Turkey: A Coastline That Never Repeats

Turkey's southwest coast runs over a thousand kilometres from the Aegean to the Mediterranean — and no two stops feel the same. Start in Bodrum with its castle-topped harbour and late-night energy, sail east to the sheltered gulf of Göcek where twelve islands sit in flat calm water, or head further to Kekova and swim over the sunken walls of a Lycian city. The food alone is worth the trip — harbour-side grills, morning simit with tea, meze spreads that keep arriving until you wave them off. This is where the original blue cruise was born: wooden gulets, pine forests running down to the waterline, and evenings anchored in bays where the only light comes from the stars. Whether you start from Bodrum, Marmaris, or Fethiye, the Turkish coast has a way of making a week feel both endless and too short.