This short holiday is designed for travellers who want a relaxed seaside break in Bodrum with the freedom to add excursions as they go. You stay five nights at Salmakis Beach Resort & Spa on the bay of Bardakçı with breakfast and dinner daily, and one guided outing to a traditional mountain village is included in the price.
The village tour takes you just 20 minutes from the bars and boutiques of the resort into a hill village where life still follows the seasons. You stop at the teahouse and the mosque, are welcomed into village homes to taste home cooking and local spirits, and finish with a display of kilims and carpets woven by the village women.
The other days can be spent on the beach or used for optional excursions booked on the spot. Dalyan offers a river cruise past the rock-cut royal tombs of Kaunos to İztuzu Beach, one of the last nesting grounds of loggerhead turtles. A full-day trip to Ephesus visits the House of the Virgin Mary and the marble streets of the ancient city, with a breakfast stop by Lake Bafa. A boat trip along the Bodrum coast stops at quiet bays and at the warm mineral grotto of Black Island.
Bodrum itself rewards exploring on foot: the castle built by the Knights of Rhodes houses a fascinating Museum of Underwater Archaeology, and the remains of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus lie a short walk from the marina. Transfers, the hotel stay with half board and the village tour are included; flights and optional tours are extra.
| Tour type | Shared small group · multi-day tour |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6 Days 5 Nights |
| Price | From €1,030 per person |
| Departures | Every day |
| Guide | English-speaking licensed guide |
| Stops | 6 |
| Entrance fees | Included |
| Booking | Instant request online, confirmation within 24 hours · TÜRSAB-licensed operator (A-5751) |
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Transfer from Bodrum Airport or the bus station to Salmakis Beach Resort & Spa and check in. The rest of the day is free. Dinner and overnight in Bodrum.
Relax at the resort or join an optional trip to Dalyan: cruise along the reed-lined river past the rock tombs of ancient Kaunos, founded around the 9th century BC, to İztuzu Beach, a 7 km sandbar where loggerhead turtles nest from May to September. Dinner and overnight in Bodrum.
Head inland about 20 minutes to a mountain village where rural life has changed little over the centuries. Visit the teahouse, the mosque and local homes, sample village food and spirits, and see kilims and carpets hand-woven by local women. Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight in Bodrum.
Spend the day at leisure or take the optional Ephesus excursion: depart at 07:00, stop around 08:30 for a village-style buffet breakfast overlooking Lake Bafa, then from 11:00 visit the House of the Virgin Mary and the ruins of Ephesus, followed by lunch and the return drive at 16:00. Dinner and overnight in Bodrum.
Enjoy the beach or join an optional boat trip (lunch on board included in its price), setting off around 11:00 to swim and snorkel in several bays and bathe in the warm mineral spring of the Black Island grotto, back by about 17:00. Dinner and overnight in Bodrum.
Check out after breakfast and transfer to Bodrum Airport or the bus station.
Bodrum – Arrival → Dalyan – Optional Day Trip → Bodrum – Village Tour → Ephesus – Optional Day Trip → Bodrum – Optional Boat Trip → Bodrum – Departure
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