Tourism areas and information

This stretch of Turkish coastline is known as the Turkish Riviera or Turquoise Coast and stretches from Fethiye in the west right through to the Syrian border in the east.  Without doubt, this is one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline anywhere in the Mediterranean.  The area from the town of Fethiye to the village of Kemer is known as Lycia and has Turkey's most dramatic coastline with mountains falling away into crystal clear seas.

The Oludeniz area

The resort used to be three separate villages - Ovacik, Hisaronu and Belcekiz, and covers an extensive and varied tarrain, separated by hills and woods, thus catering for all tastes.

Ovacik resort area

Nesting below the Babadag Mountain, Ovacik mean "little plain".  It's hotels and holiday villages are caressed by cool seabreezes and command fine mountain and forest views.

Hisaronu resort area

Set round the base of a once fortified hill, Hisaronu means "in front of the fortress".  It has a centrally orientated main-street area, where colourful boutiques, busy restaurants and bars, boast the best of Europe and Turkey.  Quieter outlying hotels and holiday villages commune silently with the surrounding pines.

Belcekiz Beach area

Colourful holiday complexes with lush gardens give onto a beach promenade which leads to the Lagoon of Oludeniz.  Though now a protected area, several coampsites and a hotel run along one of it's shores.  Intricate paths through myrtle and pine lead to the end of the sandbank, which separate the open sea from the Lagoon.  Motor powered boats are no longer allowed through the Lagoon channel, so you can snorkel in peace, finding star-fish, sea cucumbers or even an oyster with a pearl...

Why the Oludeniz?

Though we describe Oludeniz as a busy resort, it is still idyllically undeveloped.  Walking ten minutes out from your hotel, you reach a wood, a hillside, or an isolated cove...  Nature surrounds you, but just ten kilometres away is the bustling market-town of Fethiye, renowned for it's aubergines and tomatoes.  Fethiye has a fine harbour and quays with restaurants where you can enjoy freshly caught fish, sample a glass of Turkish 'çay', or just photograph the fishermen mending their nets.  All banking facilities and good medical care are available;  major roads run out in all directions to such attractions as Ephesus, Pamukkale and the mounts.  Dalaman airport is just 60km away.
Weather in summer months averages 32°, and drops to an average 20° in winter.  But, at will, you can change the seasons around...  Playing snowballs in June, half-an-hour's drive up Babadag Mountain, and swimming in December in a sea temparature of 17°.  Whenever you come and wherever you stay, you will always find a smiling face and a helping hand.  Having visited us once, when choosing your next holiday, you will ask yourself...  Why not Oludeniz again?