• Santa Claus, or St Nicholas as he was originally known, was born in Patara, Turkey around 300AD - find out more great factshere
Welcome to La Vita Bella Marmaris
Dolmus - a great way to travel around Marmaris
The Turkish dolmus is a minibus that serves the coastal area of Turkey
• There few if not no bus stops. Your best bet is to stand by a shop or restaurant along its route and hold your hand out as if hailing a taxi.
• Expect a dolmus to come every 10 minutes or so on popular routes. When the dolmus stops double check with the driver that he's going where you want to be.
• The price list, usually stuck above the windscreen.
• Hand the money to the person in the seat in front of you. It gets passed hand-to-hand, man to child to women, all the way up to the driver. He will make out the change when he gets a clear stretch of road with, if you're lucky, one hand on the wheel and hand it back as before, person to person.
• When you want to stop, shout something appropriate and say good evening (Iyi aksamlar!) as you go.
Taxi Boats
• Taxi Boats leave every half hour from the Marina and Various jettys in Marmaris and go to Icmeler and Turunc.
