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Yalikavak is small, but busy, center and a harbour where visiting yachts and fishing boats moor cheerfully together. The restaurants in the town center and on the sea front are popular with locals and tourists alike.Here is little beach, but it's more comfortable to sit in a |
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waterside cafe and watch the world go by. Several buildings have been tastefully restored in the town; a former water cistern has become a small art gallery and a former olive oil press is converted into a kilim showroom where visitors are welcome.
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Ortakent & Yahsi occupy the next bay to Bitez following the peninsula round to the west. The very large beach is popular with families, although the water rapidly becomes quite deep.There are several beach side cafes providing inexpensive meals and snacks |
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| throughout the day.To get to the beach, take a dolls from the main bus station in Bodrum to 'Yahoos beach'. |
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Bitez lines 7 km west of Bodrum in the bay next to Gumbet.The beach is sandy.The winds here are particularly favorable for windsurfing and several water sports operators are based here.Dolmuses leave for Bitez every 20-30 minutes from the main bus station in |
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| Bodrum.Away from the beach it is possible to wander through mandarin orange groves where oxen plough and life continues as before. |
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These two fishing villages we will mention in one, because they are close to eachother. You find them on the peninsula map east of Yalikavak. These delightful spots are the favorite retreats of many well-known Turkish artists, actors and entertainers who enliven the |
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| many small bars and restaurants at night. Several of the more popular restaurants are run by Istanbul couples who have fled the big city. |
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The sea front has kept its original appearance and photogenic fishing village charm. This is the ideal spot for peace and quiet, with the added advantage of many excellent fish restaurants along the small waterfront, where you can sit comfortably next to the gently lapping |
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| sea.Your feet are touching historical ground here, it is the harbor of ancient Myndos. |
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There is a Hellenistic castle on the hill,which also gives the town name.The local judge (in Ottoman times) 'Kadı' used to live in the castle and therefore the place was called 'Kadıkalesi' (Kadı's Castle).There is a Roman church on the opposite side of the hill.The old fountain under the trees is still used today. |
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Good camping sites and an ideal surrounding for wind surfers are here. The marvelous scenery of the Greek Aegean islands is just in front of you and it is perhaps one of the safest, sandiest beaches for children on the peninsula. There are several cafes and a tiny harbor. |
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The stone farmhouses are scattered around the hillside, and the main crops are pine honey collected from the beehives in the forests and figs grown and figs grown in the surrounding orchards. Untouched by tourism, the village offers an interesting insight into local farming life on the Bodrum Peninsula. |
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