A 20-minute dolmus ride from Bodrum
takes one through pine forests on a winding road past whitewashed
water catchers (gumbets) to the beach at Yaliciftlik. The
first bay after the end of Karaada Island and marking the
entrance to the Gulf of Gokova, this shingle beach has several
small restaurants scattered around it. The eastern end of
the beach is sandy and it is also possible to swim and sunbathe
in solitude by the rocks a bit further on. It is in these
spectacular surroundings that you will find.
Four kilometers from Yaliciftlik ('Beach Farm')
one comes to the farming village of Ciftlikkoy. The stone
farmhouses are scattered around the hillside, and the main
crops are pine honey collected from the beehives in the forests
and figs grown in the surrounding orchards. Untouched by tourism,
the village offers an interesting insight into local farming
life on the Bodrum peninsula.
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