What's on in Fethiye (Oludeniz), Turkey through the year

Busy — Semester (winter) break in Turkey, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: The coast shuts (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Semester (winter) break in Turkey, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: The coast shuts (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — Second-term mid-break in Turkey, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Lycian Way, spring

  15 Mar – 31 May · usuallyTrail season

  The best half of the walking year on the coast path: the hills are green, the cisterns still hold water and the pensions along the route have reopened. It gets too hot for it by June. Source ↗

Still on: The coast shuts (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Lycian Way, spring (15 Mar – 31 May (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Blue cruise season

  1 May – 15 Oct · usuallySummer season opensBook early

  The gulets come out of winter lay-up in Fethiye and Göcek harbours and the twelve-island runs start going daily. Book the smaller boats ahead; the big day-trip ones you can walk on to. Source ↗

Still on: Lycian Way, spring (15 Mar – 31 May (usually))

Peak crowds — Swimming season, Summer holidays in Turkey

• Season

  Swimming season

  15 Jun – 31 Oct · usuallySea warm enoughCrowded

  Ölüdeniz lagoon and Kabak are comfortable without a wetsuit and stay that way into late October, well after the package flights have thinned. The lagoon charges an entry fee. Source ↗

Still on: Blue cruise season (1 May – 15 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Swimming season, Summer holidays in Turkey

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Blue cruise season (1 May – 15 Oct (usually)), Swimming season (15 Jun – 31 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Swimming season, Summer holidays in Turkey

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Blue cruise season (1 May – 15 Oct (usually)), Swimming season (15 Jun – 31 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Swimming season, Summer holidays in Turkey

• Season

  Lycian Way, autumn

  20 Sep – 15 Nov · usuallyTrail season

  The second walking window, shorter than the spring one, with warmer sea at the end of each day. Water on the higher sections is the thing to plan around. Source ↗

Still on: Blue cruise season (1 May – 15 Oct (usually)), Swimming season (15 Jun – 31 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Swimming season, Ölüdeniz Air Games

• Festival

  Ölüdeniz Air Games

  14–25 Oct · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  Paragliders off Babadağ in numbers, with acro displays over the lagoon, run in the third week of October since 2000. Ölüdeniz beds sell out and the mountain road is busy from first light. Source ↗

Still on: Blue cruise season (1 May – 15 Oct (usually)), Swimming season (15 Jun – 31 Oct (usually)), Lycian Way, autumn (20 Sep – 15 Nov (usually))

Busy — First-term mid-break in Turkey

• Season

  The coast shuts

  15 Nov – 31 Mar · usuallyOff-season shutdownClosures

  Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water. Fethiye town itself keeps working — it is a real town with a fish market, not a resort. Source ↗

Still on: Lycian Way, autumn (20 Sep – 15 Nov (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: The coast shuts (15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))