Kuşadası awaits visitors to discover hidden treasures

The Mediterranean province of Aydın's Kuşadası district is inviting domestic and international visitors for an adrenalin-pumping diving adventure to experience underwater marvels along with the resort town's natural, historical and geographical wonders on land.

The town became a hub of divers with its proximity to İzmir, allowing divers to explore beneath the Aegean Sea that serves as a gateway to exciting moments.

An Airbus A 300 type passenger plane wreck, which was sunk by local authorities in the district and has been a favorite spot of scuba-diving enthusiasts, is attracting the attention of visitors once again with the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.

With 54 meters from nose to tail and a 44-meter wingspan, the aircraft is well intact in its original condition, including the fuselage, and different fish species now dart about its interior.

With the onset of the normalization phase, efforts were also made to create artificial reefs in Kuşadası, which has natural reefs such as underwater rock structures, bangos, deep wall crevices and caves.

Speaking to state-run Anadolu Agency, Emre Yazar, who has lived in the U.S. for 27 years, said that he had dived in different parts of Turkey until today but that he had never seen such a diversity of underwater life as in Kuşadası.

"A very different environment has been created for those who want to observe underwater life. I saw different kinds of fish. I entered the middle of the plane and exited the front door," Yazar said, inviting all diving enthusiasts to the resort town.

Diving instructor Tağmaç Saraçoğlu also stated that the plane wreck reef brings mobility to Kuşadası's diving tourism.

"There are divers who come to Kuşadası from different countries of the...