Sunflower Plus Series: TURKISH COAST: BODRUM TO MARMARIS

1st edition (April 2007); updated 24/05/08

(To visit the web page for this book on our main site, click here )

Updates given below supplement the information provided in the guidebook. It is vital that this Update is read in conjunction with the text of the book, but note that the Update applies only to the edition stated and not to any earlier editions. (If you have an older edition of this book and want to "upgrade" to the latest edition at half price, click here.)

Information has been forwarded to us by users of the book, and Sunflower Books offers the data in good faith but cannot be held responsible for any misleading or inaccurate content in the Update. Unless indicated otherwise, what appears here has not been verified by the author or publisher, so please allow due caution when new or amended routes are suggested. Each piece of information is dated; bear in mind that some of the older observations may have since been overtaken by events or further changes. If, during your holiday, you are using the current edition of the guide and are able to provide any additional updating to add to this page, we will be pleased to hear from you. Please send information, preferably in hard copy, by post, to Sunflower Books, PO Box 115, Exeter EX2 6YU (or if you prefer, by e-mail, to mail@sunflowerbooks.co.uk).

Restaurant: A Dutch reader recommends the Beyaz Lokanta, near Bitez town hall. (08/08)

Map, page 75: An extraneous symbol for Walk 1 has been printed in the sea on the north side of the peninsula; the walk is correctly located in the south, between Karabag and Akyarlar.

Ferry: We recently took the ferry from Datca to Bodrum and were shocked at the increase in prices. It now costs 25YTL single and 40YTL return. I have found your Turkish Coast Bodrum to Marmaris very useful. (User, 5/08)

Walk 2: After passing the sarnic, we are told to fork left, then take the first right turn on a narrow surfaced road. This road is not really surfaced, but more of a track. Below Karakaya it is very difficult to find and follow the steeply descending trail. After the fountain, the route is easy. (User, 11/07)

Walk 3: On the route to Sandima the book tells us to turn right though a gate, but there was no gate leading to a footpath. We just followed the track which led into Sandima, where you can turn left before the eucalyptus trees into the walled-in trail. After the highest point in the walk we never found the sharp right turn, but because we could see Geris we could make our way there. In Geris itself, the 'track' was cobbled and the 'rough track' was too oveergrown to follow. We just continued to the coast and headed back to Yalikavak that way. (User, 11/07)

Walk 9: There is no longer any café with fountain on the road to Konacik. It appears now to be some sort of council building ('Konacik Belediyesi'). (User, 11/07)

Walk 15: If you walk along the road from Marmaris towards Turunc, you pass the market place. At the exit from the market (Turunc side) there is an arch. Just on the opposite side of the road is a green iron gate and behind it an electricity sub-station. You cross a stream 4 times; after the 4th crossing you come to a fork. This route is the route of Walk 15 (the orman yolu). If you go left here, you can follow Walk 15 back to Armutalan or take the shorter route to Arkutca and catch a dolmus.If you go left, you can follow Walk 15 to Siteler or go via Seyir Terasi to Armutalan. (The route behind the viewpoint, marked with red 'X', is no longer closed to the public, as it says in the book. We walked it with no problems.) If you continue, after about 30-35min from starting out you come to a fork: If you go right you come to the highest peak between Marmaris and Içmeler, some 600m high. The route is a very steep and stony fire-break, which climbs straight up and then straight down. On the downward slope it's skiddy and needs care. After crossing about 5 peaks you come back to the route of Walk 15 some 600m south of the turn-off at the 'Kampyeri' signpost, and you can continue to Siteler. This is a beautiful but quite demanding walk for those based around Içmeler - only suitable for very fit walkers with boots, walking sticks and rucksacks. Nothing should be loose, since you have to go on all fours at times. (User, 2004) [Editor: This update predates Dean Livesely's checking of the walking routes; he did not check this update]