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The real wealth of Fethiye as a summer travel haven is its scenic charm and beaches. The sea, mountains, beaches and islands come together in an awesome magnificence. The natural vistas, beaches of Fethiye alone can lend a special meaning to your summer travel. The sea is a stunning sight at the Sovalye Island and the prominent beaches of Fethiye. The most popular natural attractions, beaches include Belcegiz, Oludeniz, Kidril Park, Gemiler Islands, Koturumsu, Katranci Bay, Gunluk, Oyuktepe, Gocek and Patara beach...

Oludeniz Beach

The Oludeniz or Blue Lagoon is a stunning expanse of shimmering blue water. Even while you satiate your eyes, the calm waters can serve as a platform for a variety of water activities to spice up your travel. The Patara beach is also a spot of incomparable beauty with its white sand beaches and curious sand dunes. The many beaches and bays of Fethiye are ideal for picnicking and camping.

OluDeniz, a beautiful inland bay with wonderfull beaches that stretches behind the cape, is now closed to yachts. The reason this heavenly place is called Oludeniz ("Sea of the Dead") is attributed to the following legend;

Once a father and son were caught in a storm here and were in danger of sinking. The son claimed that if they approached the rocks ashore they could take shelter in a cove. The father on the other hand asserted that their ship would be driven onto the rocks and break up and that there were no coves around here anyway. In his terror of running around on the rocks, the father knocked his son (who was at the helm) into the sea with an oar and took over the helm himself. Just as the ship was about to hit the rocks on the cape, she turned into this calm, smooth watered bay. This is the reason they say the bay is called the Sea of the Dead(Oludeniz), whereas what with the pine clad sandy beach stretched out like a tongue, the name "Paradise Bay" would be more fitting.

The Blue Lagoon of Oludeniz has calm, crytal clear waters which makes it ideal for a variety of water sports and a very safe place for children to swim. Part of the lagoon is now a protected area (and it`s a national park). Oludeniz Beach is surely one of the best beaches in the world. Such clean warm turquoise waters, countless shades of blue, perfect white shingle sand and nothing but sunshine for most of the year - so come and discover it yourself... But Oludeniz is not the only beach in this part of the Turquoise Coast, there are other beautiful beaches in the surrounding areas of Fethiye.

?lış Beach

Calis, described as 5 km. away from the province and best place to watch sun go down, is one of the most favorite places of the province tourism with its 4 km. of beach, cool wind during hot summer nights, "Caretta Caretta"s, sea appropriate for water sports, numerous qualified resort facilities, restaurants, bars, shopping and transportation possibilities.

Calis also boasts two very natural attractions - a cooling breeze, perfect for when the local temperatures soar in the summer months, and you can see what the other one is - Calis is famous for some of the most beautiful sunsets in the World.
Calis Beach.

Kelebekler Vadisi (Butterfly Valley) Beach

This interesting canyon, surrounded by 350 m. high mountains, 3 - 4 miles away from Oludeniz (Blue Lagoon), took its name from butterflies named "Jarsey Tiger" seen between July and September months. Arrival to bay, which is an earth paradise with pink  oleander flowers adorning environment and small fall flowing for summer and winter, wide coast, clean sea, glittering pebbles, is maintained from Oludeniz (Blue Lagoon) via ships. Camping area with tents, restaurant, bar, roof, shower, changing  cubicles, etc. possibilities are submitted within the valley which is the meeting place of world wanderers. Step on the beaches :

Katranci Bay

It is 17 km. away from the city and on the Muğla Highway. Bay covered with dense pine trees extending till to the sea is an inside forest refreshment area, and is an ideal camping with tents and daily promenade place in which services like shower, WC, changing cubicles, drinking water, buffet, arbor, car parks are submitted  

Kucuk Kargı (G?l?) Beach

It is 19 km. away from the city on the Fethiye - Muğla highway. Bay adorned with dense daily trees faced very rarely in the world, is a camping and daily promenade area. It is drawing attraction of every national and foreign person with its perfect services and unique nature in which separate beauties are exhibited during each season of the year.
Beaches of Kargi:

Oyuktepe Bays

Mempaşa, Kucuk Samanlık, Buyuk Samanlık, Boncuklu, kuleli Aksazlar, Akvaryum, Turunc Pınarı etc. natural bays on the peninsula where to big holiday town of the province are present, is a daily promenade place to where regional people are frequently  visits

Kıdrak Beach

Kidrak is at 3 km. south of Belceğiz. It is an ideal daily resting place with its dense pine trees, clean beach and clear sea. Kidrak is left undisturbed. Like most of the coastline, it is backed by pine forest (a common misconception that Turkey is an arid country is soon disproved upon going to Lycia). A small canyon into the mountains leads through a rustic peasant community, more pine forest and through stunning scenery within the space of 2 miles. You can see herd of mountain goats, but beware of wild bees- don't lean against the trees!
Beaches of Kidrak:

Gocek

It is 30 km. away from province, and on the Fethiye - Muğla highway. Gocek, which has an appearance of a sweet fisherman borough, become one of the most important centers of yachting tourism recently. It is an unique tourism heaven with its numerous  bays and islands, near ruin places and surrounding pine grove hills besides its natural harbor. All kinds of services can be submitted to yachting people within marinas, and if required, they can also accommodate within small sweet facilities, and  enjoy within fish restaurants and bars, and enliven their holidays with daily tours and water sport.