If you're looking to sample rural Turkish life, the farming hamlet of Tire, 40 kilometers north of Selçuk, is a great place for a wander.
The town is renowned for its felt-making tradition, and you can still see master felt craftsmen at work in the village. If you come here on a Tuesday, you can also see Tire's famous market full of delicious local foodstuffs.
On the way to Tire (near the turnoff for Tire, 15 kilometers northeast of Selçuk, close to the village of Belevi) is a burial mound and the remains of a monumental structure reminiscent of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in Bodrum.
