One of the important tourism centers in the Hisarönü Gulf is Orhaniye. Boats visiting the Hisarönü Gulf often spend the night in Orhaniye. The sea is always very still here. The shade of the pine forest falls on the sea painting the sea a very special color. People apparently walking in the middle of the sea attract attention. As a result of the sand movements, a high strip of sand is formed beginning from the land, which divides the bay in two. The strip around 600m long is called Kızkumu. There is a story about it. “A girl who wanted to meet her lover filled her skirt with sand. She walked in the sea filling the sea with the sand from her skirt. She drowned there because of insufficient sand in her skirt”.
There is an island in the middle of the bay with some castle remains. This castle is said to belong to the ancient city of Bybassos.
Orhaniye and Kızkumu
Marmaris water and saloon sports centre
There are many spots between Marmaris and İçmeler where water sport facilities are available. Activities from sea bicycling to canoeing, windsurfing to water skiing. Everything from banana rides to parasailing and water parks are available.
Water sports facilities are available at beaches outside the town of Marmaris like Turunç, Kumlubük, Çiftlik, Bozburun, Orhaniye, Hisarönü and Selimiye. Marmaris is very suitable for every kind of sporting activity and organization especially outside the summer season. The semi-Olympic swimming pool operated by the municipality also has facilities for competitions. Recently Marmaris began hosting volleyball, basketball, triathlons, tennis and wrestling activities. The yacht competitions, which are organized annually in November is another highlight which adds colour to the life in Marmaris. 
