Porto Genoese Boat Trip and Mud Bath WITH Hotel Transfer

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Tiffany

August 31, 2025•

Save yourself 6000tl and cross with the ferry to get to the mud baths for just 20tl per person. (Cross at: Dalyan Denizkızı Feribot İşletmesi). From there it was a 500m walk to a gate at the back entrance of the mud baths. Call the number on the gate and the man will come open it within 2 minutes. Entrance into the bath is 190tl per hour. An hour is long enough. It was a great experience with lovely facilities. I would highly recommend this experience just don't fall for the over priced tourist traps along the way. It's possible to easily navigate your way there alone.

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Helmut

August 15, 2025•

Lovely place. I got here from Dalyan by walking 15 mins northwards alongside the river, nice gentle stroll flanked by villas and hotels on the one side and the river and cafés on the other. Eventually you get to a dead end, where you continue on the jetty passed loads of moored boats, right to the end (100m or so). There's the ferry which costs 20TL to cross the river. Don't fall for the taxi mafiosi guy who sits next to the ferry port and offers you a crossing for 1000TL... He must think we're all thick and don't do our homework 🤣. Once you paid the ferry guy his 20TL, 2 mins later you're on the other side. Walk for 2 mins up the road and on the left side there's a gate with a phone number. This is basically the back entrance to this place, as most of the customers are being shipped in by boat (for a small fortune I guess). Call the number and the owner answers and after 5 mins or so he comes and opens and leads you down to the mud-bath complex. The entrance fee is 190TL which you pay at the café. The mudbath complex itself is quite nice, although it could do with a few thoughtful improvements. There is the 20sqm mudpool, which is about knee deep, but beware of the steps under the water and the uneven surfaces, which you cannot see. A simple improvement would be to install a handrail at the steps, that would help an awful lot. Then there's a shower and toilet complex about 20 metres away, which is functional and reasonably clean. After you've done your mudbath thing you can dip into the thermal spring which is a small 12sqm , 1.7m deep, 40°pool which has pebbled bottom and a few rocks on the floor- beware not to knock your toes on them. At the entrance to the thermal pool there's a lady with a hosepipe who makes sure you don't carry and mud into the Cristal clear water, quite effectively. There's then also a rudimentary mud walk, but I wouldn't recommend that as beneath the mud are unpleasant sharp stones, which make it impossible to actually walk the walk- this needs improvement. Next to it all there's the cafe with drinks and ice cream and pancakes... a 0.33l EFES beer is 190TL and a cup of mint tea is 100TL. So overall it's a nice little thing to do, that doesn't break the bank. Please note this is not the more commercialised mud bath up the river in the Koycegiz Lake, called Sultaniye Kaplicalari but the much smaller and lesser known Camur Banyosu.

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Stuarty

July 28, 2025•

We came here as part of a day trip on the boat excursion. Funny. But once it dries in you can actually feel your skin going tighter and moving less than Botox 😂 It’s not the mud bath that knocks 10 years off you… it’s the freezing cold water to shower in to get it all back off. Be careful on underfoot, the amount of people sliding, slipping and falling was dangerous to be honest. After scrubbing the mud off, go for the “thermal bath” it’s not good, but it’ll help you get the last of the mud off

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Matt

July 24, 2025•

Fun! Clean (lol, yes despite mud) facility - they hose it down. Toilets. Power showers. POWER! Careful! Mud was rejuvenated but oh so icky to stand in!

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Kiko

June 29, 2025•

The Dalyan Mud Baths are a fun and unique experience — perfect for a laugh, great photos, and surprisingly good for your skin. The mud is rich in minerals and followed by a warm thermal pool. Entrance is cheap (around €2), but the facilities are basic. Important tip: Arrive before 9 AM or after 4 PM — most tourist boats arrive around 9–10 AM and it gets very crowded and noisy. Early visits offer a quieter, more relaxing experience. Not luxury, but totally worth it if you come prepared!