Sailing Holidays Mediterranean

Sedir Island and Cleopatra Beach in the Gulf of Gökova between Bodrum and Marmaris at Aegean Mediterranean Sea. Sedir Island was the site of an ancient Roman resort town. Ruins include an amphitheater and old city wall. Its Cleopatra Beach is made up of rare ooids, round calcium carbonate particles from Egypt. According to legend, Cleopatra refused to step on any land other than Egypt, so Mark Antony imported Egyptian sands from Red Sea to Turkey so she could visit. The beach is heavily protected to prevent any sand being removed from the beach.

Black Sea Coast at Amasra

Black Sea Coast at Amasra.

Aegean Sailing Log from Marmaris

May 30, Saturday evening. We are in Marmaris Marina, meeting on board. Marina is full of sails, boats, goulettes, schooners. I notice one of them: "Bonbon". We watch the sunset among countless masts, strings, riggings, meet the people at the dinner on board, and chat.

Gulet Building at Bodrum

Looking like Noah's Ark, this gulet under construction at Bodrum Icmeler boatyards will be a luxury charter yacht at Bodrum Marina soon. Photo originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com . Roman shipwreck at Bodrum Museum: Bodrum Gulets' Ancestor? Boat building is a traditional business in Bodrum since ancient times in Halicarnassus and ancient Lycia, Caria, Lydia region of Turkey. The Uluburun Shipwreck, discovered off the south coast of Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Kaş in the province of Antalya, dated of the Late Bronze Age period, 1400 B.C, 3400 years ago.

Aegean Sailing

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