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Göcek : İt is 30 km. away from Fethiye, and on the Fethiye - Muğla hıghway. Göcek, which has the appearance of a sweet fishing village, has recently beoame one of the most importent centers of yachting tourism. İt is an unique tourism heaven with its numerous bays and islands and pine clad hills beside a natural harbour. All kinds of services can be provided for yachtsmen within the marina area, and if required there is plenty of acommodation in the area. You can olso enjoy the fish restaurants and bars, try a tour from from the harbour to the islands or have a got some watersports.
"Gocek one of the indispensable stops of sea journey is a small heavenly bay whose fame transcends the borders of the country…” Gocek located on the west coast of the Mediterranean, (it is established on the village Kalimche between Fethiye and Dalyan) is a cute bay and resting place hiding obscure retreat of the Kapı Mountains. It is a harbor to which people want to come by escaping from cities, speed and uproar of city. Bordered by the Mediterranean, the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea, Turkey offers its yachting clients a tempting range of private anchorages in small coves with unforgettable beaches and a rich diversity of natural terrain to explore. Guests to Turkey will be impressed by the easy access to some of the world’s most important antiquities. The Turkish hospitality and cuisine will tempt you to spend more time discovering other areas of Turkey.
Moving westward from Fethiye, you catch a glimpse of the sea among the thich mantle of trees. The brotherhoot of sea faring brings together all ardent yatchsmen from every country at göcek with its natural marina Göcek is an harbour where a cup of coffee shared with the neighbouring boat results in the establishment of warmest friendships. It is believed that Gocek and its environs were the city of Doidalos in the antique period. In the records of Strabo and Herodot, Daidalos is mentioned as a Lycian port. Unfortunately, due to earthquakes in the antique period, not much has survived to our times from the city. On the 25th km.of the Fethiye-MugIa highway, at the exit of the Inlice Village, there is a temple-type rock tomb which gives an idea about the boundaries of the antique city. Within the Fethiye Bay, the coves and islands around Gocek offer the Blue Voyagers a pleasant natural and historical sightseeing tour. These islands and coves with ruins of the past ore also a source of inspiration for various artists. The rock at the Tasyaka Cove, where painter and poet Bedri Rahmi Eyuboglu painted a fish; the sunken bath at the Manastyr Cove which is dedicated to the Egyptian Queen, Cleopatr; the winter and summer harbours at the Tersane Island, the Gobun Cove, Sarsala, Boynuzbukii, the Yassyca Islands, the Gocek Island and the others are just a few beautiful spots worth visiting. Gocek is only 25 kms. to the Dalaman Airport. It is the closest to the airport among the centers of tourism in the recjion and thus it is an ideal choice for a vveekend escapade. There are accommodation facilities of various standards as well as boarding houses which are open throughout the year. It is 30 km. away from province, and on the Fethiye - Muğla highway. Gocek, which has an appearance of a sweet fisherman borough, become one of the most important centers of yachting tourism recently. It is an unique tourism heaven with its numerous bays and islands, near ruin places and surrounding pine grove hills besides its natural harbor. All kinds of services can be submitted to yachting people within marinas, and if required, they can also accommodate within small sweet facilities, and enjoy within fish restaurants and bars, and enliven their holidays with daily tours and water sports How to get there: Hire a car for a day or take a bus from Fethiye.
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