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About the tour...
That tour starts from Fethiye and takes you to Red Island, Flat Island,
Cleopatra Island, Ship Yard and to the other islands between Fethiye and Göcek.
That is a perfect lazy-day out on the sea where nature and the history are
combined together.
About the islands...
When you turn around Cape Kurtoglu, on your way from Marmaris,
you enter into the Gulf of Fethiye which is one of the most beautiful gulfs in
the world. There are 12 islands, both small and large, and many inlets each more
beautiful than the other in this gulf situated between the capes of Kurtoglu and
Iblis and covered with forests. The inlets and islands which are ideal shelters
for yachts, can be reached by means of boats that start from Fethiye and Göcek
for daily excursions. These extremely beautiful inlets will make you have a very
good time here. The first island near Fethiye in the gulf is the one named
Sövalye Adasi (Knight's Island). The island succeeding it, is Kizilada (the Red
Island). In the north, there are the islands of Deliktas and Tavsan. The island
of Katranci is located opposite the inlet named Küçük Kargi Koyu and the Island
of Göcek is located opposite the village Göcek. The islands called Yassica
Adalari (flat islands) are to the south of the Island of Göcek and in the south there is the
Island of Haci Halil and the small island near it, is called Seytanli Ada.
 The largest
islands in the gulf of Fethiye, namely the Islands of Tersane and Domuz, are
near the peninsula. The inlets and islands in the west coast of the gulf of
Fethiye, have been worked out almost like lacework by nature. This part of the
gulf is more interesting owing to its verdure and exquisite inlets. There are
many inlets surrounded by green forests on the eastern shores of the Gulf of
Fethiye, similar to the ones on the opposite shores. The inlets of Katranci,
Küçük Kargi and Inlice are situated here. You can reach these inlets by land too
and there are forest camps in them. Göcek, which was developed owing to the
yacht harbors built during recent years in the extreme north of the gulf, is the
only place of habitation in the gulf. Therefore, the inlets in the gulf are also
called the inlets of Göcek.
The Inlet of Çiftlik (Farm Inlet) is the nearest one to Göcek and the Inlet of
Doruklu is located adjacent to it and, when you turn around Cape Ince you reach
the Inlet of Günlük which is adorned with liquidambar trees and has a fountain
in it. Following these, At Bükü, Boynuz Bükü, Bedri Rahmi and Siralibük are the
inlets that come into sight in all their magnificent appearance. The inlet
immediately adjacent to the cape called Martin Burnu is named Dipbay. The inlets
of Large and Small Sarsala, Manastir, Çamli Koy, Merdivenli Koy and the last
inlet in the gulf named G6bun Koyu are all located after it. This beautiful gulf
had been discovered by ancient people during the Antique Age and they had
settled here before we did and enjoyed these beauties. The antique city of Lydae,
above the harbor Aga Limani in the south of the Peninsula of Kapidag, is one of
these. You can reach here by walking from the inlets of Aga or Manastir.
In the locality called Kizilagaç, south of the Lake Kargin, there is another
antique city which was named Lissa, as can be inferred by studying the epitaphs,
but there isn't anything much left of this city now. One of the ancient writers,
Pliny, had written about this city where there is an acropolis with a wall made
of regular stones in it and also an epitaph on the southern face of this wall.
The Lycian rock tombs of the antique city of Crya above the inlet of Bedri Rahmi,
formerly called Taçyaka, can be seen in the inlet. The Lycians who lived in a
wide region extending from the Stream of Dalaman to Phaselis near Antalya, had
carved on the rocks the models of their deceased people's houses, as a sign of
respect to them. We see these tombs in Fethiye, Tlos, Pinara, Xanthos, Sura,
Kekova, Myra, Kas, Limyra and other Lycian cities. We also come across a great
number of sarcophagi, called the Lycian-type sarcophagi, in these cities and
other Lycian cities. Some ruined remains are also seen on the islands and in the
inlets.
There are some Byzantine remains on the island of Tersane, formerly called
Telandria, which are not very important. The Greek people who lived here, left
the island during the exchange of populations effected after World War 1.
Although the ruins seen on the island belong to a recent date, it is known that
a habitation had existed at an earlier date too. The remains of quays and of
submerged buildings found in the water west of the Island of Göcek, indicate
that people had lived here in the past. You must be very careful when you pass
between the islands called Yassica Adalar because there are the remains of
ruined walls in the sea. There are the remains of a bridge in the narrowest part
of the west side of the island named Seytan Adasi; it used to serve as a passage
to the island of Haci Halil in the past.
 There are many unknown dangerous points within the Gulf of Fethiye. A new ship
is stranded in the shallows here every year. One of these shallows is in the
exit of Göcek on the right hand side at a distance of 100 m. from the front of
the farm camp. The second dangerous point is a shallow between Boynuz Bükü and
Yassicalar, in the direction of 150 m towards Göcek and it cannot be seen. This
point is shown by means of a sign buoy. Another dangerous point is the shallow
in the northwest of the island of Haci Halil. You need to pass at a distance 100
or 200 m. from this point. Moreover, the zone amongst Yassicalar is also
shallow and it is not possible for every type of ship to pass through here.
There is rocky place at a depth of 4.5 meters under the sea near the rock named
12, which is situated two knots east of the island of Tersane. The sail ships
that don't want to enter the Gulf of Fethiye after having passed around Cape
Kurtoglu, can pass the night in the inlet of Kizilkuyruk. The inlet is closed to
the West and Southwest winds and there is a small beach in it. Let's pass
between Domuz Adasi and the peninsula and drop anchor in one of the beautiful
inlets of Fethiye. Or let's go directly to Göcek and obtain our necessities
there and then start on our dreamlike voyage in the inlets of Göcek.
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