2. SAILING 'THE SEA OF TRANQUILLITY' AND TO THE GREEK ISLAND OF SYMI, ORHANIYE TO MARMARIS
Undoubtedly the most beautiful itinerary and the quietest for sailing, swimming and kayaking. Named by a friend who wanted only to sail here. Small Turkish villages, great limestone cliffs, pine-tree woods, 3000 year-old agricultural areas, the finest Hellenistic fortress and the most architecturally elegant and charming of all Greek Islands. The Sunday Times Travel Section once called the areas 'the most remote coast of the Mediterranean'. No built-up areas on this route.
| Day 1 | Afternoon embark 'Odysseus'. Overnight Orhaniye./td> |
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| Day 2 | Sail/cruise to the village of Selimiye and then to Bencik in a pine-girt creek. Overnight Bencik. |
| Day 3 | Sail to Kameriye. Overnight Kameriye. |
| Day 4 | Cruise to Datca and sail to the Greek Islands for an optional evening and night at Symi. Overnight Symi. |
| Day 5 | Cruise to small town of Bozburun in the ancient wine-growing area, then to the tiny village of Sojut - 'the most remote' - with the ancient city on the hill. Overnight Sojut. |
| Day 6 | Sail the calm waters to ancient Kasara for a 2hr.walk to an old Genoese port. Overnight Loryma (ancient Hellenistic naval base) opposite Rhodes. |
| Day 7 | Sail/cruise to Amos, then to the Bay of Marmara. Overnight Marmaris. |
| Day 8 | Morning disembark 'Odysseus'. |