Top 4 Natural Monuments in Aydın

It is located in Selatin Village of Germencik district. The village is just above the entrance of Selatin Tunnel from Aydın side of Aydın-İzmir highway. The monumental tree is over 800 years old and its species is Oriental plane tree. Its trunk circumference is 8.65 meters, its height is 17.5 meters and its shadow diameter is 35 meters.

Selatin is a neighborhood in Germencik district of Aydın province. The neighborhood, located at the foot of Aydın Mountains, has the end of the 75th Year Selatin Tunnel in Aydın. There is also a monumental tree in the neighborhood. A monumental tree is a tree that is distinguished from other trees of its kind due to its physical characteristics or historical and cultural importance. The definition of a monumental tree in the "Monumental Trees Inventory Selection Rules and Marking Standard" prepared by the Turkish Standards Institute is as follows: "A tree that has a natural life long enough to build a bridge between the past and the present, the present and the future, and that reaches dimensions far beyond the usual dimensions of its kind in terms of age, trunk diameter, crown diameter and height; or has a special place in the history, mystical culture and folklore of the region." Detection and protection of monumental trees. In each country, trees that meet certain predetermined criteria are determined and registered as monumental trees by the competent authorities of that place. Cultural monument trees: These are trees that have a positive or negative, real or imaginary, mystical or folkloric story in the culture of the region or that have been identified with national historical events and have witnessed them. There are three different types: historical monument trees mystical monument trees folkloric monument trees Dimensional monument trees: These are trees that reach sizes far above the usual dimensions of trees of their kind in terms of dimensional characteristics such as height, age, trunk and crown, and are at least a hundred years old and have a natural lifespan. Visual monument trees: These are trees that have different visual characteristics such as candelabra, fork, horizontal, curved and different trunk fusion, and that significantly deviate from the natural appearance. Some monumental trees found in Türkiye Oklubalı Junipers in İnönü, Eskişehir Mızıkçam in Domaniç, Kütahya Ulufeli Plane Tree in Bedirge, Hatay Mastic Tree in Bakırköy, Istanbul Şecer-i Vak vak plane tree in Sultanahmet, Istanbul Chestnuts of İbradı, Antalya Taşlı Plane Tree in Gülhane, Istanbul Mengerli Plane Tree in Beyköy, Beydağı, Izmir Uşaklı Pine in Güvemköy, Bolu Eskicibaba Plane Tree in Orhan Mosque Courtyard in Bursa Olive Tree on Top of Selatin Village, Aydın Oriental Plane Tree on Hamamyolu Street, Eskişehir Oriental Plane Tree in Subatan Yaylası, Salihli, Izmir Gümeli in Alaplı District of Zonguldak Yew Taurus Cedar Tree in Antalya Elmali Çığlıkara Forest

View of the city, the Pigeon Island, the harbor, the hinterland.

This road takes you to Bozköy hot springs. The hot spring is good for ailments such as joint pain. SPA service is also available.

It became a town by receiving municipal status on February 27, 1971. It became a neighborhood with the law no. 6360 adopted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 12 November 2012.

The statue stands on Mount Kese Dagi. You have a wonderful view of the city, the harbor and the sea.

Wide path with easy slopes to wander wonderfully. Annoying are the little flies and wasps that fly around you all the time.