Things to Do in Bodrum

Bodrum was the birthplace of Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian known as the 'Father of History', who was born here around 484 BCE.

The Bodrum Castle, built by the Knights Hospitaller in 1402, incorporates stones from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Bodrum's underwater archaeology museum is housed inside the castle and displays the world's oldest known wreck—a Bronze Age ship that sank around 1300 BCE.

The town sits on a natural deep-water harbour on the Aegean coast that has made it a strategic port for over 2,500 years of successive civilizations.

Bodrum's nightlife is legendary along Turkey's Mediterranean coast, with dozens of waterfront bars and clubs operating until dawn during summer months.

The region is famous for gulet sailing—traditional wooden schooner yachts that offer multi-day cruises to nearby Greek islands and Turkish coves.