Denizli

Getting to Denizli

1. 01
   Denizli Çardak Airport

   This has daily flights from Istanbul (both IST and SAW) by Turkish Airlines and Pegasus.

2. 02
   Denizli Bus Terminal

   This is central: Denizli doesn't have a bypass, so it hasn't built an edge-of-town station like other cities.

Worth seeing

1. 01
   Ulu Camii
2. 02
   Denizli Atatürk and Ethnography Museum

   Atatürk stayed overnight here on 4 Feb 1931, when it was the local party offices.

3. 03
   Rag Doll Museum

   At least now you know that bez bebek is Turkish for a rag doll.

4. 04
   Seyit Emir Sultan Mosque

   İncilipınar Parkı stretches south of the mosque.

Things to do

Football: Denizlispor were relegated in 2023 so they now play soccer in TFF 2. Lig, the third tier. Their home ground Atatürk Stadium (capacity 18,700) is 2 km south of town centre.

1. 01
   Yılmazlar Lunapark

   Çavuşoğlu Aquapark is north along the highway to Pamukkale.

2. 02
   Bağbaşı Plateau

   This mountain area is accessed by a cable car from Tekkeköy village.

Where to eat

"So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth." - Revelation 3: 16 - no point offering St John of Patmos a Dondurmalı İrmik Helvası dessert. Local dishes include Denizli-style lamb kebab, Kaşarlı Alabalık baked fish covered with grated cheese, and Kokorec which is offal wrapped in a lamb's gut.

1. 01
   Kebabçı Enver

   Lamb kebab is the thing to order here, since it's the only choice on the menu.

2. 02
   Kebapçı Halil Albaş

   Good meat dishes, filling and inexpensive.

3. 03
   Karadam

   Long-established place for toast and kokorec.