Fethiye Blue Cruise: The Twelve Islands Circuit, the Gocek Bay Anchorage, Gulet Charter Experience, the Marmaris Connection, and the Classic Turquoise Coast Sailing Route
The Fethiye Blue Cruise route covers the classic Twelve Islands circuit in the Fethiye bay, the Gocek bay as the most protected anchorage on the coast, the gulet wooden boat charter experience, the Fethiye to Marmaris multi-day sailing route, and the practical guide to the Blue Cruise tradition.
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Twelve Islands Circuit: The Fethiye Bay Day Trip
The Twelve Islands circuit in the Fethiye bay is the most popular single day boat trip on the Turquoise Coast, visiting the cluster of uninhabited islands in the Fethiye bay with the swimming stops at the most transparent turquoise water bays, the lunch at the floating restaurant platforms anchored in the bay, and the late afternoon mooring at the island with the Byzantine church ruins. The day gulet from the Fethiye harbor departs at 10am and returns at 6pm and is the most complete single day introduction to the Blue Cruise experience available in Turkey without the multi-day commitment.
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Gocek Bay: The Most Sheltered Anchorage
Gocek, 28 kilometers from Fethiye at the head of the most protected bay on the Turquoise Coast, is the most popular single gulet anchorage base in Turkey with 6 marinas providing the most complete sailing support infrastructure on the coast. The Gocek bay is surrounded by the uninhabited islands of the Gocek Special Protected Area where motor boats are restricted and the anchor bays accessible only to the sailing vessels are the most pristine single coastal anchorages in the eastern Mediterranean. The Gocek village with its yacht chandler shops, the fine dining restaurants, and the gulet charter agencies is the most completely sailing-focused single village in Turkey.
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Gulet Charter: The Blue Cruise Experience
The Blue Cruise gulet charter from Fethiye, the 3 to 7 day sailing journey on the traditional Turkish wooden gulet vessel with the private cabin, the shared deck, and the full catering by the gulet cook, is the most experientially distinctive single Turkish travel format available and the format that most completely allows the visitor to access the coves and the anchorages inaccessible by land. The classic Fethiye-Kas-Kekova-Demre route of 5 days connects the most important single combination of the Turquoise Coast beach, ancient city, and underwater heritage in the most compact single gulet itinerary on the coast.
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Kekova: The Sunken Lycian City by Boat
Kekova, the partially submerged ancient Lycian settlement on the Kekova Island shoreline 120 kilometers east of Fethiye, is the most romantically situated single ancient underwater site on the Turquoise Coast and the destination that most completely justifies the Blue Cruise as the optimal single mode of coastal exploration in Turkey. The gulet anchorage in the Ucagiz village bay, the sea kayak over the submerged Lycian house foundations visible through 3 meters of clear water, and the hilltop Simena castle with the Lycian sarcophagi in the village below constitute the most complete single day stop on the Fethiye-Kas gulet route.
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Fethiye to Marmaris: The Five-Day Sailing Circuit
The Fethiye to Marmaris 5-day gulet circuit passing through Gocek, Skopea marina, the Bozburun peninsula, and the Marmaris bay is the most frequently sailed single intercity gulet route on the Turquoise Coast, offering the daily anchorage in a different bay, the evening mooring at the fishing village taverna, and the gradual discovery of the Lycian and the Carian coast geography from the boat deck. The return can be by gulet or by bus from Marmaris to Fethiye in 2 hours, making the one-way sailing-return bus combination the most logistically efficient single Blue Cruise format.
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Fethiye Practical: Blue Cruise Booking Guide
The Blue Cruise booking from Fethiye is most efficiently arranged either through the Fethiye gulet agents on the marina waterfront or the online gulet charter agencies. The private charter (the entire gulet for a group) ranges from 1,500 to 5,000 euros per week depending on the gulet size and the season, while the cabin charter (individual cabin in a shared gulet) is available from 400 to 800 euros per person per week including meals. The May-June and September-October periods offer the best value and the most comfortable temperature, while the July-August peak prices rise 40 percent and the anchorages are at maximum capacity.