Muğla, Antalya beaches the best in Turkey

Turkey's two world famous tourism spots, the southern province of Antalya and the western province of Muğla, are like haven for holiday goers with their beaches and coves. 

A well-known German online hotel reservation website marked Altınkum beach in İzmir's Çeşme, Ayazma in Çanakkale's Bozcaada, İztuzu, Sedir Island, Ortakent, Ölüdeniz, Palamutbükü, Butterflies Valley and Kabak Cove in Muğla and 

Phaselis, Kaputaş, Patara, Olimpos in Antalya as the most beautiful beaches in Turkey. Among these 13 beaches 11 are in Antalya and Muğla. 

The Cleopatra beach, lying in 16 kilometer north of Muğla's Marmaris, is known for its golden-yellow sand and turquoise sea. It is forbidden to enter the beach with slippers and towels. 

It is believed that the sand on the beach on Sedir Island was brought from Egypt by vessels for Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her lover Roman commander Antonius to meet and this is why the beach bears the name of Cleopatra. 

Officials say that the sand on the north coast of the island is made of limestone and this type of sand is seen only on the Cretan Island in the Aegean region along with the Sedir Island. 

Çamlı neighborhood mukhtar Kerim Ekinci said that Cleopatra is one of the best beaches in Turkey and they make use of it. 

Those, who visit Ölüdeniz in Fethiye, which is known for its waveless sea and was selected the world's best beach in 2006, can see different tones of blue there. Visitors also have chance to see the magnificent view of Ölüdeniz by paragliding. 

Nature, sea, sand

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