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Simbalu Cove

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    • Day 162

      Exhausting beach day

      November 7, 2020 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      Time to explore the area around Fethiye. After breakfast at the seafront, we cycled to Ölüdeniz. İt's a bay with a beautifully blue lagoon, an absolutely stunning location surrounded by high mountains. In order to get there, we had to climb across one of them. And the mountains here are very steep, so we were very happy we didn't have to carry our luggage today. At the beach, we went for a well deserved, nice and refreshing swim in the clear blue water.
      Afterwards, we had to climb up the mountain again. From this side, it was even steeper. Within only 2km, we gained over 300m in elevation, some sections were about 20%.
      On the way back to Fethiye, we took a detour via Karaköy. There's an old abandoned Greek city you can visit. As we have already seen similar sites here in Turkey, we only stopped for a couple of photos and continued our scenic ride.
      One more steep climb and we could roll into Fethiye. Just before the city center, we stopped again. This time, we visited the rock tombs. There was also an old Lycian sarcophagus in the middle of the road. Rather than burying their deads in a Necropolis outside of the city, people in Lycia used to get buried in between the houses. So up til now, you can still sea those sarcophagi in some of the roads in Fethiye.
      We spent the evening at the seafront watching people and strolling along the restaurants. Some of them offered live music and were lit in colourful lights, so it was nice walking around.
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    • Day 7

      Ölüdeniz to Kabak Beach, Turkey

      November 16, 2023 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Ölüdeniz is possibly the most picturesque location along the whole turquoise coast. Widely advertised for its long stretch of white sand and the deep blue lagoon directly behind. It's surrounded by high mountains that have a constant stream of paragliders launching from the peaks and landing on the beach.

      Being a 30-minute drive from Fethiye, we were surprised to find it very much closed for the season. The last remaining beach bar setups were in the middle of their end-of-season pack-down. Even in this state we could tell that in the high season this place would be crazy.

      Jessie had heard about a place called Butterfly Valley. Despite being reported as “boat-access” only Jessie had read that there was a way to hike down into it. (Not without its warnings that it was pretty difficult). We drove further along the coast to where the road came the closest to it and found a small place along the cliff edge that had a view down into the valley. The hike down would definitely be a challenge! There were massive signs erected saying it was “dangerous, and forbidden” to climb down to the valley. Perhaps fortunately for us, at this time of year, the sun didn’t quite make it into the valley and beach below so we were less inclined to try our luck at the climb down.

      We found a spot along the road for a simple Gozleme lunch and continued on our way along the coast in search of a beach to hang out. The end of the road brought us down to Kabak Beach. In what appeared to be a hippie commune Kabak Beach was at the base of a gully with a dozen or so camps and lodge setups. The beach itself was simple enough and was the perfect spot to have a swim and soak up some sun. The water was incredibly bright blue living up to the name of the turquoise coast.
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    • Day 4

      Liman & Ölüdeniz

      October 5, 2016 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      Der Hafen von Fethiye ist einer der schönsten den ich je gesehen habe. Am liebsten hätte ich hunderte Fotos geschossen, doch dann wären wir gar nicht mehr vom Fleck gekommen.
      Denn schließlich hatten wir uns vorgenommen heute nach Ölüdeniz zu fahren und einen Strandtag zu verbringen.
      Uns wurde vorher von dem Wasser vorgeschwärmt und jetzt können wir diese Schwärmerei auch verstehen. Das Wasser ist wunderbar klar und blau! Hier haben wir nur zu gerne den Tag ausklingen lassen.
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