Bitez Things to Do

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I've never really had a 'Sun Holiday' and lying on a beach for more than 5 minutes would seriously stress me out. But the beach in Bitez is very tempting and in its early May state of desertion, all those lonely rows of empty loungers were strangely magnetic. The beach itself is nothing to write home about with poor quality, gritty sand and in places, so narrow that it's scarcely there at all. It's the view of the bay that's so amazing and the fact that you can have a lounger so close to the water that you can dip your toes in to cool down. In July or August it's probably quite a different matter but last week strolling along the edge of the water and lounging comfortably with a cool drink, we had the whole place virtually to ourselves. It is possible to spread a towel at the very end of the beach near the windsurfing school but 90% of the beach is sun-loungered within an inch of its life. You don't even have to get up to get a drink or a snack and this is the aspect of life here that I suspect could get very addictive.

Use of the loungers is free as long as you order a drink from the bar. The drinks are not expensive - about 5 Euro for a large beer and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.

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This village is next one along the coast from Bitez, heading west.

We took a drive over one day. Looked nice, and we'd certainly consider staying there in the future.

Like Bitez, the old village is inland a little with the tourist development on the beach.

Should have gone to see the 17th century Mustafa Paşa tower, but only found out about it afterwards!

Worth a visit even if you don't go round the castle.

Spring and autumn are the peak times for sensible visitors. The summer is for touroids. Too hot, busy and noisy.

Its the Turkish equivalent of Nice - favoured by celebrities and media types.

You can take the hydrofoil over to Kos, or round the coast to Marmaris.

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If you are in the Bodrum area, this is a "must see".

Its construction was started in 1406, by the Knights of St John. It came under Ottoman rule in 1523. It became a prison in 1895. it was shelled by the French during WW1.

Now it has been restored, and parts are used to display archaeological artifacts recovered from underwater wrecks.

The views of the town, harbour and beach are amazing
It is well worth 2-3 hours to wander round all the towers, the battlements and the exhibits. If you go in summer, make it early - say 9am. By 11am it is getting to hot to enjoy... Plus its quieter early on.

Entry was 10 ytl in August 08.

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This is a small undeveloped (well almost) village on the southwest tip of the peninsula, looking out towards Kos.

The road from Bitez onwards is narrow, badly surfaced, very steep in places and twisting as well. Go slow, and watch out for some of the crazies who pass for other road users. Its worth the trip.

The village is charming, BUT they are building a monster hotel which will probably ruin it. Aaah...progress.

It has a working fishing harbour.

We had a bizarre dinner there after we had looked round. The food was fine, but the service was shambolic.

This water park near bodrum we passed on the way to Turgutreis although we never had the time to go in it looked great fun. Its got everything you need for a great day out including.
3 restaurants
beer garden
bar
disco
shopping center

Yes its true, if you enlarge the photo you can just make them out. I don't know what these fish were on but they certainly frisky hehehehehe, there were hundreds of them and every now and again one would leap out of the water and swim along on the top of his tail. It was either that or the beer i was drinking hahahahahaha

Bitez has got a small jetty at the far end of the bay which does have some small boats and i think you can hire them out for a trip around the bays, otherwise you have to go via Bodrum or Gumbet