Bodrum Peninsula on Turkey’s southwest coast, may not be first thought when it comes to booking a little vacation break; it’s also better known as a package holiday destination.
But, as you can see there are a lot of attractive and interesting placed besides central Bodrum and its nearest suburbans. And not necessarily to pay for excursion or tour, thus its possible to make rout on only to yours interesting places.
If you’re a history lover you shouldn’t miss an opportunity. It’s amazing how underdeveloped it as a tourist attraction considering its age. Most part of places at list – open-air museums and there are no entrance fee and you can walk freely around, immersing yourself in the remains of any historical milestone that was built thousands of years ago.
Some information about interesting places around Bodrum:
Places on the map:
6 – Mustafa Pasha’s Mosque (Mustafa Paşa Camisi);
10 – Kaplankaya, Old city of Salmakis (Salmakis Burcu), Salmakis sping (Salmakis Çeşmesi);
11 – Chemlekchi (Çömlekçi Köyü), Mycenaean stone tombs;
12 – Musgeby (Müsgebi Köyü), Ortakent, Mycenaean stone tombs;
13 – Karaada Island, Thermal springs (Karaada Ilıcası);
14 – Akyarlar, Greece Village Kefaluka;
15 – Aspat Castle, ruins of Termera;
16 – Bağla, springs and beach;
17 – Bitez, ruins of Pedasa, bay and beach;
18 – Çökertme;
19 – Gölköy, ruins of Karyanda;
20 – Gümüşlük, ruins of Myndos;
21 – Gündoğan, Greek Farilya, rock tombs, “Cheese Flower” cave (Peynır Çiçeğı);
22 – Hurma (Hurma Sahili);
23 – Gumbet Beach (Gümbet Plajı);24 – Kadıkalesi Castle, ruins of the ancient city of Leleges;
25 – Karainchir Beach (Karaincir Plajı);
26 – Mazıköy;
27 – Torba (Torba Sahili), the coast of Gulbahche (Gülbahçe);
28 – Turgutreis;
29 – Türkbükü;
30 – Yalıkavak;
31 – Sedir Island (Sedir Adası), ruins of Kedrai, Cleopatra beach;
32 – Ruins of Thyssanos;
33 – Görece, ruins of of Telmisos;