Fethiye is a typical Mediterranean town established in the south-west of Anatolia, home to many civilizations throughout history, with its cultural and natural riches, mild climate and warm-blooded people.

If you are a nature lover and can't wait to explore new horizons in your life, you have the perfect choice for your holiday. Fethiye's quaint big and small coves, beaches, islands, warm climate and fertile lands and the view of the green pine forests of the Taurus Mountains await you. In the City of Lights, you will feel that your holiday enjoyment turns into enthusiasm, and you will witness how history and culture integrate and color with the surrounding natural beauties.

Starting from the Eşen Plain, the entire region is covered with pine forests and the southwestern elevations of the Taurus Mountains. The height of these mountains on the coast reaches up to 2000 meters. On hot summer days, the snow landscapes on the high hills just behind the pine forests, under the blue sky, are truly worth seeing. A rich flora cover with thousands of plants on the slopes of the mountains, from thyme to sage, from citrus fruits to sweetgum trees, as well as pine trees, is a distinctive feature of Fethiye. The Gunluklu forest, which covers an area of ​​approximately 100 hectares in the region, is an ideal camping and picnic area. The resinous oil of the sweetgum trees is used in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, and the dried bark of these trees has been important as incense material in the region since ancient times.

The typical Mediterrenean climate prevails in Fethiye. It starts to rain generally towards the end of autumn and continue during the winter. The average temperature of summer days is about 30° C whereas in winter which rains occasionally, the temperature is about 12° C. The average see temperature in winter does not go down below 17° C.

Agriculture is the biggest source of income in Fethiye plain, which has fertile and fertile soils. Thanks to that, unlike other tourism centers around, life in Fethiye; continues its activity outside of the summer season.

Along with greenhouse and garden agriculture, the production of industrial agricultural products such as cotton, sesame, tobacco and anise makes a great contribution to the economy of the district. Approximately 250,000 tons of greenhouse and field tomatoes are produced annually and offered to domestic and foreign markets. Beekeeping and honey production also have a very high potential. Another richness of Fethiye is that it is an important chrome export center of Turkey with its mineral deposits having the 4th largest chrome reserves in the world.

Climatic conditions enables almost all kind of fresh fruits and vegetables to grow.

The shopping venue in the city center is Paspatur Old Town which serves to local and foreign visitors all day. There, anything can be easily found from hand woven textiles to pieces of art, from clothing items to groceries. Paspatur has lots of stalls and shops squeezed between bars and restaurants selling small gift items, carpets, leather goods and jewellery. Old town Paspatur which is around the mosque and old bath from the Ottoman period, brings the "old city" to the present day.

The Tuesday Market which gathers local growers and consumers together in a natural shopping environment is worth to see. Fresh fruits and vegetables as well as gift items and household goods are sold in Tuesday Market. Similar markets operate in Günlükbaşı district at Sundays, Gocek at Sundays, Hisarönü at Mondays.

You will enjoy the pleasure of exploring the “City of Lights” full of visual richness worth seeing, while you are sipping your coffee or tea in a cafe in Paspatur, while having a rest, meeting the natural, historical and cultural values ​​of the surrounding area, or having a dinner in the pleasant atmosphere of the Fish Market.