What are the notable features of cruising the Turkish coast by gulet?
Gulets have been built at Bodrum and on a lesser scale elsewhere on the coast for some time but started to be used for their present purpose as holiday craft as tourism developed in the area about twenty five years ago. The routes down the coast became known as ‘The Blue Cruise’ due the vivid azure blue colour of the sea. The coast here is particularly beautiful with many capes, gulfs, bays and creeks which offer a very varied scenery of noble limestone cliffs and pine covered areas of volcanic origin. Development is concentrated at a few points but mostly the coast is beautiful and wild. It has some remarkable ancient sites from Ancient Greek, Rome and Early Christian times. Most have never been built on since ancient times but they are now being actively excavated, exciting great interest currently.
