MONDAY : KÖYCEĞİZ MARKET -MUD BATHS -KAUNOS ANCIENT CITY AND  IZTUZU BEACH – FETHIYE 95 KM

After breakfast you’ll start the tour with the visit of the market of Köyceğiz.

Köyceğiz District Bazaar is established on Mondays,in the center of Köyceğiz,in the market area.The area is protected by awnings and is quite wide

Köyceğiz Bazaar is one of the most visited markets in Muğla.This market ,where you can find a wide variety of fresh vegetables,fruits,nuts,homemade local flavors,also attracts the attention of local and foreign tourists .In the market ,you can find the products of the marketers who provide products from wholesale food market,as well as the local people’s own crops ,vegetables and fruits grown in their gardens.

Daily village eggs,homemade cottage cheese ,butter,fresh mil kare sold by villagers in the market.

In the winter months ,the favorite of the market is citrus fruits such as orange,tangerine,pomegranate,lemon,grapefruit and Cıntar mushroom -also known as Kanlıca mushroom-collected by the villagers from the forestland,Raw Aegean olives and various Aegean herbs.

It is possible to find tropical fruits in the market during summer.Local banana,local avocado and even dragon fruit can be found in Köyceğiz Bazaar.

Autumn is also very fertile for Köyceğiz Bazaar ,like all other Muğla bazaars.Dried figs ,walnuts and many other dried fruits and nuts find their place in the market this season.

In the spring ,the market is colorful.Potted flowers,seedlings to be planted in gardens and medicinal herbs collected from meadows are transported to the market.Broad beans,artichokes and green almond are also the reason why spring is anticipated.

In addition to seasonal vegetables and fruits ,it is also possible to find market crops throughout the year.

Greenhouse cultivation has developed in Köyceğiz and its surrounding areas.It is possible to see tomatoes,peppers and eggplants in greenhouses and foru seasons.But these fruits and vegetables that are grown out of season do not have the taste or smell of the season.

It is also a pleasure to follow the season in the Aegean,to eat and drink according to what the season brings and to be fed.We wish everyone to experience this pleasure

Then you’ll drive to the place of ‘’the Mud baths ‘’ in Dalyan

Dalyan mud bath is said to be good for rheumatism, lower back pain, and sciatica. Also, sulfur in the mud bath is effective against the wrinkles and stretching your skin. For this reason, Dalyan mud bath, beauty mud or beauty bath is also called. According to the rumors, the Egyptian queen Cleopatra also made a mud bath in Dalyan and even owed its beauty to these baths.

After entering the facility, you enter the pool where there are natural muds. After entering the pool because of the amount of sulfur inside the pool, it’s beginning to smell like rotten eggs. By removing some amount of mud from the bottom, such as cream, you should not leave a gap on you. After you have found your place in the mud, including your face, you should rest yourself in the sun for a while, you should let the mud dry on.

You feel that your muddy body you are releasing to the sun begins to stretch slowly. After about 30 to 40 minutes, you arrive at the shower room where you can reach the staircase and take a shower under the flowing cold water. After being washed thoroughly, enter the pool where the thermal water pool is located. Thermal water having a temperature of 39 degrees; having sulfur, fluoride and radioactive gases. Therefore, thermal waters; from rheumatism to nervous diseases, joint and lime disorders, kidney diseases are said to be good for many diseases.

After the visit of mud baths ,you’ll continue by your vehicle to visit ‘’ the hidden paradise Dalyan ‘’ . you arrive 20 minutes to the ancient city of Kaunos.

Ancient City of Kaunos near Dalyan, Turkey is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the area. Kaunos was an ancient city founded in the 9th century BC, and it was quite important by 400 BC. It was located on the border between Lycia and Caria, and the city's culture had characteristics of both empires. The city was once an important trading post on the sea, though today it is set back a few miles from the sea since the coastline has moved over the centuries. The receding coastline, attacks from various tribes, and a malaria epidemic led to the decline of Kaunos, and the city was abandoned by the 15th century. The ruins include a well preserved theater, parts of the old city walls, and an acropolis. There's also a basilica, Roman baths, two Hellenistic temples and four Roman temples. From the acropolis, you can enjoy a gorgeous view of the ancient city. The theater could hold 5,000 people and is still occasionally used for events. Nearby you can also see Lycian tombs in the rocks above the Dalyan River.

End of the visit of the ancient city Kaunos you’ll have Lunch by the river at the local restaurant and continue by boat to the İztuzu beach

This begins extending vertically from the bottom of the mountain to the sea, yellow sand beach of Dalyan Delta, which close the mouth of gold and thin. The crystal clear sea İztuzu which Sigma has a coastal beaches, velvety taste are left under your feet as you walk.

İztuzu beach is a 5 km long Mediterranean beach near Dalyan town of Ortaca district of Muğla Province. The beach is one of the rare beaches between sea water and fresh water. The beach is also called "Turtle Beach" because Caretta caretta lay their eggs. The areas where the eggs are marked are regularly marked so as not to damage the eggs by the swimmers on the beach. According to the decision taken in 1988, the beach is closed between 20:00-08:00 in order not to disturb the turtles and it is forbidden to make noise or light around it. There is also a treatment center on the beach where injured turtles are treated.

Then you’ll come back to Dalyan by boat and drive to the hotel in Fethiye.

TUESDAY :FETHIYE MARKET -TELMESSOS – KAYAKÖY (GHOST VILLAGE )- ÖLÜDENİZ 40 KM

You’ll start the tour after breakfast to visit the local market and old town of Fethiye

The region with the most delicious and different from each natural product containing a combination of different plants Fethiye market,even if all comes together with Turkey at the beginning of the world’s most tourist areas.This special day ,which is held on Tuesday and is considered the largest open-air market in the region ,is very much in demand when the summer months come. You may have the chance to visit this magnificent market with interest and buy different items or herbs that you have never seen before.

This special market becomes more colorful,especially with many people who flock not only to Fethiye but from all over the region as the surrounding cities.this market , where buyers and sellers meet intensively,stands out as one of the most interesting touristic spots.Especially in this market ,high-quality products from textile products to souvenirs are offered to tourists and local people every Tuesday.Thanks to this special market where very affordable prices are provided,you can obtain the most special plants of the region.

Our next stop is Telmessos .(Roman Theater)

Overlooking the main road that runs along the Fethiye harbour is Fethiye Roman Theater (also known as Telmessos Theatre, from the city's name in classical times). Built into a hillside, the semicircular theater, occasionally described as an amphitheater, was constructed in the Hellenistic (Greek) style and could once hold some 5,000 to 6,000 spectators. During the Roman period, in approximately the 2nd century AD, a stage building was added, and Fethiye's theater remained in use until about the 7th century. Unfortunately, after an earthquake struck the town in 1957, many pieces of masonry were removed from the theater by local residents for use in rebuilding, and even after excavation by archaeologists in the 1990s the site remained in a poor state of preservation. Fethiye theater is currently undergoing an ambitious restoration, after which it is expected to host open-air performances again – just as in ancient times.

Then you’ll drive to a fantastic place where natüre meets history,‘’Kayaköy’’ Ghost village. (ancient Karmylassos).Kayaköy is an eerie ghost town of 4000-odd abandoned stone houses and other structures that once made up the Greek town of Levissi. Today this timeless village, set in a lush valley with some vineyards nearby, forms a memorial to Turkish-Greek peace and cooperation.

During the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, all the Greek people were moved to Greece and the city stayed abandoned and untouched so far.

Walking among Kayaköy's crumbling, empty houses and through the narrow lanes can be rather eerie, but the deserted village has a surreal beauty to it. There are a couple of churches and chapels, of which the most significant is the Panayia Pyrgiotissa (built in 1888), where a few fragments of frescoes and mosaics can still be seen.

End of the visit of Kayaköy,you’ll visit ‘’Ölüdeniz’’, named the “dead sea” in Turkish due to its calmness, Ölüdeniz is one of Turkey’s most popular – and overwhelmingly most frequently photographed – beaches, thanks to its spectacular setting along a gorgeous blue lagoon.

You’ll get on the boat and see ‘’ölüdeniz ‘’ ,’’ the ‘’Butterfly Valley and turquoise colored bays’  and have Lunch on the boat .

Beachgoers flock to two separate areas here: a long, wide strip of open beach facing the Mediterranean, known as Belcekız; and the more sheltered shoreline of the Blue Lagoon, which is inside the boundaries of a protected natural park (entrance fee) and has a dramatic backdrop of mountain scenery behind it – Babadağ, one of Turkey’s top destinations for paragliding.

End of the day you drive back to the hotel in Fethiye

WEDNESDAY : FETHIYE-PINARA-LETOON-XANTHOS-YAKAPARK-SAKLIKENT- TLOS – FETHİYE 185 KM

You’ll start the tour with a visit the ancient city of Pınara.According to the quote from Artemidoros by the famous geographer Strabo,one of the six cities with three voting rights in the Assembly of the Lycian Union is Pınara.

Pınara Ancient City consists of a bathitheateriagora,odeon,rock tombs,upper acropolis and lower acropolis.As the upper acropolis fell short in a short time,the lower acropolis,where transportation was easier,was opened to settlement.In the lower acropolis ,there are structures such as odeons,agoras,temples and pile graves.The fact that most of the rock tombs are in the form of houses gives an idea about the Lycian Civil Architecture.Although the slopes of the lower acropolis are steep imperviously,it was supported by a city Wall for both the creation of the trerrace and fortification.

Then you’ll drive to the ancient city of Letoon.It is estimated that the ancient city of Letoon,located in Kumluova Quarter of Seydikemer,was established in the seventh century BC.Letoon was the religious center of Lycia in the Ancient Age.The temples of Leto,Apollo and Artemis in this sanctuary are of great historical importance.

The ancient city ,which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List with the date of 09.12.1988 and number 484,is on the Lycian walking route.

Your next stop is the ancient city of Xanthos.The ancient city of Xanthos,located in Kaş,Antalya,which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List,was used as the most important administrative center of the Lycian civilization and as the capital in the 2nd century B.C.It is seen that the pillar tombstones and rock tombs of the Lycian era have reached today.

In some ancient cities,you can only see the traces of a single civilization,but here you have the opportunity to see all cultural elements from the roman,Archaic and Byzantine periods ,in Xanthos.This is the most important factor that distinguishes Xanthos from other ancient cities.

You’ll have Lunch in Yakapark near Saklıkent.

After the lunch in Yakapark ,you’ll drive to Saklıkent Canyon and national park.

Saklıkent Canyon,located on the Antalya border of Seydikemer district,is a natural wonder tourism center in the literal sense of the word.It is estimated that the canyon was formed by geological cracking thousands of years ago.The length of the canyon is about 18 km and its height varies between 200 and 600 meters.At some points ,it is almost impossible to see the sky from here,as the range of rocks narrows to 2 meters.At Saklıkent Canyon,you are first greeted by Eşen Stream flowing with a wonderful glow.By walking on the wooden ladder laid on the iron pier ,you reach the immaculate spring gustin from under the rocks .

End of the visit of Saklıkent,you’ll drive to the ancient city of Tlos.

The ancient city of Tlos is the Unesco World Heritage Temporary List and is one of the oldest settlements in the geography known as the Lycia Regşon.the acropolis at the entrance of the ancient city ,which is recorded as Dlawa in hittite documents in the 14th century BC and as Tlawa in the Lycian inscriptions,greatly impresses those who see it with its dominant appearance.

At the foot of the acropolis are several rows of seats ,stadiums,baths,theaters and remains of churges.The most important structure of Tlos standing is its theater.However,the stadium is also of great importance.Tlos is also known as the sports city of Lycia.Tlos is the shining star of the region in terms of archeology,culture ,religion and economy in the historical process.It bears the traces of the settlement that continued uninterruptedly from the Neolitic period to the Iron Age.Even in the written sourches of the Hittites,(Anal,Annual) Tlos is mentioned as the country.Tlos , an important center in terms of Christian history,is one of the most important episcopal centers of Lycia.This religious significance continued until the 12th century.

End of the day ,you drive to the hotel in Fethiye.

THURSDAY : MUĞLA MARKET-THE ANCIENT CITY OF STRATONIKEİA AND  LAGINA HEKATE – GÜZELKÖY -AKYAKA - MARMARIS 280 KM

After Breakfast you’ll drive to Muğla Market .

Muğla market provides you with a perfect opportunity to mix to the local people and enjoy a cultural way of shopping!

If you are one of the travelers who adores the environment and vibes of the local life and its features, and if you would like to see the traditional face of the places that you visit, you can find all the things what you want

This bazaar (or market) consists of different sections with different types of products that will make you amazed by its variety

During the visit of Mugla Bazaar (Market) , you will see a lot of textile products for both home decoration and clothing. With different kinds of fabrics, patterns, colors, styles and features, they will fit perfectly to your house or body!

If you want to have a classy touch on your furniture or clothes, you can spend your money in this particular area: after buying the impressive ones, wherever you go, you will carry the charming and authentic lines!

gifts and souvenirs are made to share the same atmosphere with people through the objects. And in Mugla Market, you could find a lot of different options to make your favorite people happy

Then you’ll visit the ancient city of Stratonikeia.

Ancient city of Stratonikeia, the city of retired gladiators, a member of UNESCO World Heritage Tentative Lists.

Stratonikeia Ancient City, located in Eskihisar neighborhood of Yatağan, on the roadside at the 7th km of Yatağan – Milas highway. In the ancient city of Stratonikeia, the remains of nearly 3 thousand years whole have preserved with the settlement texture since ancient times. A Hellenistic parliament building and an Ottoman-era mansion stand on both sides of the stone paved road. All of the ancient buildings can reached by stone paved roads of the Ottoman and Republican eras. Apart from the ancient period temples and churches, mosques, bath buildings from the Roman and Principalities, fountains from different periods, and roads from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and Republic periods, as well as village squares from the Ottoman and Republic periods were taken under protection in the ancient city. In this respect, Stratonikeia has a different settlement and urban texture.

Then you’ll visit the sacred area of Lagina ,which is an important cult center of Carians ,is the religious center,and Stratonikeia,which is 11 km away from here,is the political center of the region.

As we learn from the inscriptions still present Lagina and on the walls of Stratonikeia bouleuterion,these two cities are connected to each other by a sacred road.

After the visit of Lagina you ,you drive to have Lunch to ‘’Güzelköy’’(Bozüyük)

After lunch you’ll visit the little cute Aegean town ‘’Akyaka’’on the way to Marmaris.This little 25-minute trip in this exquisite stretch of Akyaka town will perhaps be the most beatiful boat tour you will ever do in you life.You can take colorful photos in the forest where many different bird species live.

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in Marmaris.

FRIDAY : MARMARIS CASTLE AND MUSEUM, CLEOPATRA ISLAND AND  ANCIENT CEDREAE ,TURGUT VİLLAGE,BAYIR VİLLAGE, İÇMELER,  MARMARİS 100 KM

After breakfast you’ll start the tourp wıth the visit of Marmaris castle and museum.

Marmaris Castle and the Archaeology Museum is the only huge historic landmark and the only museum in Marmaris. It is believed that Marmaris Castle was first built by the Ionians (1044 BC) and later on repaired during the era of the Alexander the Great.

The Castle was rebuilt and widened by Suleyman the Magnificent during his campaign for the Greek island of Rhodes in 1522. Suleyman the Magnificent used the castle as a military base for his troops. During World War I, the castle was cannon fired by the French Fleet and had a huge damage.

Till 1970s, the castle has been an accommodation area. There are 18 houses, a fountain and an arc inside the castle area. Finally, the castle was restored during the years 1980-1990 and the site now serves as an archaeology museum since 1991.

The museum has seven indoor areas;

Two of them are organized as an archaeology lounge.

One of them is organized as an ethnography lounge.Remaining areas are used as art galleries and storage.

Archaeology Lounge;

You’ll see; Amphoras belonging to the Helenistic, Roman and Byzantium era.

Earthenware, glassware works, coins and ornaments from the diggings of Knidos, Hisaronu and Burgaz regions.

Ethnography Lounge ;

You’ll see; weaving works, carpets, furniture, copper kitchen pieces, Weapons and ornament belonging to the Ottoman era.

Then you are travelling 20 minutes to the scaffolding of Çamlı village.you get on the boat for the tour of Cleopatra ısland .(Cleopatra island boat tour is held from May to the end of October.In April ,we can offer you the program excluding the boat tour with surprises ,for example hamam or jeep safari)

According to the legend ,Mark Antony brought sand for his lover to the beach,which was the meeting point of the roman commanders Mark Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra

You can sunbathe, relax, swim and have fun around the place. While you stroll across the stretches of the pale pink sands, you can feel the sands squeaking under your feet! This unique sand is found nowhere else in the world; a popular belief says that this sand reproduces by itself! The sands here are so tiny and shiny that the beach has been declared as a National Conservation Area.

The sand at the beach of Cleopatra in under the protection of the Turkish government and you can not take any sand with you when you are leaving this place. Even you can not take towels with you to the beach as the sand will stick to them! Apart from enjoying nature and relaxing on the pristine beach, it is worth visiting the ancient ruins of the amphitheatre, temple and the fortifications from the Roman Era.

You’ll have Lunch on the boat.

On the way back ,you will see the villages of Turgut and Bayır and come to your hotel via İçmeler.

SATURDAY : MARMARIS ,KNIDOS ANCIENT CITY,PALAMUTBÜKÜ , DATCA  MARKET 210 KM

Today you’ll departure from hotel to Datça.Datça is on the most beatiful peninsulas of the country with its unspoiled natüre ,235 km of coastline and 52 bays ,rich flora and fauna,the ancient city of Knidos,as it has been declared a Special Environmental Protection Area ,and is an indispensable destination for blue cruise boats and boats from the Greek islands.

First you arrive the ancient city of Knidos.

The 2600-year-old ancient city has colonnaded harbour Street,agora,two ancient theaters and two harbours.Knidos is one of the strategic points in the ancient period,and is the gateway to the Aegean at the intersection of the Aegean and the Mediterranean.

Knidos ancient city is one of the treasures in Tuerkey.Knidos is known for being a very

important trade,culture and art center in ancient times.The wine was exported from

here to Athens .Astronomer,mathematician and philosopher Eudoxus ,sculptor Praxiteles,

doctor Euryphon ,famous painter Polynotos and Sostratos,architect of the Lighthouse of

Alexandria in egyp ,one of the 7 wonders of the World,lived in Knidos

On the way back from Knidos ,you’ll visit ‘’Palamutbükü’’ one of the most beatiful bays of Datça,is one of the unique spots where blue and green are together.The stores of Palamutbükü remin done of an aquarium.The clearness of the sea allows you to easily see into the water.

Palamutbükü’s beach is long.Cafe’s and restaurants are lined up along the seashore, where a swimming break can be given according to the group’s request.

After touring by listening to the story of the ancient city of Knidos accompanied by your guide,you have lunch in our restaurant where local flavors are served,and then go to Datça to visit the local bazaar of charming Datça.

In the bazaar of Datça ,which has just been rempved from its branch and tree 2-3 hours before the market is established,everything is collected from the gardens,fields,trees and brought here.

This place has a few things that we would highly recommend you ,apart from the fresch vegetables and fruits;Medicinal herbs such as cinnamon scented village bread,Datça pine honey,almond,flower honey,golden flower ,sage,sea celery(rock grove).In other words,you can fill the bag after your vacation with these products that you cannot find anywhere.

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in Marmaris

TRANSFER TO  DALAMAN AIRPORT 17 KM

Transfer to the Aırport of Dalaman depending on the flight time.