Places to visit
Things to do in Muğla
60 destinations, each with a description, how long it takes and where it sits on the map.
In short
toroti’s catalogue holds 60 described destinations within Muğla. The themes that come up most: Coast, Local culture, Nature, History, Museum, Culture.
Districts of Muğla
İçmeler Plajı
İçmeler is Marmaris's most popular place. Especially thanks to its accommodation and beach facilities, it is the closest and most preferred settlement to Marmaris. Marmaris and İçmeler are like inseparable parts. The distance from İçmeler to Marmaris is 8 kilometers, and minibus services operate throughout the day, including at night. Nature and the sea are magnificent. With the islets opposite and the high hills covered with forests around it, it offers holidaymakers a pleasant relaxation experience.
60 minutes
Hippokome
The ruins of the settlement of Hippokome, located on a hill in Çöğmen Köyü İt Asarı Mevkii, 30 kilometres from Dalaman, may be of interest to enthusiasts. In Hippokome, which means Horse City, 6 rock tombs stand out on the rocks to the southeast of the city. On the rocks in the southwestern parts of the city, there are rock tombs similar to those in Fethiye Telmessos, while in the area now called Kepezbaşı, there are building ruins dating to the Roman and Byzantine periods.
45 minutes
Quad Safari
ATV (QUAD) Safari is an adrenaline- and excitement-filled sport with 4-wheeled motorcycles, sometimes in muddy, sometimes in watery streams, within nature. It is a sport that does not even require you to know how to drive a car or have a driver's license, and that everyone can do and enjoy. After a short introduction and after driving a few meters, you manage to gain complete control of the ATV motor. .
45 minutes
Yatçilik
Muğla is a port city. The length of Muğla's coastline is 1124 kilometers. Along the coastline there are countless unspoiled coves and bays, and the geographical structure is extremely favorable for yacht tourism and yachting. The turquoise waters of the Mediterranean and the Aegean offer a treasure full of countless coves, bays and beaches, providing yachtsmen with the opportunity to anchor and holiday in a different and special location every night.
45 minutes
Motokros
Motocross is a motorcycle sport practiced in enclosed areas, within a closed track, using natural obstacles. Tracks must not be shorter than 1,5 km or longer than 3 km. The narrowest part of the track must not be less than 9 mt., and spectators must be at least 1 mt. away from the track. There must be no deep water crossings or very rocky surfaces on the tracks, and the average speed must not exceed 50 Km/h. You can experience motocross accompanied by the unique nature of Bodrum.
45 minutes
İztuzu Plajı
It is a Mediterranean beach with a length of 4,5 km, located near the town of Dalyan, which is part of the Ortaca district. The beach is one of the rare beaches located between seawater and freshwater. The beach is also called "Turtle Beach" because Caretta carettas lay their eggs there. In order to prevent those swimming at the beach from damaging the eggs, the areas where the eggs are located are regularly marked.
60 minutes
Göbün Koyu
The small and narrow Göbün Koyu is entered through between two high hills. The bay is covered with dense olive and pine trees. At the far end of the bay, there are some rock tombs and historical ruins. Although it is not one of the bays for daily boat tours, it is one of the bays preferred by Blue Voyage boats and yachts for anchoring.
45 minutes
Tersane Adası
It is the largest of the islands in the gulf. The ruins of the old Greek settlement, which was abandoned after the population exchange, are located on the island. On the island, there are the ruins of a shipyard, from which it takes its name, and a watchtower. The two bays, which sailors call the summer and winter bays, are frequent stops for blue voyage and daily excursion boats.
45 minutes
Pisilis
You should see the ruins of Pisilis on the sandy plain formed where the Sarısu stream flows into the sea and at the end of the valley through which the stream passes, adjoining the beach. On the stream bank, the walls of the late Byzantine period castle, and at the entrance of the valley, a little above the road, the Byzantine church with two intact walls will attract your attention during your tour of the ancient city.
45 minutes
Gebekum
Gebekum, with its beach reaching 7 kilometres in length, is very suitable for swimming in the sea. The beach is increasing and spreading itself with the effect of the wind as well. Due to dune movements, a shallowness has also formed that makes it possible to reach the island opposite by walking through the sea.
45 minutes
Muğla Yaylaları
Gökçukur plateau is at an altitude of 1700. On the plateau, which is completely covered with forest, there is an auberge-type accommodation unit belonging to the Forestry Directorate. Yerküpü Plateau, 5 kilometers from Menteşe and 15 kilometers from Kavaklıdere, is the most popular plateau in the region.
45 minutes
At Safari
Horses, once indispensable to the Turks in the past, have almost completely disappeared from cities today. Dalyan, Ortaca, Bodrum, Fethiye and Marmaris also offer you the opportunity to meet horses. Horse owners will teach you in a short time how to ride and how to control them.
45 minutes
Pinara Antik Kenti
The Lycian ancient city near Fethiye. In the Lycian language, Pinale or Pinara means "round". From the city, only the remains of rock tombs and sarcophagus tombs, and structures such as the city walls, bath, theater, agora, and odeon have survived to the present day.
45 minutes
Antik Tuzla
Ancient Tuzla of İztuzu is one of the most important archaeological discoveries of recent years. This discovery is of a nature that will shed light on the history of archaeology. Because for the first time, an ancient saltworks has been found, and the saltworks' basins have remained completely intact despite the passage of thousands of years.
45 minutes
Zeki Müren Sanat Müzesi
The house of the artist Zeki Müren, who spent the last years of his life in Bodrum, was opened to the public as a museum in 2000. In the museum, Zeki Müren’s belongings, stage costumes, paintings he made himself, the awards he received, and everything about his life are exhibited.
45 minutes
Ula Belediyesi Akyaka Halk Plajı
Ula Belediyesi Akyaka Public Beach is a public beach candidate included in the 2025 Blue Flag official list.
90 minutes
Halikarnassos
Bodrum was built on Halikarnassos, one of the most famous cities of antiquity. The region was attacked for centuries by invaders coming from outside. The invaders mostly landed in this part of Anatolia via the islands. In antiquity, the region was called Karia. Karia covers all of present-day Muğla province and part of Aydın province. Anatolia, as it is today, was also divided into various regions in antiquity.
45 minutes
Lagina Antik Kenti
The fame of the sacred area of Lagina, which was an important cult center of the Carians, has survived to the present day, and this area is still also known by the name Leyne. According to the remains identified in and around Lagina, settlements in the region date back to the 3rd millennium BC. Following the Early Bronze Age graves uncovered in the Yarbaşı area, the earliest finds in the region belong to the Submycenaean Period.
45 minutes
Milas Uzunyuva Anıt Mezarı Ve Müze Kompleksi
Uzunyuva Monumental Tomb and Museum Complex is located in the Milas district of Muğla. Within the museum complex, which was opened to visitors in 2018, there are the Hekatomnos Monumental Tomb and Sacred Area, the Milas Evi Mansion, the Welcome Center, the Milas Carpet Museum, and the Children's Activation Center.
45 minutes
Bodrum Sualti Arkeoloji Müzesi (bodrum Kalesi)
Bodrum Castle was built on a rocky area between two harbors. In Antiquity, this area was first an island; later it was connected to the city and became a peninsula. Photo: Official Turkish Museums The castle of the Knights of St. Jean, built between 1406-1523, has a square plan and measures 180 x 185 meters. Within the inner castle are towers built by the knights of different nations of Europe.
45 minutes
İasos Antik Kenti
The Ancient City of İasos is located in the Kıyıkışlacık neighborhood of Muğla’s Milas district, approximately 26 kilometers west of Milas. Official Turkish Museums The earliest archaeological find in the ancient city dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. The earliest architectural remains are wall remains belonging to a Bronze Age settlement dated to the 2nd millennium BC. In İasos, a harbor city, important sacred structures were built both inside and outside the city walls.
45 minutes
Stratonikeia Antik Kenti
Stratonikeia Ancient City is located within the borders of Eskihisar Village on the Yatağan-Milas highway, 6-7 km. west of Muğla's Yatağan District. The city was founded in the 3rd century B.C. Syrian King Seleucus I gave his wife Stratonice to his son Antiochus. Antiochus then founded the city in the name of Stratonice, who was first his stepmother and then his wife. According to the traveler and writer Strabo, the city was adorned with very beautiful structures.
45 minutes
Sidyma Antik Kenti
Seydikemer ilçesinin Dodurga Mahallesi’ndeki Sidyma Antik Kenti'nin günümüze ulaşan kalıntıları Roma Dönemi’ne aittir. Ancak buradaki yazıtlar ve ele geçen sikkeler kentin tarihini MÖ I. yüzyıldan daha eskiye götürmektedir. Kent Roma Dönemi’nde büyük bir gelişme göstermiş ve bu durum Bizans Dönemi’nde devam etmiştir. Sidyma akropolü, Dodurga Mahallesi’nin kuzeyinde iki bölümlü bir tepede bulunur.
45 minutes
Sedir Adası Örenyeri
The ancient city of Kedrai, or by its common name Sedir Adası, is located to the east of Gökova (Keramos, Kerme) Gulf within the borders of Muğla’s Ula district. It is the largest of a group of three islands in the gulf filled with ancient ruins. The ancient name of Sedir Adası was Kedrae or Cedrae. It is thought that the island and its surroundings, which local people refer to as Sedir Adası, were covered with cedar trees (Cedrus) centuries ago, and that for this reason the island was called Cedrae.
45 minutes
Karabağlar Yaylası
Karabağlar Yaylası, 3 kilometers from Muğla city center, is a place worth setting aside time to see. With its cold spring water, ancient plane trees, and abundant fruit trees, Karabağlar is a place of escape on hot days. . The plateau’s whitewashed, red-tiled houses share the same characteristics as the protected historic houses of Muğla’s Saburhane Mahallesi. This settlement on the plateau has been placed under protection, and ugly construction has not been allowed.
45 minutes
Muğla Saatli Kule
The clock tower located on Kara Mustafa Caddesi in Balıbey Mahallesi was commissioned in 1895 by Hacı Kadızade Süleyman Efendi, Muğla’s first Mayor, and his wife Pembe Ana. After returning from the pilgrimage, they had a similar tower to the one they saw in the city of Damascus built by the famous Greek master Filvarus. Muğla Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism The Clock Tower is square-planned and five storeys high, built using cut stone and brick, and narrows from bottom to top.
45 minutes
Çöllüoğlu Hanı
Located at a central point of the city, very close to Belen Camii, Çöllüoğlu Hanı was built on 1719-1920 by Abdülaziz Ağa as a waqf deed for the madrasa built near Ağa Camii in 1737-1738. The inn, which remained in private ownership until 2010 and was largely destroyed, was restored within the scope of the project initiated by Milas Municipality in 2010. It has two hall-like entrances, one to the north and one to the south.
45 minutes
Köyceğiz Gölü
The lake is fed by waters descending from the mountains in seven branches and by abundant water sources, and for this reason it does not lose its characteristic in summer or winter. It is a lake that discharges its excess water into the Mediterranean through a narrow 10-kilometer-long channel (Dalyan). If you do not have a detailed map of the surroundings, while traveling around the area it can easily be confused which is the lake and which is the sea. The best clue is the lake’s reed beds. The area covered by the lake, which is connected to the Mediterranean by the Dalyan Strait, is 6300 hectares.
45 minutes
Pedasa Antik Kenti
Pedasa, the largest of the Leleg settlements on the Halikarnassos Peninsula, is one of the eight cities founded on the Bodrum Peninsula by the Lelegs, who are identified in ancient written sources as the ancestors of the Carians. Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum Pedasa Ancient City is located 2 km above Bodrum Konacık Neighborhood. In Pedasa Ancient City, under the presidency of the Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum, Prof. Dr.
45 minutes
Milas Taş Eserler Müzesi
Milas Stone Works Museum is located in Milas, inside Beçin Castle. In the museum, along with 35 stone works belonging to the Beyliks and Ottoman periods, ethnographic works related to practices such as education in the madrasa and burial traditions, as well as miniatures of Anatolian madrasa examples, are also exhibited.
45 minutes
Euromos Antik Kenti
Euromos was the most important city of the region after Mylasa in Antiquity. The name of the city appears in the 5th century BC as “Kyramos” or “Hyramos.” Photo: Official Turkish Museums Euromos, which means “strong” in Greek, must have begun to be used as a result of Mausolos’s Hellenization policy. Photo: Official Turkish Museums As we learn from an inscription, Euromos had fallen out with its northern neighbor Herakleia.
45 minutes
Gemile Adası
Gemile Island is located opposite Soğuksu Bay near Ölüdeniz. On the island, there are the ruins of 4 churches, tomb structures, and remains belonging to a Medieval settlement. Structures belonging to civil architecture consist of houses and cisterns. Some of the ruins can also be observed underwater. It is thought that the island was inhabited between the 5th and 7th centuries and was abandoned after the Arab raids in the 7th century.
45 minutes
Milas Boğaziçi Köyü
Boğaziçi Köyü is reached by turning right at the 25th kilometre of the Milas-Bodrum highway and going 2 km. The mythological name of Boğaziçi Köyü is Bargylia. Bargylia is on a hill on a small peninsula formed by a narrow and deep bay (Varvil), which formerly opened to the Iasos gulf but is filled in today, to the north of the Bodrum peninsula and to the south of Güllük gulf. Milas Belediyesi Bargylia word, Prof.
45 minutes
Beçin Kalesi
Beçin Castle is located in Muğla’s Milas district, on a flat plateau overlooking the Milas Plain. Although most of the structural remains that have survived to the present day from the urban settlement in the castle, dated to the Byzantine period, belong especially to the Menteşeoğulları period, there are also finds in the city belonging to the Chalcolithic, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods. Milas Museum Beçin Ancient City is also referred to in old sources by the names Petzona, Peçin, Barçın or Berçin.
45 minutes
Ören (keramos)
Ören, located 45 km from Milas, is on the coast of Gökova Gulf. Milas Municipality Ören, generally a tourism town with summer houses, has in recent years become a holiday resort that has begun to attract the interest of especially domestic tourists. Milas Municipality Ören is also reached from Gökova/Akyaka village by a 48 km road passing along the northern coast of Gökova Gulf and in front of the Kıran Mountains.
45 minutes
Beyağaç Kartal Gölü Tabiatı Koruma Alanı
The elevation of Kartal Lake and the Nature Protection Area is 1903 meters above sea level. Kartal Lake and its surroundings were declared a protected area by the General Directorate of National Parks and Wildlife Protection of the Ministry of Forestry. Turkey’s oldest Black Pine forest is here. Kartal Lake and the vicinity of the “Monument Forest” are very rich in terms of plant flora. It is a center of interest for natural scientists.
45 minutes
Kadyana
Because of the suffix –Nd in the name of Kadyanda, which is read as Kadawanti in Lycian inscriptions, it can be said that its foundation date goes back to the 3rd millennium B.C. However, the oldest remains on the surface that have survived from the ancient city to the present day do not go back earlier than the 5th century B.C. At the Kadyanda ruins, a section of the city walls surrounding the city, rock tombs and some inscriptions are the remains dated to the earliest period.
45 minutes
İasos Balik Pazarı Açik Hava Müzesi
The İasos Fish Market Museum is located in the Kıyıkışlacık neighborhood of Milas district in Muğla. Opened to visitors in 1995 as an “Open Air Museum” and located in the İasos Archaeological Site, this area consists of a building complex. Official Turkish Museums In the central section of the open-air museum, there is the ruin of a monumental tomb rising on a stepped platform and arranged in the form of a four-columned temple.
45 minutes
Fethiye Arkeoloji Müzesi
The first efforts to establish a museum in Fethiye began in 1962. Especially after the 1957 earthquake, during the reconstruction works of the city, a number of movable artifacts found in the foundations began to be exhibited as an open-air museum in today’s harbor and its surroundings.
45 minutes
İztuzu Sahili
İztuzu beach has become world-famous for the giant turtles Caretta Carettas. At one end of the sandy beach are the İstuzu Beach facilities, and at the other end are the Dalyanağzı Day-Use Beach facilities. The sandy beach stretches for kilometers. İstuzu Beach is reached from Dalyan by road. The asphalt road leaving Dalyan descends to the beach, following the delta and the Sülüngür shore and passing through villages. As you get closer to the beach, there are clearings along the rising road suitable for taking photographs.
45 minutes
Kindye Antik Kenti
The points of origin of the Hekatomnid dynasty, which ruled Karia in the region on behalf of the Persians for 70 years, are Kindye and Mylasa. Kindye, the Hekatomnids’ first settlement before Mylasa and their main city, is located on a hill approximately 300 meters above sea level in Sığırtmaç Mahallesi of Dörttepe village in Milas.
45 minutes
Mobolla Antik Kenti
To the south of Muğla city center and adjacent to the urban protected area, on the rocky hill known as Masa Dağı or Asar in the northeast of Saburhane Neighborhood, are the remains of the Ancient City of Mobolla and its castle. According to the Muğla Museum Directorate, the oldest known name of the settlement is Mogla (Mώγλα). An inscription dated to the 2nd century BC and found in Muğla leaves no doubt that the name of the city was Mόβολλα (Mobolla).
45 minutes
Özbekler Evi
The building, one of the traditional Muğla houses and known as Hacı Hamzalar and Ali Rıza Özbek Evi, has a history of approximately 225 years. In 1987, it was given the award for the best preserved and maintained house by the Muğla Chamber of Architects. In its early days, the building had an earthen roof, but later underwent certain renovations and spaces such as a winter house, summer house, landings, and under-house areas were created in the building. Later, the earthen roof was closed off and converted into a system with a wooden bağdadi and tiled roof.
45 minutes
Panamara
Panamara kutsal alanı Yatağan İlçesi, Bağyaka Köyü sınırları içerisinde yerleşim yerinin yaklaşık 300 m güneyinde yer alan tepelik bir alanı kapsamakta olup Muğla Kültür Varlıklarını Koruma Bölge Kurulu Müdürlüğü’nün 13.03.2014 tarih ve 2411 sayılı kararı ile I. derece arkeolojik sit alanı olarak tescillenmiştir.
45 minutes
Amintas Kaya Mezarları
There are many rock tombs carved into the steep rocky slope, three of them in the temple type, while the others reflect examples of civil architecture. Directorate General of Promotion This tomb, which is one of the three temple-type tombs and is known among the public as the “King’s Tomb,” has remained relatively more intact compared to the other two tombs.
45 minutes
Yeni Myndos Antik Kenti
Myndos is located in the present-day Gümüşlük area, to the west of the Bodrum Peninsula. It is a city that appears in ancient sources and was founded by Maussollos in the 4th century BC. The historian Herodotus mentions the people of Myndos and their ships in his own period (5th century BC). However, in the studies carried out to date, no findings indicating this date have been encountered in the area where the city is located.
45 minutes
Çamur Banyoları
On the opposite shore of the Dalyan Canal, within the district boundaries of Köyceğiz, thermal spring water emerges in many places in the villages of Çandır and Sultaniye. The hot sulphurous waters are a remedy for many ailments, especially rheumatism and skin diseases. About 15 minutes from the centre of Dalyan and accessible by boat, the Mud Bath and thermal spring, where there are also day-use facilities, has developed as a tourist animation centre.
45 minutes
Kizilbük Ve Hayitbük Koylari
The bays of Kızılbük and Hayıtbükü, located within the borders of Mesudiye village in Datça, are quite close to the historic ancient city of Knidos dating back to Antiquity. Hayıtbükü is known as one of Datça's most distinguished bays. Famous for its turquoise-colored, calm and clean sea, this bay has a soft sandy beach.
45 minutes
Güllük
The 8-kilometer road branching off to the right from the Milas-Bodrum road takes you to Güllük. Güllük offers a quieter holiday opportunity right next to Bodrum for vacationers who do not like Bodrum’s crowds. Milas Belediyesi Güllük is a port town. Bauxite ore extracted in the surrounding area is exported from the port. The region preserves the character of a charming fishing village with its coastal fishermen settled around Mandalya Körfezi and Asin Koyu, its coffeehouses and its restaurants.
45 minutes
Şövalye Adası
Located right at the entrance of Fethiye Bay, Şövalye Adası, which the local people call Fethiye Adası or Megri Adası and which has the distinction of being the only inhabited island in the region, has made the bay entrance more sheltered by virtually closing it off like a gate with its long, narrow shape. According to the Fethiye Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the name Şövalye Adası comes from the Knights of Rhodes. The famous knights lived in this area and used the island like a base.
45 minutes
Sultaniye Kaplıcası
At the hot spring, which is also a stop for boat tours, you can hear many stories that patients brought in wheelchairs or on stretchers left walking after a 21-session treatment. Sultaniye is the hot spring with the highest radioactivity in Turkey. (98.3) The 39-degree water contains calcium chloride, calcium sulfate, calcium sulfur and radon. It is also good for skin and women's diseases as well as rheumatism and sciatica.
45 minutes
Ekincik Koyu
Ekincik Bay, one of the main stopping points for boats cruising between Marmaris and Göcek, is connected to Köyceğiz by a wide asphalt road. The beach and the area around the pier are full of hotels and guesthouses, large and small. To reach Ekincik by road, one proceeds from Köyceğiz via Hamitköy, enjoying the magnificent view of the lake.
45 minutes
Muğla Belediyesi Hizmet Binası
Muğla Municipality Service Building was built as the government mansion of Menteşe Liva, which was a mutasarrıflık in the 1867 Ottoman administrative division. The plan of the mansion was drawn by Major Hüseyin Bey of Damascus, who was the gendarmerie commander of the period. It is thought to have been drawn inspired by a mansion in Damascus. The 2nd floor of the Muğla Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism Courthouse Building was commissioned in 1889 by Cafer Paşa, who was the Muğla Mutasarrıf, and Greek craftsmen worked in the construction of the building.
45 minutes
Milas Ağa Cami
It is understood from Abdülaziz Ağa’s Vakfiye dated 1150 that Ağa Camii was built before 1737, and it is located in the area called Balavca stream and in the area where the holiday market is set up. Milas Museum Directorate It has a rectangular plan and is divided into two naves parallel to the qibla wall with three pointed arches supported by two columns. Milas Museum Directorate The mosque, which has a last congregation area, has a hipped roof.
45 minutes
Göcek
Göcek Gulf, where countless beautiful coves and islands are located, is a frequent destination for yachts and Blue Voyage boats. Göcek, where there are marinas providing all kinds of services for yachts, is the meeting point of luxurious and magnificent private yachts.
45 minutes
Bodrum Zeki Müren Sanat Müzesi
The house where the famous Turkish Classical Music artist Zeki Müren lived in Bodrum was opened to visitors in 2000 under the name Zeki Müren Art Museum. Official Turkish Museums The artist lived in this house in Bodrum from 1980 until 1996, the year he passed away.
45 minutes
Yassica Adaları
Yassıca Islands, consisting of 5 islands of different sizes in the Gulf of Fethiye, are the most important stop of the daily boat tours in the region. Fethiye Chamber of Commerce Since the islands, covered with pine and olive trees, are very small, they were not given individual names and all of them together were called Yassıca Islands. Fethiye Chamber of Commerce On the sandy beach of the larger island extending into the sea, a small pool has formed. The shortest distance between the two islands is 12 meters.
45 minutes
Dibeklihan Kültür Ve Sanat Köyü
At the junction in Ortakent, turn toward Yalıkavak, and 2 km after entering the Yalıkavak road, a road branches off to Yakaköy on the left. From this turnoff, after 1500 m, you will come across a stone structure on the right that is integrated with nature.
60 minutes
Cadianda Antik Kenti
It is situated on a hill to the south-east of Üzümlü Town, 24 km from Fethiye. In Antiquity, it was located on the Kaunos - Araxa road. At the Kadyanda archaeological site, a section of the city wall surrounding the city, rock tombs and Lycian inscriptions are the remains that can be dated to the earliest period.
45 minutes
Su Altı Arkeoloji Müzesi
It is located within Bodrum Kalesi and is considered one of the world's most important underwater archaeology museums. Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum has 14 exhibition halls and possesses the world's richest collection of Eastern Mediterranean amphorae. The Yassıada, Şeytan Deresi and Serçe Limanı shipwrecks are also exhibited at Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum. The remains of the world's oldest shipwreck exhibited in the museum are also among the important works worth seeing.
45 minutes