In 1958 there were in Marmaris a devastating earthquake in which almost the entire city was destroyed. Most of the buildings therefore come from the 60s and 70s. As at the beginning of the 80s in many Turkish coastal resorts, tourism developed in Marmaris were also very many hotels built. The city has this mass [...]

Marmaris sits on a slumming bay protected by steep pine-forested mountains. Sultan Süleyman the magnificent built the town’s tiny castle before invading Rhodes in 1522 but little else remains of the quiet fishing village of yesteryear Modern Marmaris is a large toqn and one of Turkey’s main resorts, receiving over a million visitors each year. [...]