Hello my friend and welcome to my world! In this video i'll talk about why i'm crazy in
love with Fethiye, Turkey. Fethiye is a coastal city and port, located in the South of Turkey.
We were spending some days in Antalya, which seemed
far to commercial for our taste and wondering where to go next. So...i searched a bit on
the Internet and i saw that Fethiye seemed promising on Google Earth (and by the way,
this is how i choose the places to visit, using Google Earth).
And so, we took our car and drove there. Now, stay with me, i'll get to Fethiye in a moment,
but i have to start saying that the road from Antalya to Fethiye by car, was...unbelievable.
The road follows the sea and you get to please
your eyes with delightful landscapes that the ones we saw.
Here is my choice of things I loved in Fethyie: First of all, this Fish Market. Maybe, you’ll
say yeah, what about it? Of course there is a fish market. Well, the special thing about
this particular one, is that the fish-market and the restaurants are in the same place.
So ... it goes
like this: you choose your favourite fish from the fisherman located in the center of
the market, and then you tell the guy where you would like to sit down and enjoy his fish.
The fisherman takes the fish to that specific restaurant and
they cook it for you. At the restaurant you pay for the cooking service only (which is
2 or 3 euro/person) and of course you pay extra for the drinks and side dishes. But,
isn’t this great? In the evening, this place is so much alive
that you’re already looking forward to coming back here again. After seeing this, I’m
wondering why there aren’t more places like this Fish Market all over the world ... Super
awesome idea. The local market which has all kinds of vegetables
and fruits (it’s located in the same place as the fish market).
This great family business boat trip, called Cevdet Kaptain, which took us in 5 or 6 different
bays, where we swam with the fish and snorkled. Magnificent way to spend a day! I must admit,
that ... because of these guys, I’ll take a boat
tour whenever and wherever I get the chance. The owners were very friendly and the lady
on the boat, served her great home made lunch. Her sons, prepared the barbeque on the boat
and took care of everything else. I had a little sursprise
at the Aquarium Bay, which was the last stop ... While snorkeling I ... bumbped into … an
octopus, which was … kind of playing hide and seek with me. It was actually the first
time I saw a live octopus in the sea. I was sooooo excited.
And not only one, there were 3 of them :) And by far...the coolest thing I’ve done in
this boat trip is feeding the fish while snorkeling: here is what I did: I used some bread, which
I crumbled and stuffed it in a plastic
this is an experience I will never forget! Swimming with hundreds of fishes around me was an uplifting experience, believe me this is big…
Next: Fethiye downtown is packed with little cute stores like everywhere in Turkey, of course, but
I particularly loved these funky coloured umbrellas above one of the streets.
The ugliest oranges I’ve ever seen, which confusingly make the best orange fresh juice
I’ve ever had! Some of the sweetest watermellons I’ve ever
enjoyed. Here is a tip: try as many fruits as you can in Turkey, the climate makes the
crop extremly tasty. I was certainly amazed. Ask around about erik, this is my favourite
fruit in Turkey,
it’s something like a green fresh plum, I cannot find it in my country at all and
I’m pretty pissed off about it :P) The restaurants on the sea shore are very
romantic and serve excellent fish, seafood and, of course authentic Turkish cuisine.
Whenever we are on holiday, we try as much as possible not to go to the places that are
designated for
tourists, but to local ones instead, where they serve the real thing. Otherwise, you
end up eating the same pizza and hamburger you can have at home and that really doesn’t
make sense. Oludeniz (I LOVE THIS NAME) is a village and
beach,14 kilometers away from Fethyie. The beach here, is an official Blue Flag Beach,
whose picture is famous for the turquise color of the water, and the way that the sand created
a unique
arrangement: seen from above, it looks like a tongue of sand. You pay an entrance fee
to enter Oludeniz Blue Lagoon and you have a parking space included. You have to pay
extra for a sunbed if you want. One thing that I didn’t quite
enjoy so much was the food, which is really bad fast food, at least in my opinion, next
time I’m going there I’m gonna bring my own food :) And ... Yeah, that is a rooster,
a hen, and a kitten. It was kind of cute to feed them with the
food I didn’t like ... I enjoyed myself. All in all, a wonderful place to spend a day,
a bit crowded for my taste, but I must admit that the landscape makes me say I’d go there
again. Here is a tip: make sure you have a pair of water
sneakers with you, the beach is made out of little stones which hurt your feet really
bad if you go bare foot. Last but certainly not least, I must say i’m
in love with Fethyie also, because of this boutique hotel: Yacht Classic Hotel. They're
not paying me to say anything about them, but the experience was so amazing that I must
mention them. I
really don’t know where to start praising this accomodation, first I’ll say that the
price you pay for the luxury you get, seemed friendly to us. The rooms are fantastic with
a lot of care for the details, starting from the lobby to the
bathrooms in the room. The pool is a splendid place to lounge for an entire day: very quiet,
intimate and confortable. The bar in the pool was my favourite spot around, I enjoyed a
lot of coffees here chilling in the water, at the bar.
The hotel manager, Mustafa is a very friendly and kind person, I consider him our friend
and we’re looking forward to seeing him again. He arranged a romantic dinner for us
at one of the restaurants on the port shore, where we had such a
nice time. In fact, all the dinners we had in Fethyie were romantic, especially the ones
we had at the Yacht Classic Hotel a la carte restaurant.
In the end, all I can say is that I’m definetly hooked on Fethyie. It’s one of those little
pieces of Heaven on Earth for me...