Küdür Public Beach near Dodo Beachclub Yalikavak

Memories of Childhood

I grew up near the North Norfolk coast, so to me, a day at the beach meant – inky-black water that was both choppy and chilly. And because this area of England sticks out into the North Sea – it captures the brunt of the cold Icelandic winds.

If you weren’t lucky enough to own a wind-break – any tan you might acquire was sand-blasted off, and your entire picnic lunch came with sand-seasoning. I still shudder at the amount of Cucumber and Dairylea cheese spread sandwichs I had to crunch my way through.

But I’ll tell you what — I loved it, and no amount of sand-blasting could erode the pleasure of a day at our local beach of Wells-next-the-Sea.

Twin beach found for Wells-next-the-Sea

During my recent trip to Yalikavak, I found the ideal beach to be Twinned with Wells-next-the-Sea. A beach, simply marked as Halk Plajı (translation: Public Beach), which is on the piece of land that sticks out of the mainland near Yalikavak.

(This beach is one of the two Public beaches in this area of Yalikavak, known as Küdür. The other public beach is round the other side of this peninsular that protrudes from Yalikavak, and they’re both called Küdür Public Beach.)

Travel west, away from Yalikavak on Cumhuriyet Cad., and drive past the boat-yard. Just before you take a left hand bend to reach the Mosque – take a right instead.

As you coast along this northern part of the peninsular, you’ll see a bloated finger of land sticking out – this is the Halk Plajı.

When you reach the fork in the road — keep to the left (the right hand fork will take you to the Dodo Beach Club).

The western side of the point faces the blustery Aegean – and I think it would be a great place to watch the sun go down.

Whilst the eastern side of the point faces towards the mainland, and is nestled in a secluded elbow of land.

Halk Plajı wouldn’t win any beauty contests – but if you want to get away from the throngs that inhabit the tourist beaches, head here for a bit of local flavour. Parking is readily available, as there’s a large size scrub of land used as a car park.