8 Days Turkey Bike Tour from Aegean to Mediterranean
Upon arrival to Izmir, you will be welcomed and transferred to Kusadasi, which is a pretty nice resort town on the Aegean coast. We have time to relax here, enjoy a nice dinner, unpack and build up our bikes and then have a pre-tour briefing.
Overnight Kusadasi
Meals: Dinner
Total 68km / 550m climb / 850m descent
After breakfast, we will drive to Ephesus with our vehicle and visit Ephesus Ancient City for 2 hours. We head on to the ruins at Ephesus, a vast and very well restored ancient city that was the capital of Hellenic Greece. From there, we ride onwards to Camlik and stop to drink Turkish tea in an authentic tea shop. Our route takes us on through fruit orchards and vineyards as it winds up and over rolling hills to Kirazli, where we eat a wonderful lunch of traditional food in one of the garden restaurants there. We continue, climbing on a very quiet and panoramic country road to arrive at the small village of Yaylakoy. From here, after a brief downhill section on a bigger road we drop down to the coast via Sogucak village and enjoy a wonderful traffic free cycle lane right on the sea front. From Guzelcamli, we enter the Dilek Peninsula National Park and ride to the very end of the peninsula road. End of our cycling, we will drive to Kusadasi with our vehicle.
Overnight in Kusadasi
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Total 68km / 700m climb / 1550m descent
Today we begin with a 2-hour drive to our start point Yukarı Maziköy village, We start our cycling with a descent to arrive at the coast of Cokertme village which is located on the bay, we will have our morning tea and coffee at the local tea house of the village. We continue to Oren village and have our lunch at a nice small fish restaurant and enjoy the Aegean mezes and salads. From Oren we drive 20 mins to Alatepe village, the panoramas are breathtaking and than cyclr to Akbuk. Akbuk Bay is one of the most unique and indispensable holiday regions of Gokova Bay. It is a corner with its silence, calmness and clean waters. The bay lies north of the Gulf of Gökova. There is a small pier and several restaurants. We will stop for swimming break for a post ride cool down! The last section of the ride is pure magic, an easy going and incredibly beautiful single track coast road that may perhaps be the best cycling road in Turkey!
Overnight Akyaka
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Total: 53km / 700m climb / 700m descent
After breakfast at our hotel, we will drive to our starting point which is Yeşilbelde village bypassing the town of Marmaris and enjoying awesome views over the bays, peninsulas, and islands below. We cycle to Bozburun Peninsula at Hisaronu. We will be passing through panoramic scenes. The coastal road is unforgettably picturesque. We finish our cycling in Selimiye village. Which is a coastal village that is all about tranquility. Calm, crystal clear waters lapping against the shingle shoreline.
Overnight Selimiye
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Total 50km / 1000m climb / 1000m descent
After breakfast, we start our day to explore the Bozburun Peninsula Today we explore the undeveloped and wild Bozburun Peninsula. The Bozburun Peninsula is one of the most beautiful parts of Turkey as it is protected by the Government and classed as a natural environment. Today, the distance is short but also challenging because of the mountainous route and traffic-free roads. From Selimiye we start the day with a big climb (optional vehicle uplift available as always) and decent past Bozburun village. Then we head into the Sogutkoy and than Bayirkoy- a wonderfully picturesque place set in lush, green hills. After enjoying a restaurant lunch here and sampling the many varieties of honey that the region is famous for. We finish our cycling with a long downhill to the coast, where we stay in Kumlubuk
Overnight Kumbuluk
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Total 50km / 600m climb / 600m descent
After breakfast, we drive to Koyceğiz town. Köyceğiz is a wonderful rural town and region in Muğla surrounding the vast coastal Köyceğiz Lake that leads into Dalyan. After lunch on the lakeside. We start our cycling to the south of the lake to Kaunos ancient city through Sultaniye and Candir before stopping to explore the ancient city and admire the massive Lycian rock tombs at Kaunos. We also experience the famous mud baths and sulfur hot springs.
After the visit, we take a taxi boat across the water to our hotel.
Overnight Dalyan
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
After breakfast, we drive to Kusadasi via visiting Pamukkale, cotton castles, and Hierapolis, including magnificently preserved Necropolis, the main street, gates, the thermal baths, the Greco Roman theatre, and the Basilica of St. Philippe. Swim in a therapeutic bath of hot spring mineral waters. Farewell Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
Our tour will conclude with a transfer to Izmir airport
Meals: Breakfast
Inclusions
7 Nights Accomodation at 4 star hotels with Breakfast and Dinners
Transportation with new model vehichles
Professional Tour Guide, Biking with group
Bikes rent and tecnical support
Vehicle for Bikes and support
Airport Transfers
Daily Breakfasts
Welcome and Farewell Dinners
Entrance fees to museums
Professional Local Tour Guides in ancient cities
English Speaking Local tour Guides
Tips at Restaurants & Hotels
All Parking Fees and Highway tolls
Local Taxes and current VAT
Exclusions
Personel Expenses such as minibar at the hotels
Drinks at meals
Tips to the local guide and driver