Watersports
There’s nothing like a walk through the Underwater Archaeology Museum to inspire the diver in you. The waters off Bodrum are full of caverns, caves, and reefs. Aegean Pro Dive Center, Neyzen Tevfik Cad. 212 (tel. 0252/316-0737; fax 0252/313-1296; http://aegeanprodive.com; open Apr-Oct), provides a safe and easy way to get you there. Dives with your own equipment run around $40 ($50 without), including lunch. They also offer 3- and 5-day packages, group rates, snorkeling for nondiving tagalongs, and PADI certification ($245). Because Turkish law requires that all foreigners be accompanied by a certified Turkish diver, those wishing to go on their own dives can contact Poseidon Diving Systems, Neyzen Tevfik Cad. 80/A (tel. 0252/313-8727; fax 0252/313-1480), which provides a diving companion, equipment, and private transportation for about $55 per day. Lunch is not included.
It’s also possible to join one of the scores of diving boats crowding the harbor just past the entrance to the castle, all of which hawk dive tours with certified divers.
If you’ve thrown caution to the wind and decided to take a last-minute Blue Cruise, contact Aegean Yachting (tel. 0252/316-1517; fax 0252/316-5749; www.aegeanyacht.com) or Gino Group (tel. 0252/316-2166; fax 0252/316-5026; www.ginoyacht.com). As the main yacht agents along the Aegean and Mediterranean, both have multiple locations along the coast, hiring out their own fleet of yachts or booking gulet cabin charters. Tour boats also line the harbor for sun-and-fun day trips to nearby beaches. Day tours cost about $12, leave around 11am, and return by 6pm.
