Cruise Turkey’s Turquoise Coast
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Crewed gulets ply Turkey’s beautiful Lycian coast, offering a deliciously barefoot experience with swimming, lazing on deck and fine local food.
Adult price: £Varies
Best for ages 13+
Duration: Min 7 days
Best experiences:
Turkey
|Crewed gulets ply Turkey’s beautiful Lycian coast, offering a deliciously barefoot experience with swimming, lazing on deck and fine local food.
Adult price: £Varies
Best for ages 13+
Duration: Min 7 days
Bodrum, Aegean Region, Turkey
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the mausoleum was originally built in 350 BC and reached 45 metres high. There’s little left of it now, but it’s worth visiting for those with an interest in archaeology.
Adult price: £5
Best for ages 18+
Bodrum, Aegean Region, Turkey
This tangle of streets is shopping heaven, if you don’t mind the odd bit of pressure selling. Everything from kitchen utensils to kids’ clothes is on offer, along with fresh produce, ceramics, jewellery and the ubiquitous fake handbags and clothes. Barter hard.
Best for ages 13+
Didim, Aegean Region, Turkey
The monumental Temple of Apollo is largely intact within its hem of tottering or fallen fluted columns. Home to one of the great oracles of the ancient world, the temple stood for hundreds of years without ever being completed, as the mason’s marks on uncarved stonework reveal.
Best for ages 18+
Bodrum, Aegean Region, Turkey
A restored Roman amphitheatre that can seat up to 13,000, the site dates back to the 4th century BC. Some of the names of those who bought seats can still be seen carved into the stonework.
Best for ages 18+
Datca, Aegean Region, Turkey
Occupying a spectacular position at the tip of the Datca Peninsula, with its harbours still used by visiting gulets, Knidos is in the midst of an extensive archaeological restoration. Works continue along the ancient stoa, the theatre and the numerous temples.
Best for ages 18+
Turgutreis, Aegean Region, Turkey
This open-air market is the largest on the Bodrum peninsula, held every Saturday, is packed with stalls selling local produce – olives, cheese, meze, seasonal fruits and vegetables – plus the usual fare of textiles and crafts.
Best for ages 13+
Duration: One day
When: Saturday
Frequency: weekly
Bodrum, Aegean Region, Turkey
Bodrum’s weekly market, held in the Pazar next to Dolmus station, takes place on Tuesday (for textiles) and Friday (fruits and vegetables). The textile market is famous throughout the region; alongside the beautiful cottons and linens, there are also kilims (carpets), clothing and kitchenware on sale.
Best for ages 13+
Bodrum, Aegean Region, Turkey
Go for the full package – hamam, sauna, exfoliation, oil massage and water massage at this simple hammam opposite Bodrum’s bus station.
Adult price: £1
Best for ages 13+
Bodrum, Aegean Region, Turkey
Interesting, small museums with exhibits including jewellery and artefacts from underwater necropolis and the skeletons of historic vessels. It’s housed in the Castle of St. Peter, a 15th-century fortress situated on a rocky peninsula between two sheltered bays.
Adult price: £1
Best for ages 18+