I still remember that cool autumn evening when the faint scent of the sea drifted into the bus through the open window. I went with a close friend, and especially the plain Turkish coffee we had in a seaside café in Marmaris was one of the small but most enjoyable moments of the trip; I can still picture even the thin layer of coffee grounds stuck to the edge of the cup. The buses were comfortable, and although a blanket wasn’t necessary on the night rides, a light cardigan was a good idea. The guide’s historical explanations about the Aegean coast were just right—not too long, not boring. In the Fethiye and Ölüdeniz days, the cool autumn sun was just perfect; the weather was the kind that took courage to swim in, but it was ideal for the scenery. At a few stops, there were moments when we got off the bus and waited unnecessarily, especially a brief organizational mix-up before the Kekova boat tour, but it didn’t really disrupt the overall flow. In the evenings, the meals provided at the hotel as part of the half-board arrangement met my expectations in terms of taste; especially the warmth of the soup felt good after a whole day of sightseeing. Since lunch wasn’t included, you need to make quick decisions at the stops, so bringing a few small snacks with you could be sensible. For anyone wanting to see the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts in autumn, it was a well-balanced program—fast-paced but not tiring.
Bursa Departure Aegean and Mediterranean Tour with 5 Nights Hotel Accommodation
Tour Detail
Bursa Departure Aegean Mediterranean Tour with 5 Nights Hotel Accommodation promises an experience that will relax your soul, feast your eyes, and create unforgettable memories. Come on, set sail into the magical world of the Mediterranean!
Highlights:
• Marmaris • Bodrum • Antalya • Kekova • Fethiye • ÖlüdenizWhat's Included
Not Included
Tour Program
Bursa
EASTERN AEGEAN MEDITERRANEAN TOUR FROM BURSA
7 NIGHTS 8 DAYS
5 NIGHTS HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
Departure and Overnight Bus Journey
23:59 In front of Bursa Kent Meydanı Mall
Antalya Antalya
ANTALYA – ASPENDOS THEATER DÜDEN WATERFALL KÖPRÜLÜ CANYON RAFTING
Departing from the boarding points above, we begin our overnight journey. Following the Kütahya – Afyon route, we head to Antalya. After an open breakfast taken on the way in the morning, we visit Düden Waterfall and then tour Aspendos Ancient Theater, the best-preserved Roman Theater in Anatolia to this day. Afterwards, we go rafting in Köprülü Canyon, one of Turkey’s most beautiful nature sports areas, an activity that everyone from 7 to 77 can easily do and one that will never be erased from your memories. (Extra) After rafting, we check in to our hotel. Dinner and accommodation are at our hotel. Since there will be no alternative excursion for our guests who will not do rafting, these guests will have to wait at our restaurant located in the rafting area
Breakfast: Will be taken at a roadside rest facility (Extra)
Lunch: Will be taken as a menu in Antalya (Extra)
Dinner: Will be taken at the hotel and is included in the tour price.
Accommodation Hotel: 3*- 4* Standard Antalya Hotels
Antalya Fethiye
KEKOVA BOAT TOUR – ÜÇAĞIZ VILLAGE - KAPUTAJ BEACH – KAŞ – SIMENA CASTLE - SAKLIKENT CANYON - FETHIYE
After the open buffet breakfast taken at the hotel in the morning, we depart from the hotel and go to Üçağız Village via Kemer and Finike, and set off on our Kekova Boat Tour (1st Boat Tour is included in the price). On our boat tour, we will have the opportunity to see and photograph from a distance the Simena Castle, which houses the smallest theater in Anatolia, and the sarcophagi in the sea. In addition, Kekova Island, the Sunken City, Hamidiye Bay, and Tersane Bay will be the main places we will see on this tour. After the swimming breaks we will give at these points, we follow the Demre - Kaş - Kalkan route and stop for a photo break at Kaputaş Beach and at a point overlooking the center of Kaş from above. After our breaks, accompanied by our guide’s explanations, we go to Saklı Kent, one of Turkey's most important canyons. We enter the 18 km Saklıkent Canyon, which in ancient times was known as the Xanthos Stream and is also called the Sarıçay by the public, integrated with the Eşen Stream, and we cool off in the ice-cold waters emerging from under the rocks inside the canyon, photographing these enjoyable moments before returning to our bus. Then we reach our hotel in Fethiye. Dinner and accommodation at our hotel
Breakfast: Will be taken at the hotel and is included in the tour price.
Lunch: Lunch on the boat (Grilled chicken or trout, pasta, salad) (Extra)
Dinner: Will be taken at the hotel and is included in the tour price.
Accommodation Hotel: 3*- 4* Standard Fethiye - Muğla Hotels
Fethiye Fethiye
FETHIYE FREE DAY - TWELVE ISLANDS BOAT TOUR - FULL-DAY JEEP SAFARI TOUR
After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, our guests who wish may spend the day relaxing at the hotel, while our guests who wish may choose one of 3 different tours organized for them as an extra
Option 1: Full-Day Twelve Islands Boat Tour (Extra)
We board our boat waiting for us at Fethiye Marina. We take swimming breaks while seeing the magnificent islands that will take all day. Places to see include Red Island, Göcek Island, Yassıcalar Island, and Rabbit Island. (The swimming breaks may be changed by the boat captains depending on the weather and sea conditions.) At the end of the full-day boat tour, we arrive back at Fethiye Marina. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel
Option 2: Full-Day Jeep Safari Tour (Extra)
We meet the Jeeps waiting for us in the morning and start this fun activity that will last all day. First, after having thrilling water fights, we reach ‘Alexander’s Cave’. Then, after seeing the ancient city of Tlos, we stop for lunch at Yakapark. Afterwards, the Gizlikent Waterfall excursion and free time given in Saklıkent Canyon await us. Those who wish can enjoy activities such as zipline, rafting, and bungee jumping on the adventure course here. We end our day with a mud bath. We return to our hotels again with our Jeeps. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel
Option 3: Full-Day Fethiye Diving Activity (Extra)
We leave our hotel by the vehicle waiting for us and reach our diving boat. Here, after information will be given by instructors who have CMAS, PADI, SSI certifications and licenses in international concepts, we go to the dive sites. In this all-day activity where our guests who will experience diving for the first time will have the opportunity to do “Discovery diving,” dives for professionals will also be carried out. Throughout our boat trip, there will be an opportunity to sunbathe and swim in the blue waters of the Mediterranean. Towards the end of this beautiful day, we go to our hotel in Fethiye. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel
Breakfast: Will be taken at the hotel and is included in the tour price.
Lunch: Included in the chosen tour prices
Dinner: Will be taken at the hotel and is included in the tour price.
Accommodation Hotel: 3*- 4* Standard Fethiye - Muğla Hotels
Fethiye Marmaris
PARAGLIDING - FETHIYE – ÖLÜDENİZ SWIMMING BREAK – BELCEKIZ - DALYAN BOAT TOUR - KAUNOS ROCK TOMBS - KÖYCEĞİZ - İZTUZU BEACH
After breakfast at our hotel in the morning, our guests who wish to do so can be picked up from the hotel in the early hours of the morning and taken by private vehicles to Babadağ, which has a magnificent Ölüdeniz view, where they can experience PARAGLIDING. (Extra) We see Belcekız Bay, named after the sad legend of Belcekız, who lost her beloved in the raging waves and, realizing she could not live without him, threw herself down from Babadağ, and we take a swimming break in Ölüdeniz. After the swimming break, we leave Ölüdeniz and arrive at Dalyan (Kaunos), on the shore of the fjord-type natural channel called Calbis. After lunch, we begin our tour inside the Dalyan Channel, a natural labyrinth, with the canal boat we will board on the Dalyan Boat Tour (2nd Boat Tour Included in the Price), which starts from Köyceğiz Lake and ends at İztuzu Beach. The Dalyan - Kaunos Temple-Type King and Leader Tombs, which we can watch by approaching their lower section with our boat, will impress us. From here, after the information given by our guide, we leave and continue our boat tour inside the Dalyan Channel. On this pleasant journey that will end at İztuzu Beach, if we are lucky, we also see Caretta Caretta turtles. Then we arrive at İztuzu Beach, famous for its golden sands, where Caretta-Caretta turtles, a protected species that came from the Atlantic Ocean to the Anatolian coasts, and Nile (Trionyx Tringulus) turtles lay their eggs. Here, our customers who wish can enjoy the 5 km beach, and those who wish can enjoy swimming at the channel mouth. After our break at İztuzu Beach, where there are pleasant cafeterias for resting, we follow the channel again by boat and reach Dalyan. We head to our hotel by bus for dinner and accommodation. After dinner, we go out with our guests who wish to have fun on Marmaris Bar Street. (Extra )
Breakfast: Will be served at the hotel and is included in the tour price.
Lunch: Lunch (served as a menu) (Extra)
Dinner: Will be served at the hotel and is included in the tour price.
Accommodation Hotel: 3*- 4* Standard Marmaris Hotels
Marmaris Bodrum
MARMARIS – AKYAKA - GÖKOVA BAY – AZMAK STREAM – GÖKOVA BOAT TOUR - SEDİR ISLAND – SWIMMING BREAKS – AKYAKA TOWN – BODRUM
After the open buffet breakfast we will have at our hotel in the morning, we depart for Gökova. After a short break by the Azmak Stream, we set out on our Gökova Boat Tour (3rd Boat Tour Included in the Price). On our boat tour, Gelibolu Island, İncekum, Underwater Caves, and the Blue Lagoon Sedir Island will be the main places we will see. After the swimming breaks we will have at these points, we return to Akyaka. In free time, our guests can photograph the Azmak Stream, which has a dreamlike flora and fauna. Then, leaving Akyaka, we cross the Sakar Pass, which has Gökova’s unique panorama. Arrival at our hotel, dinner at our hotel. In the evening, for our guests who wish, the Bodrum Bar Street Tour, one of the must-sees of Bodrum (Extra).
Breakfast: Will be taken at the hotel and is included in the tour price.
Lunch: Lunch on the boat (Grilled chicken or trout, pasta, salad) (Extra)
Dinner: Will be taken at the hotel and is included in the tour price.
Accommodation Hotel: 3*- 4* Standard Bodrum – Milas Hotels
Bodrum Bursa
BODRUM - BODRUM BOAT TOUR (EXTRA)
After the open buffet breakfast we will have at our hotel in the morning, we head to Bodrum center, one of our country's tourism hubs, known in ancient times as Halicarnassus. Our first stop here will be the house of Zeki Müren, the legend of Turkish classical music, who left his mark on an era with the works he created. After visiting the house, we continue to Gümbet, one of Bodrum's most popular bays. With our boat waiting for us in Gümbet, we set off on our full-day boat tour (Extra). Guests who do not want to join our boat tour can enjoy the clear sea on Gümbet's sandy beaches during their free time, and if they wish, they can benefit from water sports activities. At the end of our boat tour and free time, we say goodbye to Bodrum. Passing through Milas on our route, after seeing the Beşparmak Mountains near Lake Bafa and hearing their story, we begin our return journey.
Breakfast: Will be taken at the hotel and is included in the tour fee.
Lunch: Will be taken as a menu in the region (Extra)
Dinner: Will be free on the return journey
Accommodation Hotel: There is no hotel accommodation
Bursa
BURSA
After a dreamlike holiday, we arrive in Bursa late at night. We bid you farewell by dropping you off at the points where we picked you up, hoping to meet again on another Gezinomi organization.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND GUARANTEE PACKAGE
From the day of departure of the tour; if a reservation cancellation request is made up to 72 hours (3 days) before, or in case of a change, an unconditional 100% non-deductible refund guarantee is offered. In tours with accommodation, the insurance fee is 400 TL for stays up to 3 days and 500 for stays of 4 days or more
What to bring with you?
Izmir- and Mediterranean-Departure Tour from Bursa (5 Nights Hotel Accommodation) Since it spans as long as 7 nights and 8 days and includes both sea/bay breaks and intensive archaeological site/cultural visits, packing a suitcase is very important.
A comprehensive list you can use on your website in the "Participant Guide / Things You Should Have in Your Suitcase" section:
🎒 Izmir & Mediterranean Tour Suitcase Guide
🌊 1. Items for the Sea, Beach, and Sun
- Swimsuits, Bikinis, and Swim Shorts: Since there will be frequent swimming and boat breaks during the tour, it is recommended that you bring at least 2-3 extras.
- Beach Towel / Peshtemal: A lightweight, quick-drying peshtemal or beach towel, since hotel towels cannot be taken to the beach.
- High-SPF Sunscreen & After-Sun Cream: The sun in the Aegean and Mediterranean is quite strong.
- Sunglasses and Hat: Wide-brimmed hats are a lifesaver when visiting ancient cities.
- Beach Bag / Waterproof Bag: To protect your belongings on boat tours and during beach breaks.
👟 2. Shoe and Clothing Choices
- Comfortable Walking Shoes: Sports shoes with good grip to walk comfortably on marble and uneven ground in ancient cities.
- Sea Shoes: Sea shoes provide comfort since some coves and beaches may be rocky or pebbly.
- Flip-Flops / Sandals: For use both at the beach and inside the hotel.
- Lightweight and Cotton Clothing: Non-sweaty, flowy, light-colored summer clothes.
- Evening Clothes & Light Evening Layer: Comfortable clothes for evening walks in coastal towns and a light cardigan or shawl for windy evenings / air-conditioned vehicles.
💳 3. Documents, Cards, and Museum Admissions
- Turkish ID Card: Required for hotel check-ins and security checkpoints.
- Museum Card: It is recommended that you obtain one before the tour or download the Museums of Turkey app to your phone in order to skip the lines at the archaeological sites and museum entrances included in the tour.
🔌 4. Electronics and Daily Accessories
- Power Bank (Portable Battery): For long day tours so you do not run out of battery while taking photos and videos.
- Waterproof Phone Case: To take photos comfortably on boat tours and in the sea.
- Small Backpack / Crossbody Bag: To carry your wallet, water, and personal belongings during day trips.
- Car Pillow / Neck Pillow: For comfortable sleeping during the long bus journey departing from Bursa.
💊 5. Health and Personal Care
- Regular Medications: Your chronic medications in an amount sufficient for the duration of the tour.
- Motion Sickness / Travel Sickness Medication: Recommended for those who are sensitive on boat tours or winding coastal roads.
- Mosquito / Insect Repellent Spray: For outdoor and seaside venues in the evening.
- Personal Hygiene Products: Wet wipes, sanitizer, lip balm.
Reviews
5 ReviewsI’d like to leave a small note for those considering this tour, especially for people who love light. In Ölüdeniz at sunset, the orange light hitting the sea in the evening really offers great opportunities for photography; I even caught a reflection on a water bottle. In Marmaris and Bodrum, we also stopped frequently on the seaside walks to take photos. The bus rides felt a bit long and crowded in the summer heat, but the air conditioning held up, and the guide helped by telling us at each stop where we could capture the best shot. Overall, the hotel stays were clean, and the half-board dinners were sufficient; just keep in mind when planning your budget that the first day’s breakfast on the road is an extra expense.
Compared to expectations, it was a very satisfying trip. As a family, especially for the children, the beach breaks in Marmaris and Fethiye were very enjoyable; despite it being September, the weather was neither too hot nor cold, and a light jacket was enough. The bus was comfortable, and the guide calmly explained the route and the half-board arrangement at the hotels. The water service and the scenery on the Kekova boat trip were pleasant. Only on some days did we wait unnecessarily for 20–25 minutes when leaving the hotel, which was a bit tiring with the children. Overall, we returned feeling rested and pleased with what we saw.
Drinking hot soup at the hotel dinner with the salty breeze from the Mediterranean coming in felt especially good after sunset in Marmaris. Even though the bus was crowded in places, we didn’t mind much while watching the views of Fethiye and Ölüdeniz with our group of friends.
The cold water handed out on the bus was a lifesaver in the July heat. The simple but fresh fish we ate in Bodrum on the way back from Ölüdeniz still lingers in my mind. Only the hotel dinner in the evening was a bit ordinary.