If God wants his bondman to live a long life he leaves him to Datça Peninsula.(Strabon)

 With the help of his moistureless wind you could live comfortably, you could surf, you could swim in the clean sea and you could dive. Datça is a small vacation village who welcomes its domestic and international visiters with a cool-warm smile. In spite of being close to famous touristic centers such as Bodrum and Marmaris, Datça is a touristic center who was able to presser and its natural beauties. It is not as hard as it used to be to reach Datça thanks to the highway renovations that were made in the last couple of years. After arriving in Marmaris you can reach Datça, which is only 72kms away from Marmaris, with the 1,5 hour long midibus trip that depart hourly. While even 25C degrees could be suffocating in an elsewhere region, 35C degrees in the mid summer is not suffocating at all in Datça. That is why Datça is an ideal place for people who suffer from asthma and who have heart diseases. In comparison to other towns Datça with its humidity-free and rich in oxygen air has been the host of the oldest medical schools and it has attributed lots of patients who seek a cure. Also with the establishments of the dialysis centers it has been an inviting holiday spot for the kidney patients. Is it because of the wide consumption of the pine honey which is filtered from dense pinewood, flower honey, thyme honey, sage tea, chamomile and rosehip teas that are the products of the climate richness or something else but it seems that the natives of Datça have discovered the way to a healthy life. It is maybe the marvel of its almonds, its olive oil and the wide option of the fresh fish coming from the clean sea such as seabass, gilt-head bream or the striped seabream. It is possible to reach to the sea from anywhere in Datça. Kumluk beach, Hastanealtı beach, Taşlık beach and Şifalı Lake are the seasides located in the city center where you do not need a vehicle to go. You can rest and watch the moonlight in Kargı Bay which is 4kms 
away from the center. With their untouched nature and their clean sea Palamutbükü, Hayıtbükü, Aktur and Ovabükü are ideal gateaways for the ones who seek for a calm vacation. The continously blowing breeze attracts lots of surfers whilst the sea bottom is fascinatingly rich to bewitch the divers. Datça and its surroundings offer a lot of options for the trekking fans. If you want to discover the villages, bays and shores while trekking through the pine, thyme, chamomile, almond and olive trees then what are you waiting for, just take a walk! Meanwhile do not forget to visit Old Datça which attracts a lot of attention with its ancient stoned houses, Hızır Şah Village with its mosque from 
Seljuks, Reşadiye with its ancient houses and mosques and finally Kızlan Village with its famous windmillls. Water Sports and Diving Centres: The most convenient spots for surfing and sailing are Gebe kum beach and Perili Köşk. And for the ones who want to dive: there are 2 alternative diving clubs; one of them is at the city center and the other one is in Aktur.

 Daily Boat Trips: Boats departing from the harbour of Datça make half day or full day trips to close by bays and coves. From the center there are half day tours to Mesudiye and its bays. In the full day tours whose final destination is Knidos, there are meal breaks and swimming breaks in the bays on the route. The important bays which are being visited are Kargı Bay, Hayıtbükü and Kızılbük and Palamutbükü.