Fethiye By The Captain’s Wife: Mood-based Travel Guide

The Most Honest Fethiye Travel Guide I’ve Ever Written

If you’re overwhelmed by endless hotel lists, tourist traps, and crowded beaches — this guide is for you.

After years of writing general travel guides filled with restaurant tips and hotel recommendations, we’ve taken a different path. We moved to a quiet mountain village above Fethiye, and our way of exploring changed completely.

This new guide reflects that shift.

What makes this guide different?

• No fluff, no ads, no sponsors — just my honest advice after 8 years of living here.

• No long lists of hotels or restaurants — that part is now free and separate.

• Real, slow travel tips — when to visit popular spots without the crowds, how to choose where to stay based on mood, and what to skip.

• Handpicked experiences — from swimming in secret bays to the best boat trips and meaningful local shopping.

• Designed for first-time visitors — with all the essentials, told through the eyes of someone who truly lives here.

What’s inside Part One:

• How to choose the best area to stay

• My favorite swimming spots (and when to go)

• Honest boat trip recommendations

• Where to shop for real, local finds

• The most moving historical places to visit in the hot summer (not to go too far)

Created by a captain’s wife who’s spent years living between forest and sea, this guide helps you experience Fethiye like someone who calls it home — with honest insights, soulful tips, and stories that bring the place to life.

This guide is designed in a vertical format, perfect for mobile phones.

It’s a PDF file you can access even offline — and when you’re connected to the internet, all the clickable links work.