Re the title of today’s post: we actually made a bit of research into a late summer stroll. We’ve got some friends coming to stay in Fethiye over the New Year (just love having winter visitors) and they wanted us to ask for bits of info and prices at the hotels along the Karagözler. You …
Yesterday evening’s sunset marked the end of Ramazan and after the contemplation and fasting of the last month (for those that observed it), Turkey is now celebrating Ramazan Bayramı. We like the festivals in Turkey – everyone is in a good mood and it’s a happy time. During Ramazan Bayramı, it’s traditional for the local …
After 12 years of umming and ahhing about whether I could handle a visit to the hamam, I finally made it to one on Saturday. I entered a sauna in a gym many moons ago and had to leave straight away because I just hated the heat, so I always thought, ‘If I pay my …
Hisarönü – known to our Fethiye Turkish friends as ‘The Village.’ If it’s a summer weekend and the night out in Fethiye has gone so well that nobody wants it to end, there are usually two possible suggestions: ‘Let’s go for soup,’ or, ‘Let’s go to the village.’ The villages of Ovacık and Hisarönü are …
We’ve got a new pet. A cicada! We love cicadas… Well, when I say new ‘pet,’ I mean more of a new ‘periodical visitor.’ This Turkish insect, part of the Cicadoidea superfamily of insects in the order Hemiptera (apparently), has been with us for the last few days. And I’d lay a good bet that …
We realised when we did the Fethiye Eating & Drinking tab that we hadn’t actually written about a lot of the places we listed – so we’re going to put that right, right now. Well, for one of the places anyway. More places to come in time. You’re following our work in progress here sorry. …
Over the winter months, we’ve been saying that as soon as the season started, the weather had warmed up and Paspatur was fully awake after its winter semi-hibernation, we would do a post on ‘Paspatur, Fethiye’s Old Town.‘ Well, it’s taken till now to get round to writing it for a few reasons; one of …
We just cannot go to Cin Bal barbecue restaurant in Kayköy near Fethiye and
not order tandır, slow cooked lamb
A very busy week last week. When there are friends galore visiting Fethiye and the logistics of meeting up / deciding what to do are getting a bit difficult, there’s only one thing to do and that’s arrange a boat trip. We wrote about the Göcek market boat trip a while back but the boat …
Fethiye fish market; one of the town’s most famous tourist attractions. A popular night out, a lunch spot for lots of locals – and also one of our favourite places for doing our food shopping, too. Yes, Fethiye fish market and the surrounding shops and stalls have a special draw for us. So let us …