Where is Tisan Bay and How to Go? What to do in Tisan Bay?

Where is Tisan Bay?

Tisan Bay is a natural wonder located among the hidden paradises of the Mediterranean. Tisan Bay is located in Silifke District of Mersin. Tisan Bay is a peninsula on the Mediterranean coast, 45 km west of the Silifke district of Mersin. It is known that this magnificent bay, where blue and green meet, was discovered by a colonel flying over the region by helicopter during the Cyprus Peace Operation.

After visiting this region in more detail, the colonel founded the Tisan Building Cooperative with his friends and established a site in 1976, and the peninsula, which is a holiday region, takes its name from this cooperative. With its calmness and clear water, Tisan continues to be the indispensable address of holidaymakers coming from different cities and abroad, especially Ankara.

How to Get to Tisan Bay?

In order to reach Tisan, transportation is provided from behind the mountains passing through Yeşilovacık Neighborhood. In order to reach Tisan, you can reach it by crossing a very steep and high hill. Tisan Bay is connected to Yeşilovacık Neighborhood, which is 45 km southwest of Silifke. You can easily reach the region with your private car from Mersin and Antalya highway.

You don’t need to be afraid of the winding and hilly roads. At the end of the journey, you will see that it was worth it to cross this difficult road. If you do not want to come this far with your own vehicle, you can easily reach Tisan Bay and Tisan Island with daily boat tours departing from Taşucu.

You can spend a pleasant day enjoying the untouched beauty of Tisan Bay and the deep blue sea. The closest airport to Tisan Bay is Alanya Gazipaşa Airport. You can easily reach Tisan Bay in 3 hours by renting a car from the airport, which is 183 km away from the region. Adana Şakirpaşa Airport is 210 km from Tisan. It takes approximately 3 hours to reach Tisan from Adana Airport by a private vehicle.

In order to reach Tisan Bay by intercity buses, it is necessary to reach Silifke or Aydıncık first. Regular minibus services are organized from Silifke to Tisan Bay during the summer season. Tisan Bay is 135 km from Mersin, 557 km from Ankara, 851 km from Izmir, 355 km from Antalya and 927 km from Istanbul.

Narlıkuyu, a coastal town connected to Silifke, is the most popular and striking holiday resort of the Mediterranean with its clean sea and beaches, spending approximately 300 days in sunshine a year, and Boğsak Bay, which is frequented by caravans and tent residents, is Cennet. and Hell’s Collapse, as well as attractive and interesting places such as Astim Cave are places that can be seen in the region.

What to do in Tisan Bay?

Tisan Bay peninsula has two white, turquoise, sandy colored coves, east and west, and two islands, within a short distance, across the east-facing bay, where vacationers can easily go and swim. This peninsula draws attention with its historical ruins as well as its natural beauty. Tisan Beach is a favorite of holidaymakers with its deep blue sea and clean beach. It is one of the cleanest and crystal clear beaches of the Mersin region. Although the sea is stony and shallow, it has a non-irritating feature. If you wish, you can stay in an apartment-style place in the region. Guests living in a rental flat, which costs around 500 TL per day, can have the right to use 2 sun loungers and 1 umbrella per flat.

The history of Tisan Bay dates back to the 7th century BC. The history of this region goes back to Aphrodisias, also known as a Greek colony founded during this period. The ancient city, also known as ‚Aphrodisias of Cilicia‘, is a historical region where the settlement of ‚Aphrodisias‘, which means dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, is located. Since there is a settlement with a similar name in Aydın, it was named as Cilicia Aphrodisias in order not to confuse these regions with each other. In the southeast of Aphrodisias East Bay, there is a temple that was built in the 7th century BC and converted into a church in the 4th century AD, located at an altitude of 7 meters from the sea, 3 meters from the shore.