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The Blue Voyage guide

Routes, history and practical advice for a week on a gulet along the Turkish coast — from a family that has sailed these waters for generations.

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Blue Voyage routes: a guide to every gulet route on the Turkish coast

Gökova, Datça, Bozburun, Göcek and Fethiye: what each Blue Voyage route is like, who it suits and how one-way routes work.

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From Bodrum’s sponge-diving boats and a writer’s exile in 1925 to Azra Erhat’s 1962 book and today’s week-long gulet charters.

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How gulets are built, what is on board, who sails them and what a day aboard is like — from a family that has sailed them for generations.

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Sea temperatures, the meltem wind and the busy weeks: how to choose the best month for a gulet cruise on the Turkish coast, from May to October.

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What the weekly price of a gulet covers, why meals are separate, how the deposit and balance work, and what to tell us before you sail.

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Which airport to fly to for each harbour, how long the drive takes, and how to plan your flights around boarding and leaving the yacht.