Places To Travel To
FETHIYE
Fethiye is a very pretty town at the hillsides of the Mount Mendos, the part of the Tourus Mountain chains, and surrounds the bay to which it gave its name.
The high mountain range formed by rises and falls of the crust during the Tertiary Geological Period, and hundreds of bays lying at the mountainside seem to embrace each other along the Fethiye shore line.
This limestone mountain range (it was called the Kragos and Antikragos in the antique period) with an altitude of more than 6560 feet (2000m.) forms the southwest end of the Toros (Taurus) chain and lies parallel to the shore without a single passage to the inner regions.
On a warm and sunny winter day, peculiar to the Mediterranean climate while you are sipping at your Turkish tea or Turkish coffee, at one of the local tea gardens, along the coast, these mountains with pine trees at their skirts, white snow and mist on their summits will once more welcome you to heaven.
Dry, long, hot summers and short, warm, rainy winters are climatic characteristics of Fethiye .
The temperature which is around 86-105 F (30-40 C) during the summer, is usually above 50 F (10 C) in the winter.
Considering the fact that in these turquoise-colored seas that in no season falls below 60 F (16 C) swimming is possible for nine months of the year, we might as well conclude that there are only two seasons in Fethiye : Spring and Summer!
MARMARIS
Marmaris rivals Kusadasi as the major tourist resort on Turkey's West Coast. Hovever, Marmaris has more forest and natural beauty, landscape to offer than Kusadasi, except the historical site which is not as rich as Kusadasi.
The name Marmaris supposedly comes from the Turkish saying "Mimari as", meaning hang the arhcitect. When you see the high rise package holiday appartment buildings you know what is meant by this.
The best way to go Marmaris is by plane to Dalaman airport (90km).
The old town and the bazaar are found east of Ulusal Egemenlik Bulvari. Neither is particularly interesting, but the Castle Museum is worth a look.
Marmaris is mainly useful as a starting point for excursions to the main sights of the coast.
It's a pretty useful base too.
There's plenty (some say way too much) accommodation, restaurants and bars.
When you are at Marmaris if face to the sea, it may look like a lake.
There is small straigth connects to open see which is hard seeing it.
During the World-II most of ships hide in the Bay.
Marmaris has two the large marina.
Marmaris is easily accessible as a day trip destination from the Island of Rhodes, fast ferries operate daily, and the journey time is about an hour. The Local Tourism Board operate a free shuttle service in to town from the docks, giving a tour of the area in the process, the aim is to promote the area in the hope you will return for a longer stay.
Beware of the amount of goods you carry back to Rhodes though, the Greek Customs officers can be be very strict in enforcing the limits.
BODRUM
Bodrum, and its hinterland, has become Turkey's tourism capital.
The town, with its picturesque shop-lined streets, restaurants, discotheques, sophisticated bars and cafes for all ages and tastes, is always lively whatever the season.
This is ancient Halicarnassus, birthplace of the famous historian Herodotus, a place known in antiquity for being the site of one of the seven wonders of the world, the Mausoleum, a gigantic tomb erected for King Mausolus in the 4th century BC.
Destroyed by successive earthquakes, the stones of the Mausoleum were used by the Knights of St. John to build their Castle nearby.
This castle, open to the public, houses a fascinating museum of underwater archeology.
After King Mausolus' death, the chambers of the Mausoleum were discovered and looted.
In the 19th century, two Englishmen looted what was left, and the treasures are now on show at the British Museum.
Taken From
The Dalyan Times
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