Tanay Nature Park sits beside Ilıca beach at Çeşme, on the İzmir peninsula, and what the directorate values about it is the meeting point: 30.3 hectares where forest runs down to the sea. It was declared on 11 July 2011.
Walking and photo safari in and around the park are the activities named, and the facilities listed amount to a country kiosk and picnic units. The capacity figures suggest something more: 290 vehicles and 288 tents.
There is no section for plants or wildlife.
The park is at the Ilıca locality, nine kilometres from Çeşme town centre and 80 from İzmir. The İzmir-Çeşme motorway serves it, and the last stretch can be made through either Çeşme or Alaçatı, both about five minutes away.
- Designated
- 11.07.2011
Entry fee
- Aegean group 1 · category 1 · Per person
- 85 ₺
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 00:01 - 23:59
When to go
- Climate
- Across İzmir as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 8.9 °C in January to 28 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (146 mm) and lightest in July (4 mm). Long-term means for 1938-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
