Bozburun Peninsula

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關於Bozburun Peninsula

Bozburun is a peninsula south of Marmaris on the coast of Lycia in Turkey. It's also the name of the village midway down. The population of the peninsula is roughly 20,000.

Bozburun Peninsula旅遊指南

城市概覽

Two large peninsulas extend west of Marmaris, like the claws of a lobster trying to grab a starfish. Bozburun, described on this page, lies south, the stubby bifurcated "crusher claw" of the lobster. See separate pages for Datça the 70 km-long narrow peninsula extending west (the "scissor claw") and for Symi the Greek island between the claws.

如何抵達

For long distance travel see Marmaris#Get in. The city is 100 km from Dalaman Airport and has buses from other major Turkish cities. Bus 10 / 11 runs every two hours from Marmaris edge-of-town bus station to Değirmenyanı, Hisarönü, Orhaniye, Turgut, Selimiye and Bozburun, taking an hour.

當地交通

You need your own vehicle, or bike if you're fit. The road is convoluted but in good repair: it ends at Serçe Limanı so reaching Bozukkale or Karamaka involves a boat trip or long hike.

必看景點

1 Hisarönü is the long straggly village where you turn off D-400 Marmaris-Datça road into Bozburun peninsula. "Hisar" is a common place-name indicating a castle, of which nothing remains. There's a marina, camping and a scrubby gravel beach. Kastabos (Κάσταβος) was an ancient city of Caria in the hills southeast of Hisarönü. Reach it by the winding 5 km dirt road, or by a longer trail from Orhaniye. Not much to see, and it was only in 1960 that a 1st century BC Grecian sanctuary was unearthed, dedicated to Hemithea. Her legend is more convoluted than the access track. 2 Orhaniye is an extensive village with marinas and accommodation. (Another common place-name, as Orhan was Osman's successor at the founding of the Ottoman dynasty.) The main attraction is Kızkumu ("Maiden's Sand"), a 1-km long, purple-red sandbar with ankle-deep water; it's also called "Jesus Beach" since you appear to walk on water. The pawky legend relates that a young woman tried to meet her lover on the opposite shore, and built the sandbar from dirt she collected in her skirt. When the sand ran out she drowned, instead of simply fetching another skirtload. Bybassus (Βυβασσός): let the scholars know if you happen to find this ancient Carian city. One possible site is the valley east end of Orhaniye, but classical accounts are so muddled that they obviously didn't know its whereabouts either. 3 Turgut has a marina, but the main village is 5 km inland along the main road. (Turgut was a military chief for the proto-Ottomans Ertuğrul and Osman; a 15th century navy commander also took that name.) A pyramidal structure south end of the village is probably the tomb of a holy man, Çağ Baba. In 2018 it was claimed to be the tomb of Diagoras of Rhodes, a famous boxer of the 5th century BC, but the pyramid is obviously later and the story doesn't hold up. Hygassos is the overgrown ruins of another Carian city. It can be reached by a short but rough hike from the main road, or a long dirt track winding up fr

體驗活動

Beaches are gravel or pebble, you'll want beach shoes. Hike: The Carian Trail is a 150-km long, waymarked hiking trail the length of the peninsula.

購物

There are small stores in Hisarönü, Orhaniye, Selimiye, Bozburun and Sögüt. They're typically open daily 08:30-22:00.

美食

All the main villages have cafes serving trad Turkish fare.

飲品與夜生活

Cafes may serve beer. Asarcık Vineyard is in the hills between Selimiye and Bozburun villages.

住宿

İçmeler and Turunç are the western extension of Marmaris resort strip and are described on that page. All the Bozburun villages have basic pansiyon accommodation as far south as Sögüt. Beyond there, you're wild-camping.

順遊推薦

Marmaris is the big modern resort town you pass through to reach the rest of Turkey. Datça is the town at the tip of the long scenic peninsula stretching west. You'll have to come back the same way. Symi is the island seen to the southwest. It's Greek and there's no direct transport there, take the ferry from Marmaris to Rhodes then another to Symi.

城市概覽改寫自 Wikipedia，旅遊指南來自Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。照片來自 Wikimedia Commons.