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Coves and beaches near the centre

If you want to see the beauties of Fethiye and not limit yourselves to the beaches of your hotels or pensions, you will find lots of places to visit. You can pick areas other then the well-known beaches that get very crowded. If you have your car with you, you should visit the region of the Oyuk Tepe (Mount). If you fancy a bit of sportive activity you can do the trip on foot. Pass through First and Second Karagözler, continue on past the port and keep going right towards the sea. You will first get to Aksazlar Cove and a bit further up is Samanlık Cove. Keep going past the Letoonia Holiday Village, which has been constructed so as to be in full harmony with the nature of the cove and peninsula. The view is picturesque and we suggest you take a photo of the sea from above and the caiques in the water. Everywhere there are pine trees and the fresh pine scent in the air you are breathing. On the bottom of the cliffs are coves that follow one another. You can get down to most of these. In one of them there is a buffet and toilet, this cove has a beach as well and it is very beautiful. The road follows the point that is in the shape of a peninsula and ends in Kalemya Cove. However, if you are not staying at the Hillside Beach Club you are not able to use the beach. You will have to be satisfied by viewing it from above from the hills. You continue from the other side of Kalemya and get to Boncuklu Cove. Boncuklu is very suitable for aqua sports and swimming. The return trip is not along the seaside but is beautiful too, running between pine trees and on a tarred road. You can also do this trip by boat. As for Turunç Pınarı Cove (Spring of Citrus) you can get there by sea as it is a popular stopping point of the Blue Cruise and the daily boat trips and is also accessible by road. Turunç Pınarı Cove is to the west of Kalemya Cove. The hills of Turunç Pınarı are full of trees and in the cove there is the makeshift Balıkçı Osman’ın Yeri restaurant that has sweet drinking water spring. Those who come here can buy fresh fruit and vegetables, choose from tables laden with fresh fish and enjoy the animated conversation of Balıkçı (Fisherman) Osman. Those who stay for dinner should ask for olive bread along with the steamed or grilled fish and salads of seafood such as jumbo shrimp and crabs. In the making of bread with olive they use olives, onions, cheese, parsley, dill, mint, tomatoes, green pepper and cumin. If you ask for it they prepare one that has shrimp in it. The bread is cooked in a firewood oven.
(Balıkçı Osman Tel: 0 542 423 52 15)