MARMARİS -MARMARİS CASTLE AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM- THE ANCIENT CITY OF KNIDOS – MARMARİS             200 KM

Today you’ll start to visit first Marmaris Castle and the Archaelogy 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 drive to Datça, you’ll have lunch on the way to Datca ,you’ll 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

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

MARMARİS -CLEOPATRA ISLAND AND ANCIENT CEDREAE-KIZKUMU  BEACH-TURGUT VILLAGE -BAYIR VILLAGE-ICMELER - MARMARIS           100 KM

After breakfast 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,then come to your hotel via İçmeler.

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in Marmaris

MARMARİS-AKYAKA-TOPARLAR WATERFALL- KÖYCEĞİZ- YUVARLAK STREAM - DALYAN                           110 KM

You’ll drive first to one of the secret paradise of Dalyan named ‘’Toparlar Waterfall’’

The fresh water is coming from the Mountains which makes small lakes.After 15 minutes the Great Lake meet with you.The deep of Lake is 4-5 meters.You can swim and feel cool.but the water is fresh so if you want to swim be carefully.If you like to climb and watch the waterfall from the top.

Then continue to the little cute aegean town ‘’Akyaka’’.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 your life.You can take colorfull photos in the forest where many different bird species live.

Cold water flows from the mountains into this river. You can easily see salmon trout and other fish swimming next to your boat because of the crystal clear water. Your guide inform you everything about the wild life in this area .

You’ll have lunch at the local restaurant .

Next time you’ll visit Köyceğiz. Köyceğiz is a town and district of Muğla Province in the Aegean region of Turkey.

The town of Köyceğiz lies at the northern end of a lake of the same name (Köyceğiz Lake) which is joined to the Mediterranean Sea by a natural channel called Dalyan Delta. Its unique environment is being preserved as a nature and wildlife sanctuary, the Köyceğiz-Dalyan Special Environmental Protection Area. A road shaded with trees leads to the township that carries the same name as the river, Dalyan, which is situated on the inland waterway and is administratively a part of the neighboring district of Ortaca.

The Dalyan Delta, with a long, golden sandy beach at its mouth, is a nature conservation area and a refuge for rare loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and blue crabs.

Then you drive to the Miracle of Nature ‘’Yuvarlak çay’’. Yuvarlak Cay located in the north-east of Köyceğiz District is born from Topgozu Canyon and poured into Koycegiz Lake. There is a decrease in the amount of water carried by the lake since it is used in the water during the summer period. It has been seen that the source water is in the first class quality in the analysis of water pollution made at various stations starting from the source of Yuvarlakcay.

Sandras, 2294 meters high, is the highest mountain in the Mugla region. There are two “heaven” in the foothills of the mountain, which are “hidden”. With the Topgozu Canyon, which has a depth of 400 meters ,and the citrus store in summer, Yuvarlak cay, which is watering the plain, is covered with lush vegetation and immaculate air and human health and fitness. The snow waters that come out of the rocks and meet the sunlight turn into an uncomfortable waterfall. There is no other word for it, it is a “miracle of nature” with its rug, broad, canyon, waterfall.

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in Dalyan

DALYAN-(MUD BATHS -KAUNOS ANCIENT CITY -IZTUZU BEACH )-  DALYAN              10 KM

Today you’ll visit first Dalyan mud bath .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 boat 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 4.5 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.

DALYAN -TLOS- SAKLIKENT-YAKAPARK-ÖLÜDENİZ-DALYAN               240 KM

Today ,you’ll start to visit 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.

After the visit of the ancient city of Tlos ,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 .

You’ll have lunch at ‘’YAKAPARK ‘’

After the Lunch 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.

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 arrive to the hotel in Dalyan

DALYAN- THE ANCIENT CITY OF STRATONIKEIA-LAGINA HEKATE GÜZELKÖY-BODRUM           245 KM

Today you’ll drive to Bodrum,you’ll visit on the way first the ancient city of Stratonikeia and ‘’Lagina Hekate’’.

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.

You are going to visit the sanctuary of Stratonikeia named as ‘’Lagina Hekate’’

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.

Then you’ll have Lunch at the tradıtıonal local restaurant in the village of Bozüyük (Güzelköy)

After you had your Lunch, drive to Bodrum.

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in Bodrum

BODRUM- BODRUM CASTLE AND ARCHEOLOGİCAL UNDERGROUND  WATER MUSEUM -MAUSELEUM AT HALICARNASSUS, EUROMOS  ANCİENT CİTY, MILAS HEKATOMNOS MAUSELEUM AND   GÜMÜŞKESEN MONUMENT-IASOS ANCIENT CITY-BODRUM                  160 KM

First you’ll visit Bodrum Castle(St.John castle) .Bodrum Castle was builted by Saint Jean Knights in 1406-1522. When they were building this castle, they used the stones from Bodrum Mausoleion. There are French, Italian, British, Germany, Spanish towers. When Turks attached Rhodes island in 1522, Saint Jean Knights was started to leave here in 5 january 1523. The castle was using for prison in 1895. Here is bombed by English and French millitary in first world war, in 1915.

The castle grounds include a Museum of Underwater Archaelogy and hosts several cultural festivals throughout the year.

The first underwater scientific excavations in the world took place at Turkish coasts in the  1960’s and the Castle was arranged, in 1964, as Bodrum Museum in order to ensure the protection and preservation of the findings. Due to its rich underwater collection that includes artefacts from 14th century B.C. to 16th century A.D., in 1981 the name of the  museum was changed to Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum. Bodrum Underwater  Archaeology Museum received the European Museum of the Year Award in 1995. 

You will see the world's oldest known shipwrecks Uluburun , a hall of recovered glassware and the Carian Princess exhibition which evokes the last days of the ancient greatness of Halicarnassus. Glass Wreck Hall, Late Bronze Age Shipwrecks, The Carian Princess Hall and the amphoras . In ancient times amphoras were used for transporting and storing Olive Oil and wine

Next explore the site one of the seven wonders of the ancient world , The Mauseloum was built by Artemisia, the sister and the wife of King Mausolos, B.C. 355.The mauseloum was destroyed in an earthquake; and the ruins were used in building of the Halikarnassus Castle

Then you’ll drive to Milas to the ancient city of Euromos where we visit the Temple of Zeus. It's one of the best preserved classical designed temples in the country and dates back to the 6th century BC.

Next stop is the Mausoleum of Satrap Hekatomnos, pointed as the discovery of the  century in the archaeological world, was built at a position dominating the ancient Mylasa  city and can be seen from any point of the settlement.

The Mausoleum is the predecessor of Halicarnassus Maussolleion, accepted as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and is included in Temporary World Heritage List of  UNESCO.

Finally you visit the ancient city of Iasos.In Iasos archaic city that is located in Kıyıkışlacık Village at a distance of 26 km to the District centre. Roman monumental grave that is one of the biggest buildings of the archaic city and that is known as Balıkpazarı .

Iasos (or Iassos depending on the source) is over 4.000 years old, according to archaeological finds. It was a wealthy little town, with an income generated mostly from the flourishing fishing trade, which still thrives up until the present day. The Carian settlement was a colony of Argos and was founded with the help of Miletus. As a member of the Delian League, Iasos got caught up into the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC).

From remains dating back to the Bronze Age to a wealth of ceramics with Minoan  influence, and then, of course, bigger structures such as the Bouleuterion, The Customs  Building, or the Mausoleum, now home to the Iasos Museum.

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

BODRUM- BOAT TRİP - BODRUM               40 KM

Today you’ll start to visit the bays of Bodrum by boat depending od the weather conditions.

The boat trip will start app. At 10:00 and finisched app. At 16:00 o’clock.you’ll have lunch on the boat .you’ll visit app 4 bays with swimming breaks.

You’ll set yourself free to enjoy some of the area’s most beautiful and spectacular beaches. This full day boat trip excursion is an ideal activity for all as it combines a relaxing setting, excitement, adventure and spots of unparalleled natural beauty. In addition, this Boat Trip forms the perfect opportunity to get away from the crowds and swim into refreshing, crystal clear waters and visit some unspoiled and breath-taking beaches.

You’ll have lunch on the boat

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in Bodrum