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Blue Voyage Discovery
 Discover
Turkey's Turquoise Coast on a yachting holiday unlike
any other. Board a gulet (hand crafted wooden boat built
to a traditional Turkish design) and escape the rigours
of everyday life to spend
your days soaking up endless sunshine, napping, reading
and relaxing, swimming in crystal waters, snorkeling,
fishing and windsurfing, visiting ancient sites, whilst
your crew tends to your every need.
This popular sea adventure began quite by mistake when a
political writer Cevat Sakir Kabaagacli was exiled to
Bodrum for publishing a story about army fugitives. The
judges who sentenced Cevat Sakir to a number of years in
the remote port knew nothing of its lifestyle, which as
Cevat Sakir discovered was something like paradise. He
settled down and adopted the name “Fisherman of
Halicarnassus”, writing stories about the town and its
locals, in particular, the fishermen.
On his regular outings with fishermen, he gradually got
to know the various coves and bays in the
Gulf of Gokova.
When visiting intellectuals from Istanbul dropped in,
Cevat Sakir took the opportunity to introduce them to
the fisherman’s way of life. Together they constructed a
theory of culture which embraced the cultures of all the
people who lived in Asia Minor.
Cevat Sakir’s tours of
the Gulf of Gokova became famous and were given the
name, “Mavi Yolculuk” or “Blue Voyage”.
Cevat Sakir
inspired this voyage of exploration – the source of
enjoyment for many thousands
of people for almost 60 years!
During the Blue Voyage, the places you visit are the
wealth of civilizations. Any cruising ground that you choose is
rich with historic sites, ancient cities and unique rock
tombs.
Only Blue Voyage will give you the chance to discover
countless hidden coves, undiscovered bays, sun drenched
sandy beaches and isolated villages, the private beach
of Cleopatra, Oludeniz, the
rock tombs of Kaunos, the
eternal fires of mount Olympos, Myria rock tombs, the
archeological remains of ancient civilizations, that had
also remained under sea. The experience of seeing
breathtaking panoramic views of a sea which flows into
shades of green and blue or the sun slipping down
towering mountains and slowly disappearing into a golden
hazed sea can only be described as priceless.
During Blue Voyage you can go beyond the ordinary. Most
of us live in large cities where the city lights dull
the brightness of the stars. On the
Blue Voyage you can
see the stars very clearly. If your
Blue Voyage
coincides with the full moon, it is exceptionally
beautiful in these parts.
When there is no moon, you are in for another treat,
Phosphor scene. It is the phenomenon created by tiny
creatures invisible to human eye. In the pitch dark when
moving in the water,
 it
glitters when, for example you are rowing. At the point
where the oar touches the surface of the water, there
will be circles of light. The drops of water splashing
from the oars will drop on the surface of the sea like a shower of
stars.
Swimming on a pitch dark night is an incredible
experience, like a narcissistic pleasure. Now imagine
you will be lying on the deck and alone with stars while
the sea is quite choppy with in the gulf or imagine
visiting fishermen's villages isolated by the bay during
the day.
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