Dazzling white sands, sea gently lapping on the shore, lush green forest as a backdrop. No, we’re not in the Maldives. We’re at Aksazlar Beach in Fethiye. A few years ago, whenever people came to Fethiye for a summer holiday, the general assumption used to be that if a day at the beach was in …
The Çalış Sunday market. Regular visitors to this blog will know we have a love of markets; markets of the foodie variety. We visit our local ones here in Fethiye three times a week; Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays are spoken for in our house. And, if we miss one of those, we’ve even been known …
It’s Friday and it’s time for the last Fethiye photo for the month of March. A couple of weeks back, we had a photo of a view of Fethiye marina from the Karagözler – but the week before that, we were finally able to include an Ölüdeniz shot into the series. The photo is an almost …
The Lycian rock tombs in Fethiye with the tomb of Amyntas holding prime position, overlooking to town and the bay below. Arguably Fethiye’s most famous archaeological site. Exploring Fethiye’s Lycian Rock Tombs Being that the Lycian rock tombs are carved into the cliff face, high above the town, the tombs are easy to spot and …
The coastline and islands in and around the gulf of Fethiye make it just perfect for boat trips. Recently, we’ve taken advantage of this a few times by doing the Göcek market boat trip – just a great, cheap day out for us. However, if you’re not the sort of person who wants to be …
We posted about the boat trip from Fethiye to Göcek market last year and, last Sunday, we made the trip again. In this post, we’d like you to join us on our outing as we sail from Fethiye, across the bay to beautiful Göcek and back again. Our journey begins at 11 am, just after …
Tuesday; Fethiye market day and one of our favourite pastimes. How can food shopping ever be a chore when you’ve got a weekly carnival of seemingly endless rows of market stalls? All packed with the current produce of the season intermingled with the regular staples? The colours, the aromas – citrus in winter, the sweet …
We make every effort not to take too much for granted living in Fethiye – but sometimes, much as we try not to, we overlook things of beauty that are right under our noses. Daily life throughout the seasons means we just become accustomed to jumping on the dolmuş or the belediye buses to get …
Isn’t it great when you get an unexpected, pleasant surprise? When you think you’ve seen all there is to see of an area…and then realise you haven’t. Being that it’s completely flat, the whole area of Çalış is perfect for people who just don’t do hills and for those who enjoy pedalling around on push …
A few posts ago, we mentioned about going to Antalya at the beginning of March to take part in Runatolia – a 10k run. I’ve pounded the Fethiye running track all of five times now and my shins are sore – I’m not cut out for a life of athletics – so we decided a …