Bozburun is well known to yachts owners and operators. In respect to tourism it is one of the most virgin parts of the region. It is highly recommended for those who want a quite and calm holiday. There are no large facilities but there are good small places.

It is on one of the coves of the Sömbeki Gulf. The region, in comparison to other parts of Marmaris, is extraordinarily barren. It has a post office, some small hotels, pensions and good fish restaurants. It is said that the best gulets are built here. Every year at the end of October there is the Gulet Festival and gulet races.

In the vicinity there are many calm coves that you can get to by boat.

(For details see the Blue Voyage)

Nearby to Bozburun on Asar


Hill are the remains of the ancient city of Larymna that are not of great interest. It takes about 45 minutes to get to the top of the hill. There are fragments of the city walls, pieces and ruins of tombs scattered around. Bozburun looks beautiful from this hilltop.

 

How to get there?
You can get to Bozburun from Marmaris by two different ways. The first option, which is a trip of 45 kilometres, is through Datça, then taking the turn to Hisarönü and then keep following the coastal road. Up to Selimiye the road is dirt.
Minibuses run regularly between Marmaris and Bozburun.

 

You can get to the village of Söðüt either from Bozburun or the village of Bayýr. Söðüt is on the edge and in a remote area of the Bozburun Peninsula. This is why it has so far has managed to avoid the tourist traffic.

Despite this the market of the village is quite lively. The villagers are aware of tourism and are trying to be helpful and are interested.

One kilometre to the south west of Söðüt, a bit past the school building, there is the remains of the ancient settlement of Thyssanos. There have been no excavations conducted here. The remains consist of a few walls, traces of foundations and the wall on the back of the hill.

The village of Söðüt is inland from the sea. The gate opening to the sea from the village is the Saranda Cove. You can get to Saranda, three kilometres away, by following a dirt road. On your way to Saranda you have a stunning view. You will see the whole of the cove and the green Sömbaki Gulf. In the distance the big island you see is Sömbeki (Simi) Island, a part of Greece. Give yourself enough time to take in this view, especially at sunset.

 

Saranda is among those rare places that has yet to be discovered. There are restaurants in the quay area and the prices are quite reasonable. Besides the sea food, the entrees made from village-grown vegetables are very delicious. It is not luxurious comfort but it is clean.

 

The distance from Söðüt to Taþlýca is approximately five kilometres. Your vehicle may have difficulty travelling on the stabilised road. The ruins of the ancient city of Phoinix, a Carain settlement, are four kilometres from Taþlýca. On the way from the village to the ancient city, on what may have been an ancient path, you come across tombs from the ancient era. Almost half way between Taþlýca and Asar Hill, there is Phoinix’s agora. When you climb up the hill there is a quite well preserved building and after that comes the necropolis (tombs). The acropolis of the city is on the top of Asar Hill. On the hilltop, far more than the ruins, the view gets your attention. You can see the sea, the village of Taþlýca, and the collapsing houses of the village of Sindili that was evacuated and the people moved to Taþlýca. To the south west, approximately six kilometres away and near to the port of Serçe, there is the Aziziye district that is linked to Taþlýca.