Places to visit
Things to do in Fethiye
18 destinations, each with a description, how long it takes and where it sits on the map.
In short
toroti’s catalogue holds 18 described destinations within Fethiye, Muğla. The themes that come up most: Local culture, Museum, Culture, History, Coast.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Gemiler (Aya Nikola) Adası
It is a 1st Degree Natural Protected Area located within the borders of Uzunyurt (Faralya) neighborhood of Fethiye district. The bay and beach, with their sheltered nature and beautiful sandy shore surrounded by pine and olive trees, are frequented not only by excursion boats but also, especially in the summer months, by picnickers coming by road via Fethiye - Hisarönü - Kayaköy. The distance from the bay to Kayaköy is only 6 km.
60 minutes
Ölü Deniz
The road from Fethiye to Ölüdeniz through the pines is 14 km. At the end of the road with its uphill and downhill stretches, a tremendous blue suddenly appears before you. This is Belcekız Koyu. When you walk along the sandy beach stretching from inside the bay, you see the unique Ölüdeniz. Ölüdeniz is as if enchanted, standing there completely still. There is not even a single piece of seaweed on its bottom; it is covered with white sand. The light refracted by the water and the sand on the bottom gives it a turquoise color.
60 minutes
Likya Yolu (Fethiye)
A hiking route created by marking and mapping some of the paths on the Teke peninsula, historically called Lycia, extending from Fethiye to Antalya. It is shown by various sources as one of the world's 10 best long-distance hiking routes.
60 minutes
Kızılada
It is approximately 4 nautical miles from Fethiye harbor. On the island’s east coast, sheltered from the waves, there is a bay with a wide sandy beach suitable for swimming and anchoring, frequently visited by daily tour boats.
60 minutes
Günübirlik Tekne Turlari
Starting from piers such as Bodrum center, Gümbet, Turgut Reis, Yalıkavak, Türkbükü and Torba, daily boat tours are organized around the peninsula, on the Gökova coasts as far as Çökertme, including beautiful coves and beaches and, especially Karaada, islands large and small. Accompanied by local captains and crews, the greatest pleasure of the day is experienced on these boats; people swim at the most mysterious coasts along the way and usually have lunch at a coastal restaurant.
45 minutes
Telmissos Antik Kenti
Telmisos is in Gürece Village on the Bodrum Peninsula. Gürece is on Asar Tepe. The remains belonging to the settlement located to the northwest of the settlement area of Gürece Village and mentioned as Telmisos in G. Bean's book titled Karia are on and on the slopes of a high hill dominating the surroundings. A part of the modern village settlement is located on the eastern slope of the hill in question.
45 minutes
Kizilada
Kızılada is approximately 4 nautical miles from Fethiye Harbor and 1.2 nautical miles from Yanıklar Beach. The island’s highest point above sea level is 133 meters. At sunset, the color of the island turns red with the effect of the sun, and for this reason it is said that the island takes its name from this color formation. At its southern tip, there is no structure on the island other than a lighthouse and the lighthouse keeper’s house.
45 minutes
Ölüdeniz Plajı
Ölüdeniz Plajı is a public Blue Flag beach on the coast at Fethiye.
60 minutes
Kayaköy Evleri
Kayaköy consists of two very different settlement areas. The first of these is the neighborhood, formerly known as Levissi, which also has an important place in tourism, was established at the beginning of the 19th century, is a relatively recent settlement built on the slopes, and in the final period of the Ottoman State reached the size of a town with a population of 3000, entirely Greek.
60 minutes