with the guests' names

End point

At the meeting point, our guide will have a board with the guests' names

Pickup points

Kayamaris Hotel
Happy Holiday Apart
Blue Bay Platinum
Club Hotel Chicago
Guldal Hotel
Rayon Apart
Blue Bird Apartments
Blue Palace Hotel & Apart
Caprice Beach
Sarba 1
Lidya Garden
Emre Beach & Emre Hotel

and 334 more pickup points

Using your ticket

This tour operator requires you to contact them directly to verify your pick up location and time. complimentery pick-up is offered for this tour/activity. To coordinate pick up time and location, contact Arbek Travel at least 24 hour(s) before your tour/activity date. Local phone +90 252 413 46 01 / +90 544 455 00 06.