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Southwestern Turkey tour includes mainly Bodrum, Halikarnasos, sea resort city and the environs. Boat trip to the surrounding Islands, local villages and antique sites can be taken as options.

The area is very rich in history, places such as Kaunos, and Dalyan noted for their scenic beauty and historical importance. Excursion to Dalyan lagoon, cliff face Lycian tombs, hot springs and mud baths will be very satisfying.

Bodrum based holidays may also be extended to combine excursions to Didyma , Miletus, Euromus and other regional antique sites, map Turkey. There are many hotels of all categories, cheap and expensive. Bodrum can be used as base to take daily excursions to Greek islands off the Turkish coast.

There are frequent flights of Turkish Airline (THY) from Istanbul to Bodrum. Bodrum airport (JBV) is only 33 km from Bodrum center, on the Milas- Bodrum highway. You can find plenty daily bus services to Bodrum in the holiday season, April to October.

Bodrum, a town of white houses situated over a hill overlooking a spectacular dazzling blue bay signified by the presence of a great medieval castle built by the Knights of Rhodes. The city also houses one of the seven wonders of the world, the Mausoleum of Mauseleous (377-352 B.C.). Today, it is one of the most cosmopolitan and sophisticated holiday resort in Turkey.

The Castle's origins go back to the Knights of St. John, a group of expatriates who drew their ranks from Europe. This "Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem" began in the Eleventh Century with a church and hospital set up for pilgrims in Jerusalem. The hospital operated under the strict code that care be denied to no one, although those who did not belong to the Catholic faith were confined to a separate ward.