About the Datca Flotilla
The Datca flotilla takes you along the Lycian and Carian coasts. It offers more miles than the Lycian flotilla and a bit more wind. It’s an intermediate flotilla.
Quick Choices - Turkey Flotillas
| Difficulty: | Easy | Base: Fethiye | Airport: Dalaman |
| Flights from: | Gatwick, Heathrow, Luton, Stansted, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, East Midlands, Birmingham, Newcastle, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow & Belfast |
| Qualifications: (to self sail) | Minimum RYA Day Skipper Practical or ICC. Those without qualifications may be accepted |
| Other options: | Skippers available for hire |
The flotilla is full of variety. There are traditional bays with just a single restaurant. But in between, there are villages and towns.
Many offer unique features. You can see traditional boat building at Sogut. At Loryma there is a huge citadel at the head of the bay to explore.
The traditional small town of Bozburun is overlooked by its impressive yachts. Datca is a larger town offering an impressive range of souvenirs including the famed Turkish carpets.
The smaller stops each have a charm of their own. Walk up the hills at Dirsek for spectacular views across the Gulf. Sailors Paradise lives up to its name. The chic tourist village of Selimiye merges old an new.
This is a proper two week flotilla, not two one week runs back to back. Taking in some of the less busy parts of the coastline you will see Turkey at its best. And you can expect some cracking sailing along the way.
2026 Dates
| Flotilla | Apr | May | June | July | August | Sept | Oct |
| Datça 2 weeks | | | | 25th | 8th 22nd | 5th | |
Datca Flotilla Itinerary
View the Datca flotilla on a map
See About the maps for Key and more information. You can see photos of the area in the Carian gallery. For details of what’s included see Flotilla inclusions and options.
| Day | Miles | Destination |
| 1: Sat | 0 | Check in. - Fethiye
This popular tourist town is something of a contrast to the many one restaurant bays in the area. As well as the obligatory souvenir shops, you’ll also find local artists and cartoonists who set up their stalls on the front near the town centre. To sooth your aching muscles, there’s also a Turkish bath.
Culture vultures will find ... Read more
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| 2: Sun | 12 | - Kapi Creek
A small bay now completely filled by the restaurant and its moorings. A short walk up the hill behind the restaurant offers panoramic views of the approaches to Gocek Bay. For those with a little more energy, the local village is a little further away – ask the staff for directions.
When I first visited, you ... Read more
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| 3: Mon | 36 | - Ciftlik
Pronounced chiff-lick, this bay contains several restaurants spread along the pebbled beach, along with a gift shop (in a tent) and basic provisions. For a short while, it also offered free drinks at the all inclusive resort in one corner until the staff got wise and started more diligently checking for wrist bands!
In usual Turkish style, the ... Read more
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| 4: Tue | 17 | |
| 5: Wed | 13 | |
| 6: Thu | 15 | - Datca
This is a small town of contrasts. Walk around the harbour to the sandy beach and it’s a tranquil harbour town. Head in to the town itself and it’s a thriving commercial centre. Moor opposite the bars and come evening it’s a thriving tourist spot. Fortunately, it’s too far from an airport to have suffered ... Read more
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| 7: Fri | 16 | |
| 8: Sat | 7 | - Selimiye
Once a sleepy village, Selimiye has become a place to be seen, with an up market feel attracting well heeled Turks from far afield. It’s kept it’s charm though and with a good choice of restaurants and several mini markets one wonders how it ever coped before the quay was extended.
Selimiye has also welcomed home ... Read more
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| 9: Sun | 17 | - Sogut
This small village is the port for a slightly larger village of the same name, up in the hills. It’s a popular stop with charter sailors. In recent years it has been adopted by one of the flotilla companies as their local sailing base.
A couple of restaurants sit near the quay with traditional wooden boat building still ... Read more
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| 10: Mon | 16 | - Serce Limani
A stunningly pretty inlet, voted best stop of the trip by my crew on my last visit. The one restaurant, Captain Nemo’s, offers fairly standard fare but the setting is delightful and the owner is a character (though husbands are advised to place a guard around their wives).
Though there’s a road in to the bay, ... Read more
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| 11: Tue | 30 | - Ekincik
This large bay is a popular stop for those heading between Marmaris and Gocek Bay and also provides the base for the popular boat trip to the famous Turtle Beach and Dalyan village.
Ekincik village itself is rarely seen – it’s on the far side of the bay away from the yacht moorings provided by the ...
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| 12: Wed | 8 | - Asi Koyu
Asi Koyu is a small bay with a beach and restaurant (with showers)! It’s a convenient stop off for yachts transiting between Marmaris and Gocek/Fethiye Bay that don’t want to detour to Ekincik.
The restaurant has provided a jetty for yachts but the bay is also accessible by road (albeit a rather basic one) so sailors ... Read more
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| 13: Thu | 23 | - Sarsala
Tucked in amongst the pine trees, this is another one restaurant bay. The speciality here is pide, traditional Turkish pizza which is served as a starter.
The restaurant also offers home made pine honey which makes a better souvenir than some of the tat available in the souvenir shops in many of the larger towns.
Those feeling ... Read more
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| 14: Fri | 13 | - Fethiye
This popular tourist town is something of a contrast to the many one restaurant bays in the area. As well as the obligatory souvenir shops, you’ll also find local artists and cartoonists who set up their stalls on the front near the town centre. To sooth your aching muscles, there’s also a Turkish bath.
Culture vultures will find ... Read more
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| 15: Sat | 0 | Check out and depart |
| Average | 17 | Note: you will do more miles than this! |
All routes may be subject to change for weather and operational reasons. Your Lead Crew will keep you advised during the week.
