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Icmeler - Marmaris -
Turkey
Icmeler travel
guide - online vacation and holiday in Icmeler Turkey
Icmeler
History
It is
believed that the first settlement in Icmeler, goes back to around 3000
B.C (About the same time as Marmaris). The town of Icmeler can be date
back to the same time period of Marmaris. It is located accrues from
Marmaris, on the northern part of the beautiful bay. A beach resort ,
Icmeler is set amidst stunning scenery at the foot of a range of
pine-covered mountains which
sweep down to form a huge cove. Since Icmeler is not to far from Marmaris
(about an hour's walk along the coast road, or only few minutes by car),
the town is also a good place to stay in for few nights, as well. Icmeler
has many new houses, hotels, motels and apart hotels' to go along with
it's old houses. Overall it is clean, spacious and well accommodating for
families.
Blue Voyage
gulet charter
These
cruises can be taken from any of the coastal towns in the Marmaris area.
If you take a cruise like that from Marmaris, Icmeler and Trunc, you get
to see the many beautiful bays around Marmaris. You can also take a
longer cruise, to the town of Dalyan, with it's lovely shore and carved
tombs, along side the ruins of Caunos. If you take a cruise from
Orhaniye, it will take you around some of the soothing bays of the Aegean
sea.
Icmeler Places
If
you are looking for a village-like feel, Icmeler with it's old
preserved
village houses,
is the place. You can take a boat trip to
Cleopatra's Isle.
If you like to go into one of the old houses in the village, you can do so
at the Turkish
Tea House.
Fisherman's Old Village-
If you go on the mane road of Icmeler, away from the Marmaris road, you
come to a small bridge. After crossing the bridge, you make a right turn,
and you are in the old village. You'll be able to see men sitting around,
drinking tea or Raki (A spirit drink made out of anise seeds), play
Shes- Besh the famous
Turkish board game.
Cleopatra's Island'-
This yacht
charter tour is named so, because, according to
legend it became a meeting place for the famous queen Cleopatra and her
lover Mark Anthony. Another legend, tells us, that the queen used to bath
in the nude at that cave, when one day, a fisherman had passed by. The
queen had ordered to capture him and blind him, for seeing her in the
nude.
Turkish Tea House-
After you go past the cloister of old houses in the village center, and
start going up the hill, you'll see on your right a sign pointing right to
Turkish Tea
House.
Usually, there's someone there who can show you around the place. You can
see there 18th & 19ht century artifacts.
Icmeler Going out
Bars
along the sea front and in the surrounding streets provide live music
supplemented by the nightclubs, nothing boisterous as most of the
travelers head for Bodrum and Gumbet. A fair choice of restaurant in
Icmeler, many more in Marmaris ten minutes away by taxi or dolmus. The
beach is the main attraction for children and although the sand is gritty
the sea is warm and shallow. Close-by is a water park with suitable
attractions for youngsters.
Marmaris Land - Turkey Guide
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