Getting Around Bodrum

The narrow and one-way streets of Bodrum discourage the use of a car. Although the waterfront spreads out over two harbors, downtown Bodrum is easy to cover with a pair of comfortable shoes and a bit of stamina. A scooter is a good option, because aside from solving the parking problem, you can get away with tooling around aimlessly down side streets or weaving unexpectedly through the pedestrian traffic on the waterfront promenade. For those lodging outside the city center, dolmuses provide regular service along all of the major thoroughfares through the otogar to the city center, and from the otogar, youâ€™re connected to all of the bays and villages of Bodrumâ€™s scenic peninsula, all for about 40Â¢ per ride.

Bodrum Express Lines (tel. 0252/316-1087; www.bodrumexpresslines.com) runs a daily hydrofoil service to the Greek island of Kos (15 min.) for $29 one-way, $35 same-day return. Hydrofoil service to Rhodes is twice weekly (Mon and Sat; 2 hr. 10 min.) for $58 one-way; $81 return with an open ticket. Daily hydrofoils run to KÃ¶rmen on the DatÃ§a Peninsula (50 min.) for $9.20 one-way; $14 same-day return; $16 with an open ticket. Bodrum Express Lines also runs hydrofoils between Bodrum and Marmaris (1 hr. 50 min.; $29 one-way), departing on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.

The Bodrum Ferryboat Association (tel. 0252/316-0882) runs hydrofoil service (20 min.) to Kos, with service running once daily in July and August, and departing on an alternating schedule of 8 and 9:30am. By ferry the same journey takes 1 hour, also with a 9am departure; the fare on either boat is $21 one-way; $28 round-trip.

BFA also runs passenger and car ferry service to DatÃ§a (2 hr.) for $15 with a bus transfer from Korman landing to DatÃ§a town; the ferry departs in summer daily at 9am, and less frequently in winter, possibly twice a week. All tickets for ferries and hydrofoils can be purchased either at the dock, or through any travel agent in town.

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