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Yoncaköy Beach
Tucked along the Aegean coast where the Menderes and Selçuk districts of İzmir meet, near the seaside settlement of Ahmetbeyli, Yoncaköy Beach is the kind of low-key family beach that locals have long kept to themselves. About 57 kilometres from İzmir city centre, it earns its popularity on two simple promises: warm, glass-clear water that stays shallow for a long way out, and a wide stretch of soft, fine sand under a backdrop of green hills. This is not a party strip or a concrete-fronted resort, but a relaxed public beach woven into a quiet summer-residence neighbourhood. Entry to the sand is free, a small concession rents out loungers and parasols, and the draw is the gentle, wave-free sea that makes it a favourite for families with young children.