Göcek has grown from a small agricultural town into one of Turkey’s premier yachting locations, rivaling Marmaris and the Bodrum. This is largely as a result of its natural advantages, being at the top of a deep gulf sheltered by the island of the same name.
The town hosts a total of no less than seven marinas, D Marin Göcek, Club Marina, Göcek Village Port, Göcek Exclusive, Skopea Marina,Göcek Municipal Marina, and MUÇEV marina. It is also a place where virtually every conceivable yachting need can be met, including liferaft servicing. Since the completion of a one kilometer tunnel in 2006, the journey from Dalaman International Airport takes only 20 minutes.
Göcek is an excellent base for exploring the wonderful (and popular) cruising area of Skopea Limani a few miles to the south, which is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful yachting destinations in Turkey, and the so-called Twelve Islands of the Gulf of Fethiye.
Fethiye, located on the Lycian and Carian border was called Telmessos in ancient times. The city was very prominent and the center of prophecy, pledged to Apollon. That the city life was very rich and highly cultured during the Hellenistic and Roman periods is evident from the existing monuments. Today the majority of ancient ruins in Telmessos are rock-tombs, Lycian – type sarcophagi, the fortress and the Roman Theatre. The peninsula lying between Fethiye and Antalya was known as Lycia in the ancient times. Fethiye Archaeology Museum exhibits numerous archaeological findings from Hellenistic, Roman and Ottoman periods as well as ethnological works of art typical of the region.
