The Aegean Region - Turkey with Your Family: From Bustling Bazaars to Historic Sites - page 133

children's favourites on the menu.
Right next door and part of the
Adaland complex is Dolphinpark ,
where its dolphins and seacats
provide hours of entertainment
for your children, and Seapark
where all manner of marine life
can be viewed in huge aquari-
ums. You can actually don
snorkels and goggles and swim
and touch some of the exhibits,
such as dolphins and rays. If you
or your older children are brave,
you can even go in the water in a
cage and see sharks close up.
Seapark really does provide an
interactive experience.
Open 10am-6pm spring and autumn,
10am-7pm in summer. Admission for
Aquapark 40 YTL, children aged 4-9
25 YTL, under 4s free. Dolphinpark 30
YTL, children 4-9 20 YTL, under 4s
free. Swimming with dolphins is an
extra 155 YTL. Seapark 75 YTL, chil-
dren aged 4-9 50 YTL, under 4s free.

Open 10am-6pm daily. Admission
40 YTL adults, 25 YTL children, under
4s free.

Atlantis Waterpark,
Marmaris

★
Atlantis Waterpark, Siteler Mah. 212
Sok. No: 3 Uzunyalı, Marmaris. b +90
252 411 04 61; www.marmarisinfo.
com
The sprawling Atlantis Water-
park will not hold any surprises
for you, but it will make a won-
derful day out for your children,
whatever their ages. As you
would expect, there are swim-
ming pools, water chutes, slides,
a wave pool and bumper boats
designed for maximum fun. A
good selection of restaurants and
cafés have menus designed with
children very much in mind too,
and there's a bowling alley and
an amusement arcade for when
splashing in the water becomes
all too much. Older children or
teenagers can head off to an
Internet café if the pools don't
appeal. The park, which lies
alongside the Atlantis Beach
where sunbeds and umbrellas are
provided, is easy to reach from
anywhere in Marmaris and is
well signposted.
Open 10am-6pm daily, until 7pm in
summer. Admission 40 YTL adults,
25 YTL children, under 4s free.

Aquapark Dedeman Bodrum,
Bodrum

★★
Aquapark Dedeman Bodrum,
Turgutreis yolou, Yalikavak kav@agi,
Ortakent, Bodrum. b [phone]
00; www.depark.com.tr

Children always seem to crave a
visit to an aquapark during their
holidays, so with such a good one
offered in Bodrum it's an easy
request to fulfil. The Aquapark
Dedeman Bodrum has been cre-
ated within the countryside and
hills close to the centre of town.
There are water slides, wave pools,
swimming pools with various
depths suitable for non to experi-
enced swimmers and a river, plus
activities such as trampolines and
lots of restaurants. Of course, all
offer children's menus.

Dilek National Park,
Ku@adası

★
Dilek National Park, Ku@adası. b +90
256 646 10 79.
One of the largest natural parks
in Turkey, the Dilek National
Park is a mix of countryside, for-
est and outstanding coastline. It is

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