Candarlı is a sea-side township with own municipality within the district of Dikili and administratively depending the district center of the same name, in Turkey's Izmir Province. It is a well developed town and an important tourist's resort. Candarlı is situated on the northern coast of a gulf that carries the same name as the town (Gulf of Candarli) and opposite the important industrial center of Aliaga, another district center.
The town's landmark is the 15th century Ottoman castle built by the grand vizier Candarlı (2nd) Halil Pasha (to distinguish from his homonymous grandfather). The castle, built in order to protect the Sultan Murat II who preferred to reside in nearby Manisa from a possible outside attack, is fully intact and open to visitors.
The grand vizier gave the town its present name. Çandarlı's former name in antiquity was Pitane The ruins are situated slightly outside the town itself.
