One of the larger vacation resorts, Marmaris is probably the most European of the Turkish resort towns on the Mediterranean coast, and a bustling tourist centre in the summer months.
Built around an extensive natural bay at the foot of forested mountain slopes, the town is the best base for some of the finest sailing on the Mediterranean, with a modern marina catering for private yachts set and the Blue Voyage cruise business.
According to legend the town got its name when, not finding the castle he had commissioned on the hill to his liking, Suleiman the Magnificent (Kanuni Sultan Süleyman) muttered ‘Mimari as’ (‘Hang the architect!’).
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