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Never saw Dalaman but I advise to take as little baggage as possible. I was flying with 1 small bag only which was super comfy. Be prepared that if you have check in luggage you have to arrive at least 2.5 hours before because its painstaking to get through the airport, especially check-in with your luggage. The airport is huge and quite confusing. You can safely use your debit cards there I checked on mine. Everything was ok!

I only stayed two nights and was working remotely, so didn't experience too much, but from the couple of walks I had into the town I got a sense that you wouldn't need more than 1-2 days for the town, but it could be a convenient place to stay as a base to see other places. Bus station is about 15-20 minutes drive outside of the town - so you definitely need to get a taxi there! I think as a place to stay if your arriving at Dalaman Aiport late or leaving early, then a nights accommodation in Dalaman is a good option. Use Turkey Lira and have cash, found taxis and buses you needed cash. I didn't eat or drink out, so cannot comment on need for cash at cafes, restaurants, or bars. The small supermarkets and liquor outlets took cards.

Dalaman is in fact city for tourist because of the airport. My visit was out of main tourist season and the city was quiet and served me as base for my trips around. Ideal for short visit of Hellenic places like Patara, Xanthos and Lakoon and rock tombs in Dalyan or Fetyeh. And lots of nice beaches within a day car-trip.

We stayed at the king lake houses swim up apartments, they absolutely lovely !! next time would like to book the ground floor level and maybe opposite side for extra sunshine time 😎 We also booked beach huts with jacuzzi and butler service for are anniversary and daughters birthday, and what a treat worth every penny

The start of the holiday as always is long as you just want to get there, however Stansted Airport was brilliant both ways. Jet2 were fantastic and will be using them in the future. We've been to dalaman 7 times and love it, people are friendly, beach's are lovely and clean, so much to do and see for all ages. We hired a car for 8 days and travelled to olu deniz for 2 nights, went to the blue lagoon and to the water park, we went rafting down the river at the Gorge which is a must, my 7 year old loved it, the 12 island boat trip from Gocek was great value for money £17 for adults kids half price up to the age of 12, the boat left at 10 returned at 7pm it included a bbq with fresh fish, chicken, salad and vegetarian option with a bar on the boat. The local beach's are beautiful saragimie has 2 the old and the new one with large wooden swings spotted on the beach, clean with eating facilities, showers and toilets. Perfect holiday 15 days of pure bliss

It is close to Sarigerme town which is small but good enough to buy some popular Turkish stuff. Except the Holliday Village(the resort where we were located) you could book different extras on the beach , take a boot and go for diving, etc. British people stay mostly in the village around the pools and the beach itself is pretty empty for those who likes quite places. It was interesting there was no mosquitos even there was a river and kind of swamp area around. The locals treated the area every day.