Photo: The Sadri Usta in a Protected Cove

Our home for a week was the Gulet, or traditional coast-hugging boat, the Sadri Usta with a home port of Marmaris. Numerous boats are available for tours along the Mediterranean coast, with all sizes and priced for all budgets. Our boat could house 14 people comfortably, with air conditioning and glassed in showers. Some boats can house 30-40 people. The boat was always a welcome sight after a hike up and down the mountainous trails that surround the bays and inlets. Ruins of Roman towns, Lycian cities and Greek villages dot the landscape and harbor few visitors, since most can only be reached by a long hike from the water's edge.