Côte turquoise

De Bodrum à Antalya — la pinède jusqu'à l'eau, au-dessus de cités lyciennes englouties.

Overview

La côte turque entre Bodrum et Antalya est la zone de navigation sérieuse la moins développée de Méditerranée, et la plus constamment belle. La pinède descend jusqu'à l'eau, les baies sont profondes et abritées, et l'archéologie est extraordinaire et rarement clôturée : on mouille au-dessus d'une cité lycienne engloutie il y a deux mille ans et l'on nage au-dessus de ses fondations. Göcek est le point de départ habituel.

Where to dine

A table by the water

Orfoz
Bodrum
A small seafood kitchen on the rocks east of the castle, working entirely from the day's catch.
Maça Kızı
Türkbükü
The Bodrum peninsula's long-established hotel and waterfront restaurant. Tender access from the bay.
The fish tavernas of Gümüşlük
Bodrum peninsula
Tables set on the sand above the sunken city of Myndos. Choose the fish, then wait.
Kalkan's rooftop restaurants
Kalkan
The old town stacks up the hillside; nearly every roof is a terrace looking down at the harbour.
Gulet lunches, Göcek
Göcek
Mezze brought out to the anchorage by boat — the local way of eating, and the best of it.

What to do

Anchorages & excursions

Kekova and the sunken city
Simena's Lycian ruins slid into the sea after earthquakes — swim over walls and staircases in clear water.
The Twelve Islands, Göcek
A cluster of sheltered bays within a morning of each other. The reason the fleet is based here.
Butterfly Valley, Ölüdeniz
A steep canyon opening onto a beach, reachable only by sea.
Ephesus
One of the most complete classical cities anywhere — the Library of Celsus and a theatre seating 25,000.
Knidos
An ancient city on the tip of the Datça peninsula with two harbours; still best reached by yacht.

The fleet