With 27 years, experience, Bodrum Express Lines continue to provide regular scheduled maritime transport services with ferry-boats and fast hydrofoils between Bodrum and Datca, Marmaris, Sedir (Cleopatra) Island and Dalyan (Caunos).
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Another gem of the Turkish Aegean coast, Marmaris, is approximately 1 hour 50 ins. away by Bodrum Express. The fast and relaxing trip will take you to the charming little harbor Gelibolu, on the Far Eastern shore of the Gulf of Gökova, where you will disembark for a 20 min. drive to Marmaris, a lovely resort with its waterfront lined with fine restaurants and its back streets a shopper’s delight. The enclosed Marmaris Bay resembles a large lake surrounded by pine-clad mountains. Marmaris is the home of superb marine, the largest in the eastern Mediterranean, where you can see some of the world’s finest yachts and mix with the international crowd of sailors from the four corners of the world.
MARMARIS TRIPS INCLUDES Hydrofoil + bus transfer to Marmaris. |
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Sample the highlights of the famous blue voyage cruise in just 1 day. Relax as we take you by hydrofoil from Bodrum to the picturesque little harbour of Gelibolu on the Far Eastern shore of the Gulf of Gökova. Then soak up the sun and the sights on a traditional Turkish wooden gulet as we leisurely cruise you around the coastline of Gökova visiting the famous English Harbour and Cleopatra Island. Swim in the crystal clear waters then relax on board while the crew serve you with mouthwatering lunch. Late afternoon relaxed and tanned, board our comfortable hydrofoil for your fast journey (approximately 1 hour 15 mins.) back to Bodrum Harbour.
CLEOPATRA ISLAND TRIPS INCLUDES Hydrofoil + yacht tour + lunch + entrance to Cleopatra Island. |
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Our hydrofoil will whisk you across the Gulf of Gökova to the picturesque harbour of Gelibolu. Then relax and enjoy the luscious green countryside and forests as we take you on a 20 minute coach ride to Marmaris, where we once again board one of our comfortable hydrofoils to speed you to Dalyan in just 35 minutes. Once at Dalyan soak up the sun on turtle beach - now a conservation area for the breeding place of the near extinct loggerhead turtle - or join one of the riverboats and enjoy a leisurely cruise up the Dalyan river through the reeds and tranquility, spooting the wildlife as you cruise by. Enjoy a fish lunch at one of the riverside tavernas. Then cruise a little further and you will discover the natural Dalyan mudbaths where you can wallow and bake in the sun while the mud works to make you look ten years younger!
DALYAN TRIPS INCLUDES Hydrofoil + bus transfer + lunch + motor trips. |
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The picturesque small town of Datça lies on the South coast of The peninsula tipped by the site of ancient Knidos. Your 50 mnute trip by Bodrum Express Lines will take you into the Gulf of Gökova where you will disembark at the little harbour of Körmen for a short overland ride to Datça. Some authorities have claimed that the original site of the city of Knidos was just outside Datça, but although recent excavations tend to dispute this assertion there indeed was an ancient city situated nearby and this site can be visited. The tiny harbour and the waterfront of Datça are very lively with summer visitors, but the main attraction of the town is in its pre-served pre-tourist village-like character and its clean beaches. |
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Didim is located on the north shore of the gulf of Güllük opposite the Bodrum peninsula villages such as Torba, Türkbükü and Yalıkavak. The district consists of Didim itself, a coastal town of 26,000 people and a number of small towns including Altınkum (which means golden sand), Gümüşkum (silver sand) and Sarıkum (yellow sand).
Tourism is the main source of income for the area, especially in summer, but agriculture is also an important contributor, the main crops are wheat and cotton. Animals, especially sheep and goats, are raised mainly for local consumpt
See Didyma for a full account of this ancient city, settled in the neolithic period, established as colony of Mycenae and then Crete in the 16th century BC and subsequently possessed by Persians, Seleucids, Attalids, Ancient Romans, and Byzantines as part of the province of Caria. The area came into the hands of Turks following the defeat of Byzantium at the Battle of Malazgirt in 1086. She was captured again Byzantines in 1098. She was captured at first by Menteşe in 1280, after Aydınoğlu in 1300. Didim was brought into the Ottoman Empire by Mehmet I in 1413.
Didim takes its name from ancient Didyma, sited close to the town. During the Ottoman Empire the town was known as Yoranda or Yoran and under the Turkish Republic was called Hisar (meaning castle) and following its destruction in an earthquake in 1955 was rebuilt and renamed Yenihisar (new castle). She was bounded to Söke district until 1991. She became the district as Yenihisar and was later given the ancient name Didim to distinguish it from other places in Turkey called Yenihisar in 1997.
This coast has thus become a very popular holiday resort and is genuinely attractive with its long sandy beaches, clear blue sea, ancient ruins to visit, and its own microclimate, benefitting from hundreds of days of sun a year and warm winters, allowing residents to enjoy the famous beaches and watersports even in January. Perhaps the most attractive bays are the smaller quieter ones further from the centre, such as Haydar, along a dirt road around the shore of Akbük (white bay).
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