Party Central Gumbet Bodrum

It's a four hour  trip to Gumbet into a South Easterly, so a tad cold however, we are blown away by the sight of Gumbet; its bigger and better than we thought and probably a lot louder as well.

Gumbet is a suburb of Bodrum on the West side and caters for the tourism industry.  The beach is coated with colourful umbrellas that belong to the numerous hotels.  Each one pumping out the music and competing for your business.  We just love it and will stay a few nights even if we don't get to sleep.

Gumbet lights at night.

We go ashore to do a reckie and meet some lovely locals and their families.  In particular a Gulet craftsman who is now retired but very famous for his ship building in his career.

On Sunday we head into Gumbet and catch a bus to Bodrum city a 15 minute ride away.  We walk around the city  and visit the Castle on the headland.  It's famous for being invaded by the English, French, Italians and Germans.  It's been repaired and is in good condition considering it was  originally built in the 14th century.

The dungeon

After visiting the castle and seeing the view of Bodrum Harbour from the Castle we decide we will be heading here tomorrow for at least a night.

Back at Gumbet we go for another walk around Bar St and find a good old Aussie Pub.

Being Sunday is a tad quieter tonight in Gumbet and we both have a wonderful sleep but the holiday makers are having fun!

Dudes in the sail bag.

Flying high.