We took some friends (Pat and Don) to the charming little village of Doğanbey. Once it had been a Greek village, but with the exchange of populations after the war, it was abandoned and fell into disrepair.
Now many of the homes have been restored to their former glory.
and aren't they so picturesque?
and some of them have really pretty gardens
and views to die for
We also discovered that the visitor centre is now open for the Millipark (National Park) which runs from here across the mountain range and down to Güzelçamli (not far from Kusadasi). At the visitor centre they have a short presentation as to what wildlife you might find in the park, such as wild boar, squirrels, foxes etc; there were once leopard, but they died out at the end of the last (20th) century.
They also run guided tours through the park, although you would have to be fairly fit to follow the route over the mountains and down to the other centre in the park, a route of about 15Km.
From the old Greek village we followed the road down to the present village of Doğanbey, where we had a lovely meal at a local fish restaurant.
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