Yalikavak is 19 km from Bodrum and lies at the northwest corner of the Bodrum Peninsula. This lovely area offers a variety of water sports and Yalikavak’s new Marina attracts many foreign boats to its elegant harbour.

Yalikavak is remowned for its superb sunsets and the sparkling clean sea is the home of the endangered Monachus Monarchus Mediterranean seal which is protected by the State.

The town offers its visitors many delights such as the fresh fish caught in the local waters - gilt head bream and red mullet are served in the local restaurants. Historic sights such as Sandima, Pasanda and Dirmil are famous and a walk around the nearby headlands reveal ancient tombs carved into rocks. Archaeolgical excavations have established that human habitation in the region began in the second millenium B.C. and artifacts show that the area was inhabited by Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine,…

Windmills can be found dotted around the area and domed water cisterns, which in the past were used in times of drought, have now been adapted for artistic and cultural uses.

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