Ödemiş Birgi And Bozdağ Tour
Duration: 06.00-23.00
Start-Finish: Bodrum-Bodrum
Accommodation: No Accommodations provided
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Min-Max Group: 25-40
Tour price: Please Enquire
06:00 Departure from Bodrum.
Breakfast stop near Bafa lake en route some 50 minutes from Bodrum.
Following 1.5 hrs journey we reach the town of Odemis.
Memorial Trees, Tumulus and excavations along with Odemis museum is visited.
Shopping at the ladies market and free lunch at one of the choice local restaurants.
Departure to Birgi.
We visit the school of Mehmet efendi together with Cakiraga house.
Than we climb over to Golcuk.
Bozdag one of the most beautiful mauntain terrain in the region is visited. There is a ski slope visited when and if conditions permit.
We have several stops and breaks on the way back and return to Bodrum is around 23:00
Bozdag is a part of Ödemis district of izmir province. It is at the east of the province at
38°21′N 28°05′E on Bozdağ Mountains which it is named after. Distance to Ödemiş is 25 kilometres (16 mi) . The population of Bozdağ is 1161. as of 2011.
The ancient name of Bozdağ was Tmolos. It was a border town of Lydian Kingdom in the 6th century BC. After it was plundered by Achaemenid Empire of Persia it lost its importance. According to unclaimed reports, During Ottoman era, it was a summer residence of Mehmet II while he was still a prince (Turkish: şehzade) governing in Manisa.[2] In 1963 it was declared a township.
