Turkish Riviera

Map showing the Turkish Riviera

The Turkish Riviera (also known as "The Turquoise Coast") is a popular term used to define an area of southwest Turkey encompassing Antalya, Muğla and to a lesser extent Aydın and İzmir provinces. The combination of a favorable climate, warm sea, and abundant natural and archeological points of interest makes this stretch of Turkey’s coastline a popular tourist destination.

The region is known for pleasant climate conditions, including more than a thousand kilometers of shoreline along the Mediterranean Sea, and a host of archeological and natural riches. The Turkish Riviera is strewn with ancient cities and harbors, memorial tombs and beaches and is laced with many small coves, lush forests and streams which make it frequent destination for Blue Voyages.

Communities

Many villages and towns in the area are internationally known, such as Antalya, Alanya, Bodrum, Fethiye and Marmaris.

Places on the Turkish Riviera include:

Adabükü Adrasan Akbük Aksaz Akyaka Akyarlar Alaçatı Alanya Antalya Armutalan Aslanbucak Bağla Beldibi Belek Beycik Bitez Bodrum

Bozburun Çamköy Çamyuva Çayova Çeşme Çıralı Çiftlik Dalaman Dalyan Datça Demre Didim Emecik Eşen Fethiye Finike Foça

Gazipaşa Göcek Gökova Gömbe Göynük Gümüşlük Gündoğan Güvercinlik Güzelçamlı Hisarönü Ilıca İçmeler Kabak Kalkan Karadere Kaş Katrancı

Kekova Kemer Kızkumu Kiriş Kumluova Kuşadası Kuzdere Konyaaltı Köyceğiz Lara Manavgat Marmaris Milas Muğla Olympos Ortaca Ovacık

Ölüdeniz Ören Özdere Patara Seki Selimiye Side Simena Söğüt Tekirova Torba Turgutreis Turnalı Turunç Türkbükü Ulupınar Yalıkavak

View of Ölüdeniz near Fethiye Beaches and marina of Kemer near Antalya

Gallery

Ancient Lycian tombs in Simena	View of Kekova	Beaches of Marmaris	Katrancı Bay near Fethiye
The historic marina of Antalya	Stone carving of Medusa in Didim	Exterior walls of the ancient theatre in Side	Roman theatre in Demre, where St. Nicholas lived
Olympos	Historic houses of Çeşme	Historic houses of Foça	Kaputaş Beach between Kaş and Kalkan

Panoramic view of Bodrum, ancient Halicarnassus, the city of Herodotus and the home of the Mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Panoramic view of Alanya, inhabited since the Hittites and the medieval homeport of the Seljuk naval forces, famous today for its natural beauty and historic monuments

See also

• Blue Cruise
• Tourism in Turkey
• French Riviera
• Italian Riviera
• The article Riviera provides links to articles on the many coastal strips around the world which are known as Riviera.

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