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Fethiye Slideshow
Fethiye
Travel Blogs from Fethiye, Turkey
Day 2 - Blue Cruise
After breakfast, our boat took off for a 2 hour journey to a town called Kas, a small port city. We were supposed to get up at 4 am to go to some Aquarium but when I woke up Billy and Hakan (our 2 Turkish guides) were still asleep/ I ...
Into the Med
... ; Thankfully I had the soothing waters of the Mediterranean sea to cool my scarred feet at the finish. Whilst in Fethiye it was also Big W's birthday, which meant the obligatory few shandies before retiring early in preparation for the ...
'Sailing' from Fethiye to Olympos
In Fethiye we began four days of sailing around the Southern coastline. The trip was pitched as sailing, but the boat we were on motored everywhere which was disappointing, but in no way ruined the trip. The boat itself was a wooden, brightly ...
Blindly Walking in Turkish Darkness
... 21 km, the road makes a gigantic U and from the maps I had seen it looked like only one big mountain separated Kayakoy from Fethiye. I could see a distant dirt road that climbed a hill toward Fethiye, and I thought to myself that I could take it and in a ...
Cruising the Turkish Mediteranean
Four days of cruising the Turkish mediteranean...ahh..its a tough life! Great trip appart from day two when I got some sort of travellers gastro. Thought at first it was sea sickness, but soon discovered it was not. yeah, nasty place to be sick like ...
GOING TO FETHIYE, TURKEY
... said we had changed our mind. We have lunch and are back on the bus. The afternoon is sunny and we enjoy the ride into Fethiye. This is another costal town. The autogar (bus station) is on the outskirts of town but they do have a free shuttle into ...
A tough hike through marble mountain
... and slippers for sale. (See pictures) After the hike, we headed to Fethiye to spend the night. Fethiye is a beautiful port city in the South of Turkey. The biggest city we have seen since leaving Istanbul. Along the water docked hundreds of yachts. In ...
Leaving a piece of me behind
With all the troubles I've run into or will encounter, I know the earth will guide me. Keep following my path. A chill day I end up creating a sign for the bar at the hostel. A swim with Shen, a foot and back massage from Shen. I'm told I have an ...
Day 1 - Blue Cruise
... I only heard english spoken by 2 other people. Everyone else was speaking Turkish. It was such a great place. It was Turkey's permanent woodstock. It felt like a place the some of the young Turks escaped to. I wish I knew about this ...
Asher - Drive to Fethiye
... for my Dad, who had been in the exact spot 18 years ago. After washing our sand-covered feet, we drove on about 30 minutes into Fethiye. It took another half and hour to find a hotel. It was set along the old harbor, with a beautiful view of the bay in ...
Secret location
... us after some more farewells and left us with the aroma of vomit in our bus from hell. After 5 hours we finally arrived in Fethiye tired and exhausted we needed to catch one more bus to get to our destination, but for the life of us no matter how ...
Swimming in the Mediterranean
An almost private beach with the hostel bartender, Shen. We were at Gemiler beach, with mostly locals I believe. Found a cliff side to climb down to our own cove. Swam in the Mediterranean and exchanged great conversations. It was for a short time ...
Fethiye
... I decided I'd better hit some of the main spots that I can get to now and at least finish my coastal route... So, I'm in Fethiye... did a great day trip hike today in a barn-burner of a clear-sky day through an old ghost town, over a mountain top ...
Mediterranean coast in Winter
... years ago and bought him a fancy spring-loaded device, but he prefered the old fashioned wooded stump and hook If you ever get to Fethiye, we recommend you try these two blokes for a sail first. They were charming, down-to-earth, and loved their ...
Strange how everything seems so familiar!
... , the next was on Monday, so we booked it (€55 each one way). We spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around Fethiye's fish and vegetable markets. With an extra day in hand we got up early to see Butterfly Valley, an ex hippie community in the ...
Family - The Drive to Fethiye
... turquoise blue hue that is so alluring. The setting amongst the mountains is just quite extraordinary. From there, we drove into Fethiye, about a 25 minute drive until we were able to find a room at the Yacht Plaza Hotel, overlooking the small boat ...
Roast Turkey (Part 1)
... . Nice! After our bags were taken to our room and our car valet-parked, we hit the streets for some exploring. Fethiye is a seaside town with a beautiful marina, great restaurants, fabulous shops and paved streets; a great place to visit if you’re ...
What movie star do you look like with 5 ...
... board the yatch, fell off and landed in the dingy 2 to 3 metres below. He could of drowned the slilly bugger. Another day in Fethiye before we make our way to Olympos for a day or so. Hope you are all enjoying my travels, thanks for the emails. ...
The rest of the story--OR--Lessons Learned
While we kill a few hours on this beautifully slow Sun afternon in Fethiye, before our evening bus departure to Selcuk, I thought I would elaborate on some of the finer points of my last entry's stories, and also share how it came to pass that I learned ...
The Breaking of the Fellowship
The longest leg of our trek took us past some spectacular views including watching 20 seconds of thrilling free fall from a demonstrating BASE jumper. Bo and I took leave of our new friends and enjoyed a meal of local vegetables, bread, cheese, and ...
Fethiye and Dalyan
... do. very beautful spot and nice to relax on the boat. and of course they sold beer on the boat too. Bit of a distance from Fethiye by public transport..took about almost 2 hours there and 2 hours back. I quite liked Dalyan and it would be a nice spot to ...
quick visit To Kas and onto Fethiye
... the coastal road and it reminded me a lot of the great Ocean Road in Victoria... A few hours later we arrived in Fethiye, we drove through the town and over the hill to have lunch at the Kale Wine House - I had pre-ordered the ...
day 6+7 (Dalyan, Iztutu Beach, Kayakoy, Oludeniz)
DAY 6 Dalyan, Iztutu Beach a visit to the mud baths at Dalyan (4 YTL), first you soak in the mud like a hippo, then you get out and dry in the sun, then shower of the mud, then relax in a hot spring, pics say it all Then a boat trip to Iztutu beach ...
Start deel twee, Turkije ontdekken, zomer 2011
... Eenmaal aan de overkant moeten we het ene na het andere eiland passeren en komen dan in oogcontact met de stad Fethiye (het vroegere Telmessos), een ogenschijnlijk moderne stad, verrezen uit de puinhopen na een aardbeving (1958) waar in ...
On the tourist trail
Bridget writes... We have come to rest in the bay of Fethiye where the anchor is well set in the mud and we have a short dinghy ride to the town. We have met up with lots of people from Marmaris and from the Rally so there has been a lot of ...
day 8,9,10 (sailing Turquoise Coast Gulet)
fantastic sailing, 4 days, 3 nights, incredible times visiting Butterfly Valley, Oludeniz, St Nicholas Island, Aquarium Bay, Kalkan, Kas, Kekova Bay, Sunken City of Kekova, Simena, Gokkaya Bay great food on the boat, 3 meals a day and afternoon ...
the blue coastline
... -side bar. I woke the next morning in time to catch an 11am bus further south along the coast to a town called Fethiye. After 3 hours, I arrived and again was offered accommodation from the second I walked off the bus. I ended up at a ...
Turkey 04
... as well) All in all, an experience to remember - it's part of the culture and Shaun's hair is starting to grow back. Fethiye So the weirdness continues. Our first stop at a shop in Fethiye (a local deli) turns a bit bizarre. The local proprietor ...
Kickin' it in Kabak
... . It seemed like everyone shopping in the store was British, which I thought unusual, since we were in Turkey.... Apparently, Fethiye is very popular with British tourists and is home to many British expats. After leaving Carrefour, we ...