Turkey Mini Cruises: 3-Night Blue Cruises from Bodrum, Marmaris and Fethiye

A week on a gulet is the classic Blue Cruise, but not everyone has seven days. Our mini cruises are 3-night, one-way cabin charters on traditional gulets of about 8 cabins and 16 guests. You book a cabin, the crew handles the sailing and the cooking, and you still sleep in quiet bays and swim straight off the boat.

Bodrum and the Gulf of Gökova

The Bodrum → Karacasöğüt cruise leaves Bodrum on Saturday evening and heads into the Gulf of Gökova: snorkelling at Orak Island, the fishing village of Çökertme, Long Port at the Seven Islands and Cleopatra Island before arriving in Karacasöğüt. The reverse, Karacasöğüt → Bodrum, starts on Wednesday via Löngöz, Tuzla, Kargılı Bay, the Byzantine remains at Kissebükü and Yalıçiftlik.

Marmaris ↔ Fethiye

A compact taste of the classic Turquoise Coast route. Marmaris → Fethiye departs on Saturday and calls at Ekincik Bay with the Dalyan river nearby; Fethiye → Marmaris leaves on Wednesday through the Göcek islands, Yassıca, Bedri Rahmi Bay and Sarsala.

Fethiye ↔ Kekova ↔ Olympos/Demre

The most varied of the six. Fethiye → Olympos/Demre (Saturday) passes Butterfly Valley and Ölüdeniz, anchors off St Nicholas Island, stops at Kaş and Aquarium Bay, then sails over the Sunken City of Kekova to Simena castle. Olympos/Demre → Fethiye runs the same coast in reverse from Tuesday.

Combine two for a full week

The departure days are designed to connect: finish Bodrum → Karacasöğüt on Tuesday and board Karacasöğüt → Bodrum on Wednesday, or pair Marmaris → Fethiye with Fethiye → Marmaris. You get a near-week at sea with two different itineraries.

Prices and what to expect

Prices are per person in a shared double cabin and vary by season, from roughly €600 in shoulder weeks to around €1,140 in peak summer on the Marmaris–Fethiye routes. A port charge applies, and the itinerary lists which meals are served on each day. Live availability and seasonal prices are on each route page, or see all Turkey cabin charters.