A crewed gulet charter voyage
Türkiye — Carian & Lycian Coast charter itinerary
Bodrum to Göcek — 8 Nights
Eight nights running the Turkish coast from Bodrum to Göcek: the Carian peninsulas and their boatbuilding villages first, then east past Dalyan and the rock tombs of Kaunos into the Gulf of Fethiye, and finally the pine-ringed islands and Byzantine ruins of Skopea Limanı. Around 160 miles over eight days under way. Only two of those are real passages of four hours or more and both fall in the first half — the week is built so the sailing eases off as it goes on, and the last three days are short hops between neighbouring bays.
The voyage at a glance
Day 1
Bodrum — embarkation
Day 2
Knidos & Datça
Day 3
Selimiye & Bozburun
Day 4
Serçe Limanı
Day 5
East to Ekincik
Day 6
Kaunos & the Dalyan delta, then Ağa Limanı
Day 7
Kelebekler Vadisi & Ölüdeniz
Day 8
Gemiler, Tersane & Kleopatra Hamamı
Day 9
Göcek — disembarkation
Day 1
Bodrum — embarkation
Board in the afternoon beneath the floodlit Castle of St Peter, the bazaar and the waterfront a step from the quay. A first night alongside in Milta Marina, and an early start in the morning — tomorrow is the longest day of the trip.
Ashore nearbyZeki Muren Arts Museum · Bodrum Castle · LİNAM RESTAURANT · sultan bahçe restaurant
Day 2
Knidos & Datça
The big day, and worth it. West to the very tip of the peninsula, where a ruined Greek city stands above two natural harbours — lunch at anchor, then the amphitheatre, the temples and a swim beneath the lighthouse. Back east in the afternoon to Datça for the night, with its twin bays and a harbour lined with cafes. Five hours under way all told, either side of a long stop, so it wants an early breakfast.
Ashore nearbyOld Datca Houses · Datça Meydan · ÖMER USTA DATÇA · Baba Lokantası
Day 3
Selimiye & Bozburun
A gentler day after yesterday. Late morning at Selimiye, a deep bay watched over by an Ottoman fort with a row of waterfront restaurants that draw boats from all along the gulf — anchor off for lunch and a swim. On to Bozburun for the night: the spiritual home of the Turkish gulet, with yards still turning out hulls along the shore.
Ashore nearbyLarymna-Loryma · Papatya Ev Yemekleri · Karia patisserie
Day 4
Serçe Limanı
An hour south, and no more asked of the day. A near-landlocked inlet entered through a hidden gap in the cliffs, ringed with pine and completely still — the site of the 11th-century Glass Wreck now in Bodrum, and one of the most sheltered overnight anchorages on this coast. Swim, read, and go nowhere.
Ashore nearbySerçe Limanı · Sailor's House Restaurant
Day 5
East to Ekincik
A steady four hours east across the gulf to a broad pine-backed bay under the hills, with the afternoon and evening at anchor. Nothing ashore and nothing asked — the river starts early tomorrow.
Ashore nearbyEkincik Gara Ali Et ve Balık Restaurantı · My Marina Yacht Club
Day 6
Kaunos & the Dalyan delta, then Ağa Limanı
River boats take over at the bar and thread the reed channels of the delta to Kaunos, a Carian city that later turned Lycian: a theatre cut into the hillside, a Roman bath and the acropolis above, with the rock tombs facing you from the cliff across the water — temple fronts cut for kings in the 4th century BC. Back down past the turtle beach at İztuzu, then a couple of hours under way into the Gulf of Fethiye. The night at Ağa Limanı, a wide quiet bay on its western shore, well away from any road.
Day 7
Kelebekler Vadisi & Ölüdeniz
Two hours south out of the gulf and round Kurtoğlu Burnu, with a stop beneath the sheer walls of Butterfly Valley — a gorge that opens on a single strip of beach reachable only from the sea, with a waterfall walk inland. On to Ölüdeniz for the night, anchored off Belcekız with Babadağ behind and paragliders coming off the mountain all evening; the lagoon itself is a protected park, so the night is spent on the seaward side.
Day 8
Gemiler, Tersane & Kleopatra Hamamı
Three short hops through the islands and the best day of the trip for it. Gemiler first, for the ruins of five Byzantine churches and the covered processional way climbing to the summit, best walked early; then lunch at anchor off Tersane Adası, with its deserted Greek village and old shipyard sheds. The last night at Kleopatra Hamamı, moored over the submerged walls of a Roman bath house you can swim down to and stand in.
Ashore nearbyManzara Noktası · Sarsala Bay · Yörükoğlu Gözleme · KÖYLÜM TUĞBA GÖZLEME EVİ
Day 9
Göcek — disembarkation
Half an hour into Göcek and alongside at Club Marina. Breakfast on board, then the coffee houses and plane trees of the village before the transfer.
Ashore nearbyGöcek · Municipality of Gocek Marina · Nena Lounge Göcek · Latife Meyhane Göcek
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