You can have a daily cruise taking you around the turquoise coves, mountainous shoreline, ruins of ancient cities, and a cave the only entrance of which is from the sea surrounding Marmaris with a stop at the beach of leafy Cennet Adası "Paradise Island"âactually a peninsula officially named Yıldız, however it does not have a connecting road to the rest of the mainland, which encloses the Bay of Marmaris. Just take one of yachts which have a capacity of 20 people which can be found all along the waterfront of city centre, you can easily recognize them by their boards and toutsâwho will try to convince you to take their tour, but basically all tours are the same. A tour doing the Bay in an anti-clockwise fashion i.e. Turunç first, Paradise Island last may be worthwile to look for, as most tours ply around the Bay in clockwise direction, and thus you don't have to be with hundreds of others who took other boats all the time. Book or buy a seat at least one day beforehand. Such an excursion cost about 25 TL per person in Summer 2010 including a meal. This type of cruise is good value but even better when offered with all-inclusive local drinks which can be expesive once on board a boat!
Many of the local tour companies offer trips such as:
Jeep Safari - drive around mountains surrounding Marmaris and visit villages, waterfalls and picturesque beaches. A tour around the Peninsula of Bozburun to south of Marmaris usually combines a visit to the Kızkumu sandbar, see below, "get out" section for more information. Great value fun day out at about 25TL per person.
Turkish baths - a traditional turkish bath Hamam with sauna, body peel, foam massage and oil massage. From 20TL perperson including transport to and from the baths.
Turkish night - entertainment night with tradidional Turkish food, dancing and entertainment including belly dancers. Many hotels do their own Turkish nights and prices range from 15-30TL for the buffet and entertainment.
Also, trips to further afield such as Dalyan turtle beach and mud baths, Pamukkale, Lycia etc.
