{"id":3573,"date":"2013-05-02T12:24:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T12:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:32:14","slug":"east-aegean-coast-of-turkey-marmaris-to-fethiye-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=3573","title":{"rendered":"East Aegean Coast of Turkey: Marmaris to Fethiye (part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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View of Boynuz B\u00c3\u00bck\u00c3\u00bc bay, Skopea Linea (G\u00c3\u00b6cek)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We left Yacht Marina in Yalanc\u00c4\u00b1 Bo\u00c4\u0178az near Marmaris on April 26 heading southeast to explore the east Aegean coast as far as Kekova.\u00a0 Our first stop was Ekincik where we tied to a restaurant quay on a beautiful bay.\u00a0 There are great views from the restaurant but it did not open for the season until the night after our deprture so we were unable to sample the food.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

A line became tangled in the bowthruster prop as we backed down to the quay at Ekincik and was ripped off when I used the bowthruster.\u00a0 I put on my thick wet suit (the water is quite cool) to see if I could find the prop on the bottom, but it fell into thick sea grass and was lost. Fortunately, we had a spare prop.\u00a0 It took me 90 minutes with a snorkel and fins to replace the prop under the boat.\u00a0 Now I am very wary of the bow lines that\u00a0 come off of almost all the docks in Turkey and lead to an underwater mooring chain.
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“Stroemhella”, <\/i>with Wendi and David aboard,\u00a0 <\/i>was the only other boat at the dock.\u00a0 As soon as I had the new prop in place, we arranged for a tour of the ancient city of Caunos the next day.\u00a0 Based upon a recommendation, we booked Abidin Kurt as our guide.\u00a0 He came the next morning on a large river boat with captain to take us up the Dalyan River to ancient Caunus. The city was founded before 500 BC and was a Lycian-Greek-Roman-Byzantine port during its thousand years of existence, until the port silted up.\u00a0 Abidin, who comes from Dalyan village near to the ruins of Caunos, was an excellent and enthusiastic guide.\u00a0 We also viewed the Lycian rock tombs on the river and stopped for lunch in Dalyan village.<\/p>\n

\"Abidin<\/a>
Abidin Kurt, our guide for the river trip to ancient Caunos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Coliseum,<\/a>
Coliseum, Caunos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lycian<\/a>
Lycian rock tombs, Dalyan River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Silted<\/a>
Silted up river delta, Dalyan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On April 28, we sailed to the Skopea Linea marine reserve in the Gulf of Fethiye.\u00a0 We were amazed to see snow covered peaks in the distance.\u00a0 It has been a wet spring and apparently it is cold enough at high altitudes for there to be snow even this late in the year.\u00a0 The temperature was in the low 80’s F. on the boat during the day, and around 60 at night.<\/p>\n

\"Snow<\/a>
Snow capped mountains in the distance, Gulf of Fethiye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We spent two nights in the bay of Sarsala Koyu and had a nice lunch ashore at a small beach restaurant where there was only one other customer.\u00a0 In the summer it is supposed to be very crowded in this area but there are very few boats and tourists this early in the year.\u00a0 On April 30 we moved a few mile north in the Gulf of Fethiye to a bay named Boynuz B\u00c3\u00bck\u00c3\u00bc where we dropped anchor in deep water and took a line ashore to a bollard.\u00a0 Boynuz B\u00c3\u00bck\u00c3\u00bc winds a bit through steep cliffs like a fjord.\u00a0 We had great views of the snow capped mountains to the east.<\/p>\n

\"Laura<\/a>
Laura at Boynuz B\u00c3\u00bck\u00c3\u00bc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yesterday (May 1) we sailed 12 miles to the city of Fethiye and entered the Fethiye Ece Marina.\u00a0 We needed to get to a town in order to (1) get our internet working again as it had failed inexplicably some days before, (2) order a new bowthruster prop now that we see how easy it is to lose one in these waters, and (3) provision.\u00a0 We will remain here for one week because we really like what we have seen of this town, and also because the weekly rate in the marina was compelling as compared to the daily rate.\u00a0 We went to the fish market where we bought fresh fish and then took it to one of the small restaurants next door where they fileted and prepared it for us.\u00a0 It was a great meal.\u00a0 Next door is the fruit and veggie market, so that pressing need was also satisfied.\u00a0 And a block away is a Turkcell office that got our internet working again.\u00a0 So we got a lot accomplished in one day.<\/p>\n

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  We left Yacht Marina in Yalanc\u00c4\u00b1 Bo\u00c4\u0178az near Marmaris on April 26 heading southeast to explore the east Aegean coast as far as Kekova.\u00a0 Our first stop was Ekincik where we tied to a restaurant quay on a beautiful bay.\u00a0 There are great views from the restaurant but it did not open for the … <\/p>\n

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