Fethiye town and harbour
A harbour town on a wide bay, with a waterfront promenade, a busy fish market and the old streets of the Paspatur quarter. Boats leave from the marina for day trips around the bay's islands.
Fethiye
Around Fethiye, a Mediterranean harbour town, boats head out to its islands, and the area also has Lycian rock tombs, paragliding and the Ölüdeniz lagoon.
Attractive locations
Ölüdeniz
A beach resort south of Fethiye with a sheltered blue lagoon and a long pebble beach. Paragliders launch from Babadağ mountain above and land on the shore, and boats run along the coast to Butterfly Valley.
Saklıkent Canyon
A deep, narrow gorge cut by an icy river in the mountains east of Fethiye. Visitors follow a boardwalk into the gorge, then wade upstream through cold water between sheer rock walls.
Kayaköy
An abandoned hillside village of hundreds of roofless stone houses and churches, emptied in the 1920s population exchange between Greece and Turkey. Paths lead through the ruins and on over the hills to the coast.
Tomb of Amyntas
A temple-fronted Lycian tomb carved into the cliff above Fethiye in the fourth century BC. Steps lead up to it, with views over the town and the harbour.
Tlos
The ruins of a Lycian city on a rocky hill above the Xanthos valley, with rock-cut tombs, a theatre, baths and a later fortress on the summit. It is often combined with a visit to Saklıkent.
Xanthos
Once the leading city of ancient Lycia and now a World Heritage site with a theatre, pillar tombs and inscribed stones. It lies south-east of Fethiye and is usually visited together with the nearby sanctuary of Letoon.
Airports
Dalaman International Airport DLM
It is about 30 km in a straight line from Fethiye.
Milas Bodrum International Airport BJV
It is about 147 km in a straight line from Fethiye.
Çardak Airport DNZ
It is about 140 km in a straight line from Fethiye.
Scams and safe taxis
Taxi and scam advice for this country is on the Turkey (Türkiye) page
Weather by month
Each month shows its average temperature in °C and its mm of rain per month.
- Jan7.5 °C201 mm
- Feb8.1 °C126 mm
- Mar10.5 °C69 mm
- Apr13.7 °C47 mm
- May18.4 °C27 mm
- Jun23.5 °C9 mm
- Jul27.4 °C4 mm
- Aug27.4 °C3 mm
- Sep23.6 °C20 mm
- Oct18.5 °C68 mm
- Nov13.4 °C109 mm
- Dec9.4 °C189 mm
Driest months: Jun, Jul, Aug. Wettest months: Jan, Feb, Dec.
Costs
Prices here are about 41% of US prices (World Bank, 2025). This compares a country's overall prices, not the cost of a trip.
Who can help
Emergency
112 for police, ambulance and fire (one unified number).
ngo
Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay)
Helps with: Türkiye's national Red Crescent society. Its website lists disaster response, blood donation campaigns and volunteering. Its 168 line is a donation call centre, not a visitor help line.
Who qualifies: People in Türkiye who need its disaster relief or blood services, or want to volunteer.
un agency
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Türkiye
Helps with: The UN migration agency's main office in Ankara. Contact it about migration matters in Türkiye.
Who qualifies: Migrants and organisations working on migration. It is not a help service for ordinary tourists.
Phone: +90 (312) 454 30 00
Email: ankmission@iom.int
Address: İlkbahar Mahallesi Konrad Adenauer Caddesi No:61-63 Çankaya/Ankara
embassy
Foreign embassies and consulates in Türkiye (official diplomatic portal)
Helps with: For a lost passport or serious trouble, contact your own country's embassy or consulate. The Turkish foreign ministry's Diplomatic Portal lists diplomatic missions, accredited missions and international organisations.
Who qualifies: Citizens of each country, through their own embassy or consulate.
local government
Emergency number 112 (police, ambulance and fire)
Helps with: Reaches police, ambulance and fire services. UK government travel advice lists this number.
Who qualifies: Anyone in the country, including visitors.
Phone: 112