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The mud baths of Ilica are situated along the Dalyan River. The mud baths and hot springs are reputed to be good for the skin and your general health and well being.

Take a boat trip from Dalyan and wallow, hippopotamus style, in the warm, sticky mud swamp. It not only claims to have therapeutic properties (curing all manner of ills from skin problems to gastric conditions) but also claims to make you look ten years younger!

The mud bath is always colourful and crowded but provides a fantastic photo opportunity. You can immortalise this moment by posing for the camera before and after getting into the mud.

Once you have covered yourself in the mud then simply wait for it to dry in the sun. The sulphur pool in which you clean yourself after your mudbath registers a temperature of 40 degrees......so take your swimming costume and a towel.

A cruise along the Dalyan River to Iztuzu Beach is an exciting way to see the region. There are numerous tour boats and water taxis to choose from at reasonable prices.

The boat trips take you past the Lycian Rock Tombs in the ancient city of Caunos and then onto Caretta Caretta (Turtle) beach.

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Cruising down the Dalyan River is a travel experience not to be missed on board one of the many river boat cruises available from the village of Dalyan. The most memorable sight is the Lycian Rock Tombs, the resting places of the kings of Caunos.

There are two types of tomb to be found in Dalyan. Simple chambers are cut in to the rock face like a room and then there are also the more elaborate temple tombs.

Many tombs were built with false walls placing valuables behind them so as to fool robbers, eventually this was to no avail as all the tombs were emptied of their treasures.

Rock tombs can be seen all along the Lycian coast, but best examples of them are in Dalyan.