Explore Turkey By Sea
Take a luxury yacht for a ride along Turkey's breathtaking coastline.
Turkey is a beautiful blend of the East and the West, with Southern Turkey offering diverse cruising areas featuring ancient sites, pine-clad mountains, sandy beaches, and blue bays. The Turkish Riviera is home to the Blue Voyage, an imaginative way to explore Turkey's natural, historical, and cultural wonders.
Bodrum, once known as Halicarnassus, is a premier luxury yacht charter base that blends vibrant nightlife, gourmet dining, shopping, white-washed buildings, and historical sites. The Bodrum Castle, built by the Knights of St. John, dominates the harbour and is home to the Mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the Museum of Underwater Archaeology.
The Gulf of Gokova is a peaceful anchorage with hidden bays and coves, including Sedir Island, also known as Cleopatra's Beach, where the story goes that Cleopatra had shiploads of sand brought from Egypt to create a perfect sandy beach. English Harbor looks like a quiet lake, surrounded by pine and rose-bed forests.
Datca town and the Datca Peninsula offer natural beauty, clear waters, and virgin coves. The Carian city of Knidos, dedicated to Aphrodite, stands on the west end of the peninsula and is home to the temple of Aphrodite, believed to bring good fortune to sailors. The peninsula is defined by Strabon as the place where God sends his beloved if he wants to grant a long life.
The Gulf of Hisaronu features breathtaking shores with the legacy of ancient and modern civilizations. Orhaniye is one of the prettiest bays in the Mediterranean, and Selimiye offers wonderful fish restaurants with a charming view. Ancient Loryma in Bozukkale has rugged peaks and deep valleys carpeted with olive groves.
Marmaris is a premier yachting port with a modern marina, shopping centre, and colourful restaurants and bars. You will also find the national conservation area of Iztuzu Beach, a breeding ground for sea turtles. Dalyan River is home to ancient Lydian rock tombs, the ancient city of Caunos, and therapeutic mud baths.
Gocek, an ancient Lycian coastal town of Kalimche, has modern marinas and peaceful bays and islands. Manastir Bay, also known as Cleopatra's Bath, features half-submerged ruins in azure blue waters. Tersane Island served as a naval arsenal for the Ottoman Navy during World War I.
Fethiye, known as Telmessos in the antique period, is located in a beautiful bay within the Gulf of Fethiye, with ancient rock tombs cut into cliffside towering above the town centre. Gemiler Island features the remains of Byzantium Period churches, chapels, and civilian buildings. Oludeniz, or the Blue Lagoon, features warm and calm seawater and a long sandy beach, while Patara is a spectacular Lycian city half-buried in sand and the sea.
Kalkan is a small hilltop town overlooking a tiny bay, with charming marina and winding streets lined with souvenir shops. Kas, the ancient Lycian Antiphellos, is a picturesque coastal town with fascinating historic sights and a relaxed atmosphere. Kekova Island is home to the underwater city whose ruins were submerged beneath the sea in an earthquake 3000 years ago. Kalekoy, or ancient Simena, is a tiny picturesque village with a romantic mediaeval castle offering a bird's eye view of the bays and islands.
Bodrum, once known as Halicarnassus, is a premier luxury yacht charter base that blends vibrant nightlife, gourmet dining, shopping, white-washed buildings, and historical sites. The Bodrum Castle, built by the Knights of St. John, dominates the harbour and is home to the Mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the Museum of Underwater Archaeology.
The Gulf of Gokova is a peaceful anchorage with hidden bays and coves, including Sedir Island, also known as Cleopatra's Beach, where the story goes that Cleopatra had shiploads of sand brought from Egypt to create a perfect sandy beach. English Harbor looks like a quiet lake, surrounded by pine and rose-bed forests.
Datca town and the Datca Peninsula offer natural beauty, clear waters, and virgin coves. The Carian city of Knidos, dedicated to Aphrodite, stands on the west end of the peninsula and is home to the temple of Aphrodite, believed to bring good fortune to sailors. The peninsula is defined by Strabon as the place where God sends his beloved if he wants to grant a long life.
The Gulf of Hisaronu features breathtaking shores with the legacy of ancient and modern civilizations. Orhaniye is one of the prettiest bays in the Mediterranean, and Selimiye offers wonderful fish restaurants with a charming view. Ancient Loryma in Bozukkale has rugged peaks and deep valleys carpeted with olive groves.
Marmaris is a premier yachting port with a modern marina, shopping centre, and colourful restaurants and bars. You will also find the national conservation area of Iztuzu Beach, a breeding ground for sea turtles. Dalyan River is home to ancient Lydian rock tombs, the ancient city of Caunos, and therapeutic mud baths.
Gocek, an ancient Lycian coastal town of Kalimche, has modern marinas and peaceful bays and islands. Manastir Bay, also known as Cleopatra's Bath, features half-submerged ruins in azure blue waters. Tersane Island served as a naval arsenal for the Ottoman Navy during World War I.
Fethiye, known as Telmessos in the antique period, is located in a beautiful bay within the Gulf of Fethiye, with ancient rock tombs cut into cliffside towering above the town centre. Gemiler Island features the remains of Byzantium Period churches, chapels, and civilian buildings. Oludeniz, or the Blue Lagoon, features warm and calm seawater and a long sandy beach, while Patara is a spectacular Lycian city half-buried in sand and the sea.
Kalkan is a small hilltop town overlooking a tiny bay, with charming marina and winding streets lined with souvenir shops. Kas, the ancient Lycian Antiphellos, is a picturesque coastal town with fascinating historic sights and a relaxed atmosphere. Kekova Island is home to the underwater city whose ruins were submerged beneath the sea in an earthquake 3000 years ago. Kalekoy, or ancient Simena, is a tiny picturesque village with a romantic mediaeval castle offering a bird's eye view of the bays and islands.
