Yes it is... Marmaris. You are looking at the most beautiful place in the world. Let's look at the scene. You can see the green tones even over the sea. You can find a wonderful sea and an amazing beach. The beach lies down all along the sea. While you are living in scenic beauties you can be in an entertaning life... In day time nature will be your partner and in nights you can enjoy the amusement centers. Plenty of alternatives for day time and nights. Many places for swimming, diving and sunbath. Many places for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And Many places for nights. I will tell them in following days. If you want to ask about a special subject. I will try to answer all questions starting from most common. In following posts "I will inform you what to do in marmaris", "what should I eat in marmaris", "where should I stay".Last I am saying if you ever come to marmaris you know what I mention. If not you should come and see.
Marmaris Turkiye
Historical City Centre
The most important building in the centre is the castle. The castle was first constructed by Ionians. The preserved form today was built by Ottomans in 1522. During the First World War, it was damaged by cannonball fire opened from a French war ship. A museum in the Castle was restored between 1980-1990. The entrance of the castle opens directly to the garden. From both sides of the courtyard, stairs climb up the walls. It is worth the climb to see the view from the castle. Two of the covered places are arranged as archeological museum s. Amphorae, baked clay, glass art of work, coins and various ornaments found as a result of excavation work done in Knidos, Burgaz, Hisarönü are displayed in those two salons and in the garden. One of the galleries is an ethnographical salon arranged as a Turkish House, and the other one is the room of the commander of the castle.
Another Ottoman building in the city is Hafza Sultan Caravanserai built in 1545. Seven small rooms and one big room of the Caravanserai are allocated to gift shops. The historical shops in the market place which used to sell second hand goods are still in the shopping centre of the city.
Marmaris regained a new park. This is an archeological park. 8,342 m 2 area known as the İyilik Kayalıkları (Rocks of Goodness) and the 2,100 m 2 area on the slope of the hill in the town centre has been declared as protected area and opened for visitors under the name İyilik Kayalıkları Archeological Park. Some remains from 4th century BC are being exhibited in the park.
There are other Works determined to belong to the Ottoman period in the close d environment of Marmaris. The İbrahim Ağa Mosque in the Kemeraltı district was built in 1789 and the Taşhan (stone inn) and Kemerli Bridge on the 10th km of the Muğla road were built in 1552.
Intersection point of the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea: Marmaris
Part of the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Greece is the Aegean Sea. This is what the two neighbours call the part of the Mediterranean Sea between them. The Aegean Sea is connected to the Black sea by the Çanakkale and İstanbul straits.
Turkey ’s long peninsula coast lines both the Aegean and the Mediterranean Sea.
The answer to the question “ where do the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea meet” is Marmaris.
Marmaris splits the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea with a long and narrow peninsula. The Marmaris Peninsula has always been an important part of the history of the Mediterranean Civilization with its strategic geographic position and its natural beauty and rich past.
The Aegean played an important role in the development of the waterline civilization between the Mediterranean Islands and the shores of European Continent and East Mediterranean.
Trade ships had to cross the Aegean Sea in order to go to west or to east. The safest way to do this was either to reach the east shores of Anatolia or to weigh anchor and move away from that shore. Aegean shores were full of countless indentation s, in other words natural ports. A safe haven against winds and storms.
The Mediterranean Sea was not as rich in fish life as the Black sea. The Mediterranean people used to live on what they harvested from the sea and the land. It has been like this throughout known history. It is same today as well. The relatively poor fish stocks of the Mediterranean Sea forced people living there to rely on trading. The first steps in sea trading in the world developed in the Mediterranean, as did the skills of seamanship.
The Mediterranean not being generous as a food source was however very convenient as a transportation medium. The geographic structure of the coasts facilitated the work of the trading ships. At first, the ports and then the cities around the ports were established and they developed quickly. The building blocks of today’s civilization started to be put one on the top of the other in this region. The Aegean / Mediterranean Civilization was born.
What changed from history to today?..
The Marmaris Peninsula, laying between the Aegean and the Mediterranean, used to host numerous ports and towns. Today’s big ships don’t need a port to take shelter in against every storm. But the Mediterranean is still very generous to people living on her coasts. The blue seas still support the traditional old fishing boats, while the green bays accommodate numerous ports now serving people as their tourism destinations.
The most beautiful bay of the Turkish coasts, or more bravely, of the whole Mediterranean - Gökova, is to the west of Marmaris on the west coast of the peninsula in Aegean waters .
The east side of the peninsula faces the Mediterranean and lays as two strips. Forking as Datça on one side and Bozburun on the other side. These are in Mediterranean waters.
It is not just the sea or the nature that attracts people to Marmaris from all over the world. Not even the rich history reaching from past civilizations to today. There must be something more. We shall let an expert talk on the Mediterranean history. Fernand Braudel in his book named “ Mediterranean” says:
“What is this Mediterranean? All of a thousand things. Not one landscape, countless landscapes. Not one sea, many seas following each other. Not one civilization, many civilizations piled on each other”.
Marmaris is a place sheltering many of these landscapes, seas and civilizations.
The old trade ships are replaced by yachts with colorful sails decorating the modern marinas and by comfortable passenger ships. Airport traffic is heavy. Tens of thousands of people from numerous countries, different nations come for their vacations.
