Bodrum Activities
Beaches To Be Under Surveillance
The Mobese project, which is a massive surveillance camera system that monitors the streets for the Turkish police, will be applied in Bodrum and districts in order to assure safety. With the system, after a total expenditure of $1.5 million, security forces will closely watch all main roads, streets and famous beaches.
According to Dogan News Agency, a new camera system was developed in Bodrum, which hosts approximately 5 million tourists a ... Keep reading >>
Classical music to color Bodrum nights
The D-Marin Turgutreis International Classical Music Festival, which is marking its second year, will gather musicians from all over the world in Bodrum’s Turgutreis district under the theme “Classical Music for All, Pure Classical Music.†Sponsored by the Dogus Group and Garanti Bank, this year’s festival will host four symphony orchestras under the guidance of art director Kemal Küçük. Scheduled for Aug. 25-28, the festival will feature two concerts in its daily program under the name of ... Keep reading >>
Watersports
There’s nothing like a walk through the Underwater Archaeology Museum to inspire the diver in you. The waters off Bodrum are full of caverns, caves, and reefs. Aegean Pro Dive Center, Neyzen Tevfik Cad. 212 (tel. 0252/316-0737; fax 0252/313-1296; http://aegeanprodive.com; open Apr-Oct), provides a safe and easy way to get you there. Dives with your own equipment run around $40 ($50 without), including lunch. They also offer 3- and 5-day packages, group rates, snorkeling for nondiving tagalongs, and PADI ... Keep reading >>
Bodrum Shopping
A short while ago nearly all of Bodrum’s commercial activities clustered in the area still called “çarsi†(market), a few streets to the south and east of the Post Office. Here butchers and ironmongers, grocers and sandal makers all plied their trade side by side. The tourism boom has replaced those modest tradesmen and shopkeepers with bars, souvenir shops and sellers of whatever is currently in vogue. Regrettably, but perhaps unavoidably, ... Keep reading >>
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Yet another plundered Wonder of the Ancient World, the mausoleum reveals only the foundations of the original masterpiece. King Mausolus of Caria ordered the construction of the 42m (140-ft.) ornate marble monument, and after his death, his wife (also his sister), Artemesia II, saw to the project's continuation. After her death the architects and artisans paid for the project out of their own pockets; it was finally completed in 350 B.C. According to historical accounts, the magnificent tomb featured ... Keep reading >>
St. Peter Castle: The Museum of Underwater Archaeology
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology is in the Castle of St Peter (Sen Piyer Kalesi) and has a fine collection of shipwrecks and items from their cargos. In the main courtyard there is an exhibition of amphorae from different periods and areas. In the chapel you can see artefacts from a 7th century Byzantine shipwreck found near Yassiada. There is also a reconstruction of half the ship, which you can climb. In ... Keep reading >>
