[1] It is 20 km west of the city of Denizli, on a plain between mountains and watered by Büyük Menderes River.

Sarayköy is at a high altitude inland from the Mediterranean and thus has hot dry summers and very cold winters.

The town was previously a village named Sarıbey after the Turkmen lord that settled his tribe here in the 14th century.

Volunteers assembled here were able to defend the bridge across the River Menderes and thus prevent the Greeks from occupying the city of Denizli.

5,000 homes in the town are heated with water run off from the geothermal power station in the village of Kızıldere, which was the first plant of its kind in Turkey.