Turkey Holiday Packages - Marvelous Marmaris

Turkey Holiday Packages - Marvelous Marmaris
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Casey_Kimbrough]Casey Kimbrough

A vibrant, modern tourist town on the Aegean coast, Marmaris is the focus of many Turkey holiday packages, and has a well-deserved reputation as a great place for cost-effective, enjoyable holidays suited to families and couples of all ages, as this article explains.

Founded around 3,400 BC, these days you will not see much of the history of the town in evidence, because this really is a place that has been given over to tourism, with the population swelling to 200,000 in the summer months. Marmaris is famous among the sailing community as having the largest and newest harbour in the whole country, which makes it a great base if you want to explore the coast by boat, as it is also the busiest charter port for boat trips.

In the town itself you will find many attractions to explore. There is a little castle on a hill, originally built by the Ionians but repaired by Alexander the Great and finally by Suleyman the Magnificent in 1522. Opened as a museum in 1991 after extensive renovations, it's a great place to look out over the city. The bridge of Tashan and Kemerli is not in the town itself, but is a sight not to be missed if you have a car to get around in. Its 32 stone and brick arches date back over 400 years and the bridge is still in use today.

Despite its popularity, a holiday to Marmaris need not be the most hectic of Turkey holiday packages, because the town, although busy, is surrounded by pine-covered hills just waiting to be explored, and away from the main beach you can find quiet, picturesque coves that you may even have all to yourself.

Turkey holiday packages are, like many holiday packages, partly about immersing yourself in the local culture and trying some of the local food, at least for one meal! In the Marmaris area, you will find surah, which is meat stuffed with rice; local ice-cream and also tarhana, which is an unlikely-sounding soup made from dried yoghurt and tomato!

The climate in Marmaris is typical Eastern Med, with hot, dry summers and warm wet winters. Maximum summer temperatures are about 35 degrees Celsius whereas the minimum winter temperature is usually about five degrees at night.

Most Turkey holiday packages to Marmaris fly into Dalaman airport. The transfer time from airport to resort is not short, taking about two hours by bus (100km). Alternatively, you can get a hydrofoil from the nearby Greek island of Rhodes.

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