Marmaris

Over Marmaris

Marmaris is a port and beach resort in Lycia, along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. (The boundary of the Mediterranean with the Aegean is generally taken as the Datça peninsula just west.) The town straggles south to run into İçmeler, then the road crosses the mountains to Turunç. This extended township had a population of 95,851 in 2020; this more than doubles in tourist season. Marmaris is part of the administrative province of Muğla. Public services such as local buses may be listed as if based in Muğla, and if your bag is stolen or you have an accident, that is where the police report will site the incident. Two large peninsulas extend beyond Marmaris, like the claws of a lobster trying to grab a starfish:

Bozburun is south, the stubby bifurcated "crusher claw" of the lobster. Datça is the 70-km-long narrow peninsula extending west, the "scissor claw". Symi between the claws is a Greek island.

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