Bozburun | Marmaris | Turkey

Watch the video, click this link—> Russian party at Osmans

On june 3, around 100 Russian sailors arrived in many sailboats. They had reserved dinner beforehand at Osmans place and  the neighbouring restaurant in the harbor. I have never seen this many boats and this many people in the harbor, except for during the village festival. The road along the quay had been closed for traffic and the whole area in front of the restaurants where filled with dinner tables. There was a genuine party-feeling and some of the Russian guests performed a very interesting kind of sing-and-dance performance. A pity that we could not understand what they were singing, though.

According to the latest news from our reporter in Bozburun, the opening actually happened on April 16. 

There was a very nice opening ceremony with many locals, officials, politicians and Gulet owners.

Among the distiguished guest, our local reporter Atila recognised the Mayor of Symi island.

The Mayor of Symi also was invited to Selimiye for lunch.  We are happy that our greek guests had the opportunity to visit the two most beautiful villages on the peninsula.

Everybody are now very happy as this most probably will boost tourism and the number of yachts visiting Bozburun, since the village now is an official port of entry/exit.

Rumours has it that there will be a regular boat service between Symi and Bozburun every Tuesday, making it possible for Greek citizens and tourists at Symi to visit the weekly market in Bozburun.

Photos of the celebration can be seen at the SymiGreece blog: http://www.symigreece.com/page/1124.htm

Sanna and Calle

A very nice opening party at Pirates Cove was held by Lodos’ owner Salih and his friend Thomas “the king of Bratwurst” last Friday (April 2nd). The guests enjoyed live Turkish traditional music performed by local musicians and european pop music, performed by a trubadour.

Lodos is shut down and his new place Pirates Cove, north of the harbour and close to the beach, is a very nice place where you can eat, drink, enjoy live music some nights but always with good music playing. One can order food but also bring meat etc to grill on your own. They serve home-made bratwurst and chilli-wurst, which are delicious.

We think this will be a very good place to chill out at

Sanna and Calle

There are good communications to Marmaris and the other villages from Bozburun. The Dolmus leaves 5 times per day from the harbour. Check the time table at the Belediye house at the northern end of the harbour. They change the departure times in spring and autumn, so be sure to check it!

One of the best ways  of enjoying the lovely Bozburun bay (if you are not on a Gulet cruise) is to slowly cruise around in a canoe or pedal boat. A sight that can only be seen in Bozburun is Calle cruising in his personally designed Portable Pedal Boat. “It is the most fun way of getting some excercise”, Calle says.
Compared to traditional pedal boats, Calles boat is lighter, faster and more easy to turn. It can also be disassembled in 20 minutes (without tools) and packed into a bag for transportation.