Fethiye Days - Fethiye Turkey 6.0

The green-coloured mountains turn their faces to the turquoise of the sea in Fethiye. Fethiye with everything to offer as well as its natural beauties, opens its doors for you to experience an unforgettable holiday.

If every city and every sea were to be identified with a color, Fethiye would be identified with turquoise. Turquoise meaning a bluish green, gets its name from the blue in Turkish ceramics. The most beautiful shade of blue chose the Dead Sea ( Ölüdeniz ) in Fethiye to settle down. In the afternoon just before sunset you will catch a shade of turquoise at the Dead Sea ( Olu Deniz ), a natural wonder, anavaliable at any other sea. The color is not blue, it is not green, it is blue and green.

Once you reach Fethiye and settle down, first, take a trip around the shopping centre. Once you have walked around its adorable shopping centre with its narrow shaded streets, and small squares, where consturaction is controlled, you feel like a local of Fethiye. You feel forget that you are an outsider, and feel like an old resident.

In the evening, the colour and air of the shopping centre changes in an instant. It is the time for restaurants and bars. The fish starts to sizzle on the grill ,and the smell of aniseed fills the streets. The night breeze replaces the daytime heat.

Travelling around Fethiye in couple of days is not easy, everything you need for a holiday is available. History, cultural values, beaches, watersports, the best place for paragliding in Turkey, the most breathtaking ruins in Turkey,the best bays, the best cuisine and shopping… Apart from Fethiye, the number of places where you can have such a packed holiday and enjoy every minute are limited.

Oludeniz Fethiye air sports :

Thanks to paragliding, you can watch Oludeniz beach (Blue Lagoon, Dead Sea), a natural beauty, as you gradually ascend from a height of 1969 metres. On a clear day, you can see Rhodes as well as Patara Beach and Dalaman. The tour agencies along the coast of Oludeniz arrange the paragliding. You can make reservations in the morning or on the day before. You receive theoretical and practical training before you flight accompanied by experienced pilots. You travel to the 1700-metre high point with jeeps . The journey, with small ups and downs, takeson average 30 minutes, according to wind conditions.

Butterfly Valley :

One of the most stunning places around Fethiye is Butterfly Valley ( Kelebekler Vadisi ). It is a first-degree protected area, where no from of construction is allowed. After a challenging climb through the rocky annd pine –filled valley, you will see billions of butterflies on the rocks, in the tree trunks, and on the leaves, they cover everything like a shawl to create an amazing view. At first you do not realise them, it seems like that is how it should look. However, a simple sound triggers the butterflies to fly off and cover the sky,with their shadows falling over the valley.

No accommodation is available on the beach of Butterfly Valley. You can spend the night in a tent, inone of the gazebos covered with twigs and leaves, or at one of the terraces built between the branches of the trees. During summer, there is a rural restaurant on the beach. Those running the restaurant will help you in climbing up to the valley, and show you the way.

In order to reach Butterfly Valley, first, you need to travel to the Dead Sea ( Blue Lagoon, Oludeniz beach ) , from there you will reach the beach of the valley with your hired car or use the scheduled boats. Another name for the bay is Kötürümsü Port. The boat trip lasts half an hour. Those who wish can stop off at Mavi Mağara ( Blue Cave) on the way.