Bitez: 10 km from Bodrum. Located away from Bitez in blue with tangerine gardens occupying the land between the villages sea is one of the most beautiful corners where green meets.
Karaada: Approximately 6 km to Bodrum. from Karaada located, it is famous for its healing hot water. It is said that this water coming from a natural cave and mud in the cave have an effect on various diseases.
Strait Islands (Aquarium) is called by name because of the clarity of aquarium water. Inside the depths of the sea with the island open up to 30 m floor it can be seen with the naked eye.
Traditional Bodrum Houses
The common features of traditional Bodrum architecture are the entrance with no windows, the second floor with the doors, the entrance stairs or bridges. These houses, which have been taken under protection by law, can be observed in the center, in Ortakent and in the village of Kocakaya on Gümüşlük. The houses that they have settled here, and the houses they have brought back to Bodrum by creating personalities such as literary figures, create significant attraction value.
Bodrum throughout the history of the Persians, Macedonians, came under the domination of the Roman Empire and Byzantium. After the defeat of the Seljuk Sultan Alpaslan in Malazgirt in 1071, Byzantium lost its dominance in Anatolia. It has placed the Ottoman ruler Mehmet Celebi in 1415 by Halicarnassus. Knights of Rhodes, had established dominance in the region by building the present Bodrum castle. Rhodes expedition organized by the Mediterranean into a Turkish lake that Suleiman the Magnificent in 1522 Bodrum together with Rhodes and added to the Ottoman Empire.
Climate: Winters are warm and rainy, summers are hot and dry. However, in the afternoon, the "breeze" blowing reduces the effect of heat.
