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The towers and walls of the Castle of St. Peter in Bodrum

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Private Bodrum Tours

Photo: Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

About these tours

Bodrum tours start in a town built over ancient Halicarnassus, where Mausolus moved the capital of Caria around 367 BC. We plan them as one full day on land, then a week at sea on a wooden gulet.

Bodrum tours on land: the castle and the Mausoleum

The Bodrum City and Boat Tour fits the town into one day. First comes Bodrum Castle, the Castle of Saint Peter, which the Knights of Saint John built in the 15th century. Inside is the shipwreck museum, home to the Uluburun wreck of the 14th century BC. Next you see the Mausoleum, the tomb of Mausolus and one of the Seven Wonders, and the theater begun in his reign. After that, a private boat takes you out into the bays. For the coast beyond the town, see our Bodrum peninsula tour. For a day further away, our day tours go to Ephesus, Pamukkale, Didyma and Miletus, Milas and Euromos and Akyaka.

A gulf, not a sight

On the water, you choose a stretch of coast. Eight days in the Gulf of Gökova keep you inside one gulf. The Datça coves charter adds the Gulf of Hisarönü and Knidos, a Dorian city between Kos and Rhodes that once exported its wine. Another week sails from Bodrum to Marmaris by Knidos. Finally, two charters run to Bozburun and the south islands or to the north Greek islands.

Cabin or the whole boat

A private gulet charter gives the whole boat to your group, and charters suit 8 to 16 people. The two blue cruises, however, sell cabins. On the Bodrum Gökova blue cruise or the Bodrum and Greek Islands blue cruise, you spend eight days sharing the gulet with other travelers.

Our suggestion for Bodrum tours

Start with the city and boat day, because the castle and the Mausoleum explain the coast you will sail. Then, as a couple, take a cabin on the Gökova cruise. A group of eight or more should charter instead, and for ruins we would pick Datça and Knidos. For a day at the tip of the peninsula, join our Knidos day trip. For other routes, see our blue cruise service.

Would you like the castle first and a gulet after? The castle on land and a gulf by gulet: send us your group size and dates, and we will plan your Bodrum tours.

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