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Denbigh

Denbigh (Welsh: Dinbych) is a picturesque market town and one of the most historic towns in North Wales. Dinbych in Welsh means "little fortress" and the remains of the historic Denbigh Castle dominate the skyline of the town. It is the birthplace of explorer Henry Morton Stanley.

By bus
The town's railway station closed in 1963; the closest railway station can be found in Rhyl, some 12 miles north of Denbigh. From Rhyl, a regular direct bus service goes to Denbigh from the bus stand outside Rhyl railway station. Also regular direct bus service to and from Mold (Yr Wyddgrug), Corwen/Ruthin (Rhuthun) and from Wrexham (Wrecsam) 3 times a day. Traveline Cymru is great for planning journey with public transport.

By car
Denbigh is easily reached by car, as it is only 6 miles from North Wales main road the A55, take exit marked St Asaph and then follow signs for Denbigh. Denbigh is 40 min from Chester, 1 hr 30 min from Liverpool and approx 1 hr 50 min from Manchester.

By foot
Denbigh is a small town, and you can easily walk everywhere in the town.

Events

 * Denbigh Midsummer Festival - A cocktail of poetry, music, dancing, walks & talks, films, boules, ball drop, local and French markets, and fun fair. Entrance from free to £5.
 * Cymru Cuba Salsa Festivals - Annual festival celebrating the links between wales and Cuba - Live salsa music with Cuban band Omar Puentes and "Cubanias".
 * Denbigh Show - Offering a great variety of family entertainments, and bringing together a whole host of local organisations in a celebration of the best of the Town. The Flower Show is still a main feature of the day.
 * Denbigh and Flint Annual Show - The Denbigh and Flint County Show presents the annual one-day event with all manner of activities. A great day out bringing town and countryside together.
 * Walking Festival - Organised hikes around Vale of Clwyd and Hireathog mountain ranges.
 * Beer Festival - Annual beer festival with music including four live bands during the day. Over 35 beers and ciders to sample, all from local breweries.
 * Open Heritage Weekend - An array of buildings and monuments will be open free of charge, as well as many walks and tours giving you the opportunity to delve deeper into the history of each town. Everyone is invited. Many of the buildings and monuments are not normally open to the public, so this is a unique opportunity to discover the past and explore some fascinating historic buildings.
 * Open Heritage Weekend - An array of buildings and monuments will be open free of charge, as well as many walks and tours giving you the opportunity to delve deeper into the history of each town. Everyone is invited. Many of the buildings and monuments are not normally open to the public, so this is a unique opportunity to discover the past and explore some fascinating historic buildings.

Go next

 * St Asaph
 * Ruthin

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Dendera

Dendera (also commonly spelled Denderah) is an archaeological locality in Egypt just outside the town of Qena (62 km north of Luxor) in the region of Middle Egypt.

Understand
Dendera is the site of the remarkably well-preserved Ptolemaic Temple of Hathor, the sole practicable reason for visiting the town.

Get in
Dendera is situated some 5 km southwest of Qena township on the opposite bank of the Nile from the main settlement. Most travelers now arrive in Dendera on an overpriced day-tours out of Luxor (up to LE900 per vehicle, but including Abydos). However, it is totally possible to arrive the budget way using the train and local taxi. (Strangely though, there are no inexpensive tuk-tuks available in Qena.)

By taxi
Service taxis can be hired in Luxor for the round trip. Expect to pay about LE140-160 and to travel in a police convoy, which can mean some delays.

From Qena centre or the railway station a return trip should be no more than LE50. The official taxi meter price is between LE15-20 one-way.

By boat
A number of Luxor hotels, such as the Novotel, organise day excursions to Dendera by coach or Nile cruiser (lunch usually included, journey there and back takes most of one full day, with a short visit only at the actual temple).

By train
Train travel from Luxor is between 40-55 min. There is a local trains at 12:30 (LE4.50)—trains after that one will arrive too late to get in Dendera before closing hours. Otherwise, the regular trains to Cairo also stop in Qena, see Egypt.

Get around
The site is small enough to reach everything by walking.

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Dendermonde

Dendermonde is a city in East Flanders. The small-sized city has about 46,000 inhabitants (2018). It is sits between the bigger cities of Ghent (Gent), Mechelen and Brussels.

Understand
The municipality of Dendermonde consists of 8 villages or towns including Dendermonde proper. The other 7 parts of the municipality are Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde and Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde.

By train
The is quite central in the town. Dendermonde is an important node in Flanders' railway network.
 * Direct connections from Brussels and Ghent. Dendermonde is 35 to 55 minutes away from Brussels and 25 to 36 minutes from Ghent, depending on the type of train you take.
 * Dendermonde is a train ride of 20 minutes away from Mechelen.
 * There are also direct connections from nearby Lokeren.

By bus
The Flemish national bus company, De Lijn, has lines to Dendermonde from Ghent, Berlare, Aalst and other neighbouring towns. For more information regarding different timetables (only available in Dutch): https://www.delijn.be.

By car
The main road is N47 (Lokeren-Asse). Next to the Kasteelstraat is a parking plot, just as the larger Parking De Bruynkaai at the banks of the Scheldt river.

Get around
Since the historical city centre is rather small it is very possible to cover all distances on foot. If you want to go outside the town centre, you can rent a bike for free for the first 24 hours with the Blue Bike service. This service point is next to the train station. Before renting a bike one must first obtain a Blue Bike card which costs €12. There are several Blue Bike centres across Belgium so if you are planning to visit several towns this may be a very good investment.

Drink
Best beer in Dendermonde is Vicaris (www.vicaris.be)

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Dengue fever

Dengue fever (pronounced "Den-gee" with a hard G) is a viral tropical disease spread by mosquito bites. In 2020, the World Health Organization reported an estimate of 390 million infections per year, of which 96 million had some degree of severity. Despite a risk of infection existing in 129 countries, 70% of the actual burden is in Asia.

Dengue is a major public health problem throughout South-East Asia and South Asia. It is also found in Queensland, Australia, the tropical South Pacific, Africa, tropical parts of North and South America, including the Caribbean and mainland Central America. Estimates of the prevalence of the disease vary widely, but all show it increasing steadily since the late 20th century.

Dengue is not infectious between people. It is spread to humans mainly by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is found in tropical regions of the world. The Aedes albopictus mosquito can also carry it; that one tolerates cold better and has been involved in the spread of the disease to Europe and North America. These mosquitoes also carry the similar viruses that cause Yellow fever, Zika fever, Chikungunya, the West Nile disease, and several types of encephalitis.

There are five strains of the virus. After recovering from an infection, a person has long-term immunity to that strain and may for a few months be resistant to other strains.

The main preventive measures are to decrease the ability of mosquitoes to breed and to avoid mosquito bites. Vaccines are now available in some countries; see below.

Signs and symptoms
About 80% of people infected with the virus have no symptoms, or only a mild fever and tiredness. Mild cases without rash may be easily misdiagnosed as a cold. Dengue is also easily confused with Zika fever or Chikungunya which are caused by related viruses carried by the same type of mosquito, found in similar geographic regions, and have similar symptoms.

For the unlucky 20% who get full-blown dengue fever, the first symptoms are usually a sudden fever (often over 40°C, 104°F) accompanied by strong joint and muscle pains; in the 19th century it was known as breakbone fever due to these pains. This is usually soon followed by a bright red rash, most often starting on the legs but sometimes the arms and it may spread to the chest, back, and face. Splitting headaches, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain are also common. This stage of the disease is quite unlikely to kill, but the patient may wish it would.

Symptoms usually appear 4-10 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. The acute symptoms typically last a few days or a week, but milder flu-like symptoms often persist beyond that; many people are miserable for weeks and for some it takes several months to fully recover. Death is rare, and generally only occurs in those that progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever.

A few cases become dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), in which blood vessels become more porous and start to leak fluids; fortunately this is fairly rare. The most common symptom is bleeding from the nose, mouth, and gums, but accumulation of fluids in the abdomen or lungs, bleeding in the intestinal tract, vaginal bleeding, or bleeding under the skin are also possible. There can be a fever of 42°C (108°F) or higher, which is an emergency in itself.

There are five strains of the dengue virus and DHF occurs more often in people who have recovered from an infection with one strain but then get re-infected with a different strain. The reason for this is not known for certain; one theory is that the immune system, instead of fighting the second strain, gets confused and just makes lots of antibodies against the first.

The fatality rate for DHF with proper treatment is below 1%, but it is a life-threatening illness which usually requires hospitalization, and often some time in an intensive care ward. Treatment involves major interventions – transfusions, other intravenous fluids, sometimes oxygen to compensate for blood or lung problems, perhaps medication to reduce bleeding, and so on. The main goal is to prevent the patient from progressing to dengue shock syndrome, and this can usually be achieved.

The deadliest form of the disease is dengue shock syndrome (DSS) in which so much fluid is lost that pulse rate and blood pressure drop precipitously. This is a critical emergency; it is lethal in 90% of cases unless correctly and very promptly treated, and once the disease has progressed to this point there is significant risk of death even with good treatment.

Treatment
There is no treatment that can attack the virus or cure the disease, only ones to alleviate symptoms such as pain, fever or nausea, or to deal with dehydration and blood loss. For mild cases, rest and fluids may be enough, but check with a doctor about other treatment.

In areas with dengue, if you get some of the symptoms described above (especially after being bitten by a mosquito) see a doctor. The presence of dengue can be confirmed with a blood test, and some of the misery can be avoided with supportive care. Not all cases need hospitalization, but some will be too ill for work or travel for anything from a few days to a few weeks.

Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a life-threatening illness; if you show any DHF symptoms, see a doctor immediately. If a local hospital has a good emergency room, go directly there.

Treating dengue hemorrhagic fever requires the resources of a modern hospital. If you are out in the boondocks and come down with dengue fever, consider evacuating immediately to somewhere with such a hospital. If your case does develop into DHF, then you will urgently need treatment but might be in no shape to travel.

If you get dengue fever during a long trip, talk to your doctor about your prognosis. The disease leaves some people debilitated (about like flu) for anything up to several months, and if you are one of the unlucky ones you may need to alter your travel plans: postpone strenuous activities and go lie on a beach or take it easy in some other way until you recover fully. Some people may even need to cut a trip short and go home to recover.

Preventive measures
Preventive measures to control and avoid dengue fever focus on avoiding mosquito bites and include:

 * Prevention or elimination of standing water sources, such as pools of water that collect in containers, flower pots, discarded tires or coconut shells, etc. Mosquitoes breed in any standing water in a matter of days.
 * Use of permethrin-treated fabrics, which kill insects that land on them, for clothing and mosquito net.
 * Use of mosquito net especially for the place you sleep in even if mosquitoes "can't enter" the house. Make sure that the net doesn't have any holes, and there are no gaps between the net and the environment.
 * Use of insect repellent (icaridin or DEET are the main agents that have been shown to be most effective) as well as wearing clothing that covers exposed skin.
 * Houses constructed in such a way as to reduce the entry of mosquitoes. (e.g. screens on the windows a/c instead of open windows/ventilators...)

Most electronic bug zappers are not effective against mosquitoes since mosquitoes are not attracted to light. There are some models which emit carbon dioxide or octenol (found in the breath of mammals) so they do attract mosquitoes.

See mosquitoes for more detailed discussion.

Vaccine
As of mid-2023, two dengue vaccines have been approved for some uses in some countries, but neither is approved in all places or for all recipients. Several other dengue vaccines are at various stages of development. The above information is accurate as of mid-2023. Check with your own doctor or a local clinic for more definite information.

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Den Helder

Den Helder is a port city in North Holland. It is the main base of the Royal Netherlands Navy and is also an important civilian port.

Understand
Den Helder is the northernmost settlement on the mainland of Noord Holland. Den Helder is named as such since 1928. Before that, the city was called Helder, but was also referred to as 't Nieuwediep and Willemsoord. Den Helder was the local name, which was solidified as the town name in 1928.

Den Helder has been an island town up to 1610, when the Zanddijk between Callantsoog and Huisduinen was completed. The town was a naval one, with most of its income coming from fishing. East of the town was the Nieuwediep inlet, which formed a natural harbour. Stadtholder Willem V ordered to investigate the option of creating a new harbour for the royal navy in 1779, and after much resistance from Hoorn, Enkhuizen and Medemblik, the other three major harbour cities along the Zuiderzee, work started in 1781 to make the Nieuwe Diep into a harbour. Den Helder subsequently became one of the home ports of the royal navy.

During Napoleonic French occupation, the town was fortified. The navy permanently stayed when the French were defeated. Den Helder became an outport of Amsterdam with the completion of the Noordhollandsch Kanaal. The town subsequently expanded, got a steamboat connection to Amsterdam in 1845 and a railway connection to Amsterdam in 1865. Meanwhile, the national naval university also moved to the town. The town of Juliadorp was founded in 1909 after the town moved back to fishing since the Noordhollandsch Kanaal allowed ships bound for Amsterdam to do there directly, from which the trade suffered. 10% of the people in Den Helder migrated to elsewhere in the country.

The city, during World War Two, housed parts of the German Navy, and the entire town was declared a Sperrgebiet in 1943, meaning that Den Helder no longer was accessible to regular people. In favour of the Atlantikwall and having a free range of sight, many buildings along the seadike were demolished. Since the fall of the Nazi-German Empire, the city has been largely expanded upon.

Get in
Den Helder has two train stations to its name, these being and. Both of these are on the same line that terminates at Den Helder. From here, two train services connect to the rest of the country. Both follow the same route up to Utrecht via Amsterdam, from which one goes to Nijmegen via Arnhem and the other goes to Maastricht via Eindhoven. Both trains are Intercity services, meaning that they stop only at the major stations. Travelling to Den Helder, however, the train becomes a stopping train from Alkmaar onwards. Be sure to sit in one of the front carriages of the train, as the rear carriages are detached at a station en-route! Den Helder station (the last stop on the line) is far more useful for tourists as it is located in the centre of the city. The station includes a small cafe which sells snacks and drinks.

Ferries from Texel arrive at Den Helder's harbour, which is 25 minutes away when travelling on foot from the station. Catch a bus or taxi if you have luggage. Bus goes back and forth between  and the Den Helder train station every thirty minutes. This saves you fifteen minutes in total.

Get around
A bus service is available, though the centre of the city is reasonably compact and all the attractions are within comfortable walking distance of one another.

See

 * The city's sea wall provides a good view of the constant parade of ships entering and leaving the port.

Architecture

 * Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine
 * Lange Jaap lighthouse

Museums and other things

 * Fort Kijkduin - this fortress was built in 1811
 * Oude Rijkswerf Willemsoord - former naval base of the Royal Netherlands Navy where several museums can be found. The whole area and most of the buildings are a national heritage site and there are several historical ships
 * Marinemuseum - this museum records the history of the Royal Netherlands Navy, and includes several preserved warships and a submarine. It takes about 20 minutes to walk from Den Helder's train station to the museum.
 * Nationaal Reddingmuseum Dorus Rijkers - national rescue museum
 * Hortus Overzee - botanical garden
 * De Nollen - nature and art project
 * Helderse Vallei - educational nature center with petting zoo and viewing tower nearby

Nature

 * Dunes - This Natura 2000 area is a good place for a walking or bicycle trip
 * Beach - Den Helder has seven kilometers of sandy beaches

Sleep

 * Hotel Lands End
 * Grand Hotel Beatrix

Go next
The ferry to the popular island of Texel departs fr Den Helder, taking about 20 minutes. On the island, there are many things to do like bicycling, skydiving and various other activities.

Or go down south to Alkmaar, and continue onwards towards the rest of Noord Holland and even other provinces.

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Dénia

Dénia (Spanish: Denia; "Dénia" is Valencian) is a small tourist city on the southeastern coast of Spain, to the north of Alicante province. It has a population of around 40,000, although this can be more than doubled by tourism during the summer months.

Understand
Dénia is right on the coastline of the Costa Blanca - the White Coast. On one side is the Mediterranean sea and to the other distant mountains. The town has had a very long history predating the Romans (when it was called Hemeroscopeion) and continuing through the Moorish period until the present. Almost everywhere in the town you can find ruins dating back to its historic past.

By plane
Dénia is equidistant to Alicante and Valencia and both airports are very well serviced by numerous major and low-cost international airlines, so arriving and departing is really easy and because of the competition is not expensive. Both airports are approximately 60 minutes travelling time straight down the A7/E15 autopista.

By bus
DeniBus operates five routes in Dénia, four of which depart from  on the Esplanade Cervantes. A single journey costs €1.50, payable directly to the bus driver on entry. Route maps and timetables can be viewed here.

Historic town
This is the original town settlement of Dénia and spreads from the harbour and old marina to the other side of the castle – the castle being the center which offered protection to the inhabitants. Today you can walk on cobblestone pedestrian streets, pausing for tapas and a drink at one of the many typical bars. It is very interesting to walk around the old fisherman neighborhood, the old marina and harbour or the main street (Carrer Marqués de Campos) which now has wonderful and elegant shops. The new marina is sited to the south side of town and you can walk, dine and drink whilst looking out over some wonderful yachts, both sail and motor.

Beaches and water sport
One of the main attractions of Dénia are the beaches, which stretch for around 26 kilometres of coast and are divided into three sections: sandy beaches, the marinas and the rocky coastline. Many of the beaches are 'blue flag' and from June until mid-October most are equipped with foot showers, first aid stations, lifeguards, and toilets. Along some stretches there are chiringuitos or beach bars which are open from May through September.

The sandy beaches of Las Marinas towards the northern side of Dénia are good for relaxing and sunbathing, and are suitable for children. has disabled access, and dogs are permitted on (near the port area).

The southeastern rocky end of Dénia is known as Les Rotes. If you like diving or just snorkeling this stretch is more interesting, where you can see all kinds of Mediterranean fishes, squids, octopuses, sea urchins, etc., , and  (near the cliffs), are very popular with divers; a prior permit, available from the tourist office, is required. has disabled access and a boardwalk, is and easy stroll from the centre of Dénia.

Eat
Dénia is famous for its restaurants which serve fresh fish and wonderful meat dishes. There are so many and so varied including a 3-starred Michelin-rated gastronomic wonder. In 2015 the city was designated a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. It is most well known for the Dénia gamba roja (red prawn), a deep-sea prawn which lives in a trench between Cap de Sant Antoni (Cabo de San Antonio) and Ibiza, and fetches upwards of €100/kg at the market. Other well-known and popular dishes include arrós a banda, which is the focus of an annual national cooking competition, suquet de peix, a type of seafood stew, and numerous other rice-based dishes.

Sleep
There are many apartments and penthouses which can be rented as well as small hotels.

Go next

 * Xàbia – 10 minutes south by road.
 * Ibiza – by boat or plane.

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Denison

Denison is a city in Western Iowa.

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Denizli

Denizli is a city in the Southern Aegean region of Turkey, which most visitors simply transit to reach Pamukkale 20 km north. It's a typical modern Turkish city, far from picturesque, but does have enough sights of its own if your schedule allows. It's the main conurbation of Denizli province and most of it is nowadays within Pamukkale District (formerly Akköy), with a population in 2022 of 347,926. This means that places in and around the city shown on maps as "Pamukkale" may be far from the travertine pools you're looking for.

Understand
Deniz means the sea, or a large lake, which this place never had: it's on the edge of a hillside south of the plains of Büyük Menderes River. The name probably derives from Tonguzlu, place of the wild boar, though it took its denizens until the 14th century to decide they didn't much like being called swine and to elide the pronunciation. The town however remained agricultural. It managed to avoid warfare, whereas the more important nearby city of Laodicea was wrecked by the Turks and Mongols, and its residents relocated to Denizli.

Denizli is a textile town and its other agricultural claim to fame is the Denizli rooster, honoured by a fibreglass model in Delikliçınar Square south of town centre. Excavations at Laodicea found it honoured 900 years ago. It's not a ferocious fighter and it certainly doesn't lay, but has a distinctive 20-25 second crow. Its population is declining but there are measures to protect the breed.

The climate consists of average summer highs of 35°C, and winter days around 5-10°C. Rains are concentrated in winter and spring, but the occasional shower can happen anytime.

By plane

 * İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport has more international flights. It's 260 km west of Denizli, a 4 hour drive.
 * İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport has more international flights. It's 260 km west of Denizli, a 4 hour drive.

 * Antalya may work better, as it has budget flights from across Europe. It's 225 km southeast, a 3 hour drive.

By bus
Buses from Istanbul take 10-11 hr via Gebze, Bursa, Izmir, Aydin and Nazilli. They run hourly daytime and every couple of hours through the night, for a fare in 2023 of 620 TL.

Buses run hourly from Ankara (7 hr), Izmir (3½ hr) and Antalya (4 hr). Others are from Isparta (3 hr), Konya (6 hr), Göreme (for Cappadocia; 10 hr overnight) and Adana (12 hr overnight).

Bus lines on these routes are Pamukkale, Metro Turizm and Flixbus.

By train
Pamukkale Ekspresi trundles once a day from Eskişehir, taking 8 hours 20 min via Kütahya, Afyon and Çardak. It sets off after 11:00 to arrive around 19:30; the return train departs at 09:45 to reach Eskişehir by 18:15. Eskişehir has fast YHT trains from Istanbul, Ankara and Konya, but you'll struggle to make a same-day connection.

Göller Ekspresi typifies what's wrong with Turkish railways. It runs overnight, leaving Izmir Basmane station at 23:00 to reach the airport at 23:30, Selçuk at 00:40, Aydın at 01:45, Denizli at 04:10, Çardak at 05:15 and Isparta at 07:40. The westbound return leaves Isparta at 22:00, reaching Denizli at 02:00 and Izmir at 07:00. Thus it serves a large city, two airports and several major tourist destinations, at a time of night that renders it useless. It just has standard seating, no couchettes. The bus covers the distance in half the time at a convenient hour of day.

Denizli railway station is across the road from the bus station. Few facilities here.

Get around

Most sights are within walking distance.

The town bus website has route maps and timetables. For the university and hospital take Bus 120, 250, 300 or 320.

See

 * (Grand Mosque) on Kayalık Cd was built in traditional style in 2002, demolishing the original of 1368 on this site.
 * is a large mosque built from the 1960s, overlooking a busy square.
 * is the one with the statue of the rooster.
 * is an elegant mosque with twin minarets.
 * İncilipınar Parkı stretches south of the mosque.
 * is a wooded park near the university: Çamlık means pines.
 * was built in the Seljuk era. It's been turned into a restaurant and düğün, a wedding venue. You might be able to peek in on the way to Laodicea.
 * was a city of ancient Phrygia, with its heyday in the 5th century BC. It was dwindling by the 1st century AD, when Paul or his colleague wrote an Epistle to its church. ("Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord . . . " which they might otherwise not have thought of.) The site has not been excavated: there's obviously a substantial city down there, but for now there's nothing to see.
 * Çardak Hanı is an attractive caravanserai in Çardak village just north of the airport. In 2023 it's closed for restoration.
 * was a city of ancient Phrygia, with its heyday in the 5th century BC. It was dwindling by the 1st century AD, when Paul or his colleague wrote an Epistle to its church. ("Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord . . . " which they might otherwise not have thought of.) The site has not been excavated: there's obviously a substantial city down there, but for now there's nothing to see.
 * Çardak Hanı is an attractive caravanserai in Çardak village just north of the airport. In 2023 it's closed for restoration.
 * Çardak Hanı is an attractive caravanserai in Çardak village just north of the airport. In 2023 it's closed for restoration.
 * Çardak Hanı is an attractive caravanserai in Çardak village just north of the airport. In 2023 it's closed for restoration.

Do

 * Football: Denizlispor were relegated in 2023 so they now play soccer in TFF 2. Lig, the third tier. Their home ground Atatürk Stadium (capacity 18,700) is 2 km south of town centre.
 * Çavuşoğlu Aquapark is north along the highway to Pamukkale. Cleanliness varies.
 * Çavuşoğlu Aquapark is north along the highway to Pamukkale. Cleanliness varies.

Buy

 * Babadağlılar Bazaar is north side of the Ethnography Museum, open M-Sa 08:00-20:00. Traditional handmade clothing and other textiles are the city specialty.
 * Forum Çamlık is a shopping centre 1 km south of İncilipınar Park.
 * Teras Park is a big shopping centre at the southwest edge of town.

Eat

 * "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth." - Revelation 3: 16
 * - no point offering St John of Patmos a Dondurmalı İrmik Helvası dessert.

 * Local dishes include Denizli-style lamb kebab, Kaşarlı Alabalık baked fish covered with grated cheese, and Kokorec which is offal wrapped in a lamb's gut.

 * Hacı Şerif is a chain of dessert shops, selling all the standards including lokum - Turkish Delight. Dondurmalı İrmik Helvası is made with semolina and pine nuts, and served warm around a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Their most central outlet is at 2nd Ticari Yol 466, a hundred metres east of Bayramyeri Square.
 * Hacı Şerif is a chain of dessert shops, selling all the standards including lokum - Turkish Delight. Dondurmalı İrmik Helvası is made with semolina and pine nuts, and served warm around a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Their most central outlet is at 2nd Ticari Yol 466, a hundred metres east of Bayramyeri Square.
 * Hacı Şerif is a chain of dessert shops, selling all the standards including lokum - Turkish Delight. Dondurmalı İrmik Helvası is made with semolina and pine nuts, and served warm around a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Their most central outlet is at 2nd Ticari Yol 466, a hundred metres east of Bayramyeri Square.
 * Hacı Şerif is a chain of dessert shops, selling all the standards including lokum - Turkish Delight. Dondurmalı İrmik Helvası is made with semolina and pine nuts, and served warm around a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Their most central outlet is at 2nd Ticari Yol 466, a hundred metres east of Bayramyeri Square.

Drink

 * "As everybody lives in vineyards the upper classes and ordinary people do not flee from each other."
 * - Evliya Çelebi, 17th century Ottoman travel writer

 * Most cafes serve beer. There isn't a free-standing pub.
 * Çal Vineyard Route links a number of vineyards around the town of Çal, northeast of Denizli.

Sleep

 * The bus station is surrounded by budget hotels, a great vote of confidence in the reliability of onward transport. These include Hiera City, Çimenoğlu Otel, Demasus, Mellday, Laodikya, Anya Suit, Grand Keskin, and Halley Hotel. Just north on Cumhuriyet Cd are Grand Denizli, Koşar, Napa (below), Eyüboğlu and Aygören.
 * University district south edge of town has a scattering of accommodation near the main highway, which includes Golden Residence, Vista Royal and Leman Kültür Hotel.
 * Pamukkale and Karahayıt to the north are on the international tourist circuit and have plenty of high-standard accommodation.
 * University district south edge of town has a scattering of accommodation near the main highway, which includes Golden Residence, Vista Royal and Leman Kültür Hotel.
 * Pamukkale and Karahayıt to the north are on the international tourist circuit and have plenty of high-standard accommodation.
 * Pamukkale and Karahayıt to the north are on the international tourist circuit and have plenty of high-standard accommodation.

Connect
Denizli and its approach roads have 4G from all Turkish carriers. As of March 2023, 5G has not rolled out in Turkey.

Go next

 * Pamukkale is a must-see, with calcium-coated cliffs and hot spring pools, and the ancient city of Hierapolis.
 * Aphrodisias is one of the best preserved Roman cities in Turkey, yet without the crowds of better known sites.
 * The coast is about four hours drive from this city named for the sea. Closest big resorts are Marmaris and Kuşadası, for Ephesus.

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