Villages & Windmills of the Bodrum Peninsula
Drive the peninsula's winding roads through fishing villages, hilltop windmills, and the celebrity bay of Türkbükü
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Yokuşbaşı Windmills
A row of restored 18th-century stone windmills on Bodrum's ridge — the peninsula's most iconic silhouette at sunset
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Gündoğan fishing village
A quiet bay village where fishermen sell their morning catch on wooden piers and taverns serve it grilled at noon
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Türkbükü Bay
The Aegean Riviera's most elegant address where boutique hotels cling to pine-clad slopes above an impossibly turquoise bay
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Yalıkavak Port Market
A lively weekly market where local farmers sell olives, honey and dried herbs next to fishermen unloading their catches
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Koyunbaba Beach
A secluded shingle beach on the north coast accessible only by boat or steep goat path, rewarding explorers with pristine silence
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Turgutreis Sunset Promenade
A long esplanade towards the Greek islands of Kalymnos and Pserimos where the sun falls into the sea like a ball of fire
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More in Bodrum
Bodrum's Markets & Aegean Flavours
Bodrum and the Greek Islands: Kos Ferry and Hippocrates Birthplace, Symi Day Trip, Rhodes Connection, the Dodecanese from Bodrum, and the Turkey-Greece Aegean Island Hopping Circuit
Bodrum Peninsula Villages: Gumusluk Fishing Village and Rabbit Island, Turgutreis Saturday Market, Yalikavak Luxury Marina, Ortakent Wine and Local Life, and the Peninsula Village Circuit
Bodrum After Dark: Bar Street to Halikarnas
Bodrum History: Herodotus Birthplace, Ancient Halicarnassus and the Carian Satrapy, Artemisia Queen of Caria at Salamis, Mausolos and the Satrap Culture, the Crusader Period, and the Ottoman Conquest
