GUNDOGAN

Covered with colourful flowers all year round, Gundogan means 'the Sunrise'. Famous for its ancient rock cemeteries, it is a small town on the Bodrum Peninsula. It is an important town for fishing, sponge diving, olive and tangerine growing. The scent of orange trees welcoming visitors along the seaside still remains. Gundogan has 4000 inhabitants. Boat trips leave from here to secluded Bays along the coast. You can catch a ferry to Didim on the other side of the Bay and watch dolphins and seals swim alongside the boat. Gundogan Beach is one of the largest on the Peninsula stretching to more than 2km long! Situated among tangerine,olive and pine trees, intimate restaurants and cafes built on jetties circle the Bay offering traditional Turkish cuisine. Relax and take it easy with a chilled glass of wine or the local delicacies. There are large colourful cushions provided to sit on, on the many jetties circulating the Bay where you can chill out, people watch, sip a refreshing drink and watch the waves breaking on the rocks and children playing in the crystal blue waters. This is a great place for snorkelling where you enter the sea from the jetties. Sit at the beach bar and watch the sun go down and witness the spectacular sunsets. There is a small harbour with fishing boats, yachts,gullets and a sailing school offering dingy sailing, windsurfing,jetskis and waterskiing. Across the Bay is 'Rabbit Island' which has an old Greek church and standing remains of a Byzantine monastic settlement dated to the 9th Century A.D..If you wish to be active during your stay here, you will have plenty to do - archeological trips in the area, windsurfing, under water photography, diving lessons,horse riding, walking and trekking. History,dramatic landscape and a natural unspoilt Bay and friendly people await you! As they say 'Nothing less than History, sun, seaside, nature and friendly people can be found.