CRUISE 5 (4 DAYS-3 NIGHTS)
FETHIYE -OLYMPOS or OLYMPOS-FETHIYE CRUISE

FETHIYE TO OLYMPOS or OLYMPOS TO FETHIYE BOAT CRUISE

 EVERYDAY DEPARTURE MINI CRUISE #5 (4 DAYS + 3 NIGHTS)

 GENERAL INFO

This cruise is specifically recommended to budget travelers not looking for luxury, available almost everyday between April - October 10, departing from Fethiye and Olympos.  For other mini cruise options please see: Marmaris-Fethiye Cruise

Check-in to boats approximately between 09:30 am-12:00 at noon. The boats leave the harbors at approximately 11-00-12:00 at noon time, but the exact departure time is flexible. We recommend our guests to book a hotel in Fethiye, Olympos the night before the boat's departure.

The itinerary below is for the cruise starting from Fethiye and ending in Olympos bay of Antalya Province available from the beginning of April till the end of October. Please ask for availability in April and late October closer to departure time. The reverse route (Olympos to Fethiye) is also available almost everyday with the same rates and conditions.

Arrival to Fethiye: There are scheduled bus connections to Fethiye from most major cities and towns of Turkey. Dalaman (40 km) is the nearest airport to Fethiye, and there are frequent flights from Istanbul Ataturk Airport. There is also airport shuttle service of HAVAS for each domestic flight from Dalaman Airport to Fethiye Marina and Hillside Hotel, which takes 70 minutes and costs around 10 Euro pp.  Click here for the shuttle schedule of HAVAS for Dalaman airport

Arrival to Olympos/Demre: You can come to Demre (145 km to Antalya) or Olympos (80 km to Antalya) by frequent buses departing from Antalya for Kas or Fethiye. For Olympos you should ask the driver to let you off at the road to Olympos village which is 7 km south of the coastal highway. In summer, taxis and minibuses usually wait at this junction to shuttle travelers to Olympos proper for about YTL 5. There are scheduled long-distance bus connections to Antalya from all major cities and towns of Turkey. Antalya airport 10 km east of the city center and there are frequent flights from Istanbul Ataturk Airport as well as direct charter flights from major European cities in mid summer. There is also airport shuttle service of HAVAS to Antalya city center. Click here  for the shuttle schedule of HAVAS for Antalya airport.
 

Day 1 : FETHIYE-SAMANLIK BAY-BUTTERFLY VALLEY-ST. NICHOLAS ISLAND

Departure from Fethiye marina at around 11:00-12:00 o'clock noon time.  Stop at Samanlik bay for swimming and lunch. Move on to Butterfly Valley (Kelebekler Vadisi) where it is possible stop for swimming, shortly visiting the Blue Lagoon (Oludeniz) if the weather permits and arrive to St Nicholas Island (Gemiler Adasi) early in the evening where you will have your dinner and your boat will anchor for overnight. You can swim and visit Byzantium ruins in the island.
 

Yachts at Fethiye Marina	Butterfly Valley	Beach at St Nicholas Island

Fethiye is one of the most popular resorts of Turkey located on a wide bay, strewn with many islands. Fethiye is 135 kms southwest of Marmaris and has an outstanding and busy marina. The ancient name of the city is Telmessos and you will see a fortress on the hill overlooking the city which was built by Knights of Rhodes Island. Fethiye is also known for its rock tombs carved into the faces of the high cliffs by the Lycians. Among these tombs especially remarkable one is the tomb of Amnytas dating from the 4th century BC, elaborately carved in Doric architectural style. It is worth well visiting. Other historical places around the town are the Sarcopaghi and the Fethiye Tower.

Butterfly Valley: At a distance of 5-7 km from Oludeniz, this interesting canyon is surrounded by approximately 350 meter high mountains. It takes its name from the butterflies called as ‘Jarsey Tiger’ and seen between June and September. It is an Earth Eden with its waterfall flows both in summer and winter, large beach, clear water, brightly shining pebbles and oleanders decorating the environs. Possibilities like a camping area with tent sites, restaurant, bar, shower cabinets, changing cubicles, etc. are offered in the valley which is the meeting place of world wanderers For thousands of years, its only habitants were the butterflies and local fauna. Still now, the valley hosts 136 kinds of butterflies and moths within the fascinating waterfalls !

Oludeniz: The Blue Lagoon is 1 of the best places in the world to do absolutely nothing but soak up the sun amid stunning natural surroundings ! The water is a brilliant sapphire blue due to the complete absence of weed on the white sandy sea bottom.

St Nicholas Island:  Byzantine and Early-Christian ruins from 5th-11th centuries lie tucked among the pine trees and partly under the water on St-Nicholas Island (Gemiler Adasi) It has a bay well-protected from the wind and a beach surrounded with pine and olive trees attracts visitors from neighborhood towns beside the people arriving with cruise boats.
 

Day 2 : KALKAN-KAS-KEKOVA BAY

Around sunrise departure to Aquarium or Firnaz Bay near Kalkan for breakfast & swimming. Cruising to Kas where you will stop in the harbor for lunch and visit this charming fishing village. Only Lycian rock tombs & sarcophagi and the Roman theatre are left from the ancient city called Antiphellos, but the charm of the town remains up to modern times! You will stop for swimming in a bay near Kekova and stay there for dinner and overnight.

A street in Kas, Antalya	Kaputas beach near Kas	Kalkan and its harbor

Kalkan is a well-maintained and quiet harbor town, located 25 km west of Kas. It is an attractive town, once a fishing village inhabited mainly by the Ottoman Greeks. It has become increasingly popular since the 1980s, with a huge holiday village covering the southern hillside. The small town centre which overlooks the bay is filled with quaint, traditional white-washed houses, shuttered windows and balconies with brilliantly-colored flowers. The marina caters for the requirements of visiting yachts, as well as several restaurant and shops in the city centre.

Kas is a small fishing, yachting and tourist town, and a district of Antalya Province of Turkey, 168 km west of the city of Antalya. As a tourist town it is relatively unspoiled. The town of Kas is on a hill running down to the sea. In ancient times it was a member of the Lycian League, and its importance during this time is confirmed by the presence of one of the richest Lycian necropolis. Kas itself is a quiet pleasant town with its blue sea and narrow streets scented with jasmine flowers. There are plenty of little guest houses, quiet cafes serving home cooking, or small bars to relax after a day's scuba diving. Kas is one of the leading spots for diving in Turkey.  If you decide to try diving in Kas you can expect to see a beautiful array of fish and other sea creatures like octopus and possibly dolphins, and also the wrecks of some ancient ships.
 

Day 3 : KEKOVA SUNKEN CITY-SIMENA-GOKKAYA BAY

After breakfast your boat will depart for visiting Sunken City of Kekova Island. This Lycian- Roman archaeological site is protected and no swimming or snorkeling is allowed, so you will only see the ruins here from the boat while cruising very slowly over the sunken city. We will sail on to Kalekoy (ancient Simena) located at the mainland opposing the Kekova Island which is a typical Turkish fishing-village with no access for cars from the land. You can visit the Byzantine/Ottoman castle after lunch. In Gokkaya Bay, once the haven for pirates, water sports are available at your own expense. You can relax after dinner or party the night away at the Smugglers Inn discotheque which provides transfer for boat guests (at your own expense).

A Lycian tomb near Simena, now half-way under the sea

Simena is the ancient Lycian name of Kalekoy which is a village of the Kas district in the Antalya Province of Turkey on the Mediterranean coast. Lycian League consisted of a group of city states (Xantos, Patara, Myra, Pinara, Tlos and Olympos) dating back to 13th century BC which was self-governed most of the time although it has been under the control of greater empires of Romans, Greeks and Persians. Kalekoy faces the island of Kekova, and can be reached only by sea. The village lies amidst a Lycian necropolis, which is partially sunken underwater. Kalekoy is overlooked by a Byzantine castle, built in the Middle Ages to fight the pirates which nested in Kekova. The castle contains a small theatre. Kalekoy is a popular yachting destination.

Kekova Island, famous with the ancient sunken city is a small Turkish island near Kas district of Antalya province which faces the villages of Kalekoy (ancient Simena) and Ucagiz (ancient Teimioussa). Kekova has an area of 4.5 km² and is uninhabited. On its northern side there are the ruins—partly sunken—of Dolchiste/Dolikisthe, an ancient town which was destroyed by an earthquake during the second century A.D. Rebuilt and still flourishing during the Byzantine Empire period, it was completely abandoned because of Arab incursions.
 

Day 4 : DEMRE-OLYMPOS

After breakfast you can take a look at the Pirate's Cave before arriving to disembarking marina  near Demre in early afternoon. Ther will be free shuttle service to Olimpos Village from the marina for those who want to go there, or you can take a bus directly to downtown Antalya, available very frequently in season. (apprx 3 hours ride)
 

Kadir's Tree Houses in Olympos	Boats at Olympos bay	Lycian tombs in Myra, Demre

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