Dilek Peninsula National Park

Dilek Peninsula - Büyük Menderes Delta National Park is a national park located within the borders of Aydın province, at the last point where Dilek Mountain reaches the Aegean Sea. It has an area of ​​27,675 hectares. 10,985 hectares of this area belong to Dilek Peninsula, which was declared a National Park on 19.05.1966, and 16,690 hectares to Büyük Menderes Delta, which was declared a National Park in 1994.

The Dilek Peninsula section of the National Park, opposite the Greek island of Samos, is the last point of the Samsun Mountains extending towards the Aegean Sea. geological structure; It is composed of Paleozoic schists, Mesozoic limestones and marbles and Neogene sedimentary masses. There are many hills, valleys, canyons and bays in the morphological structure of the peninsula. The highest point of the peninsula, which has an average height of 650 m, is Dilek Tepe (Mykale), from which the National Park takes its name, and is 1237 m high. The National Park takes its name from this hill. It also has interesting coastal features with its beaches including sandy, clayey, flat and high coastal shapes.

Panionion, the sacred gathering center of the Ionian city in the 9th century BC, the ancient city of Thebes, Ayayorgi Monastery, the historical Doğanbey Village (Domatia), Karine, Hagios Antonios Monastery and Zeus Cave are also within the borders of the National Park.