Olive Groves and a Quiet Bay: Gündoğan
Formerly named Farilya, Gündoğan on the peninsula's north coast has chosen to stay calm, away from the fame of its neighbours Yalıkavak and Göltürkbükü. The slopes descending to the sea are covered with olive groves and mandarin gardens.
Along the long, narrow bay line up wooden jetties, family-run beach facilities and modest yet delicious fish restaurants. Apostol Island (Little Rabbit Island) across the bay can be reached by rowing boat; the Byzantine monastery ruins on it offer a small sense of discovery.
Gündoğan is known for its second-home owners and loyal visitors who return to the same bay every summer — giving the town the air of a settled seaside village rather than a tourist resort. The morning market, village bread fresh from the bakery and long evening conversations on the jetty set the town's rhythm.
On your transfer from the airport to Gündoğan we greet you at the gate and bring you down through the olive groves to the shore with a fixed price and Mercedes comfort.
What to Do in Gündoğan?
Apostol Island and its monastery ruins by boat, jetty-beach days along the bay, a nature walk to the Peynir Çiçeği Cave in the hills and the village market on Tuesdays — Gündoğan offers a calm yet full holiday. And Yalıkavak's marina and Göltürkbükü's beach clubs are minutes away.