Тур по Турции с круизом на гулете, 2027: 7 пакетов, цены от $2,482

A Turkey tour with a gulet cruise combines a classic land route (Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus or Pamukkale) with two or three nights on a gulet, the wooden motor-sailer of the Turkish coast, sailing east from Fethiye past Butterfly Valley, Kaş and the Sunken City of Kekova. The seven packages of ours compared below run 7 to 15 days in 2027 and cost from $2,482 to $4,705 per person, with the boat, hotels, a guide, domestic flights and transfers in one price. For a first trip, the 10-day Turkey package with a Fethiye gulet, from $3,690 per person, gives the most even split between land and sea.

Get Turkey Tours is a licensed Turkish tour operator (TÜRSAB A-15751), not a boat-charter company: charter firms rent out a whole gulet by the week and cruise sites sell a cabin for the sailing alone, while we build the sailing into a full tour. The tour details below come from our live tour pages, read on 12 November 2026.

Turkey tours with a gulet cruise: seven packages compared

Six of the seven use the same 3-day, 2-night sailing that ends at Demre, followed by a flight back to Istanbul; only the 15-day tour has the longer 4-day Blue Cruise. All seven include hotels with breakfast, domestic flights and transfers. None includes international flights.

How the gulet part works: Fethiye to Demre in 3 days

On six packages the sailing follows the same plan:

1. First day: Fethiye to St Nicholas Island. Be at Fethiye harbour by 10:00 for check-in and a briefing. Butterfly Valley comes first, for a swim, lunch and an optional walk to the waterfall; the boat then passes Ölüdeniz, where paragliding from Babadağ is an optional extra (book ahead or tell the captain), and anchors off St Nicholas Island, whose ruins you can climb for the sunset.
2. Second day: Aquarium Bay and Kaş. A morning swim in Aquarium Bay near Kalkan comes before breakfast on board. Then you have free time in Kaş, a small fishing town with an ancient theatre, where diving is optional. The night is spent at anchor in a quiet bay between Kaş and Kekova.
3. Third day: Kekova to Demre. After breakfast the gulet moves slowly over the Sunken City of Kekova; it is a protected site, so swimming, diving and snorkelling are not allowed there. The boat then anchors near Kekova for the walk up to Simena Castle and reaches Demre harbour in the afternoon, where a driver takes you to the airport for the flight to Istanbul.

Demre is the modern town at ancient Myra, but the cruise ends at the harbour; the Church of St Nicholas at Myra is not in the programme. The day plans list lunch and dinner on board on the first day, all three meals on the second and breakfast on the last morning, yet five of the six pages also put lunch and dinner (or "meals and drinks") under exclusions, so ask us to confirm the boat meals in writing. None lists drinks as included.

The longer Blue Cruise: Fethiye to Olympos on the 15-day tour

The 15-day Turkey tour package puts four days at sea in the middle of the trip instead of at the end. On Day 6 an intercity bus leaves the Pamukkale area at about 18:00 and reaches Fethiye around 21:00, with a hotel night in the town centre. On Day 7 you transfer to the pier and the gulet sails at about 11:00: Samanlık Bay, Butterfly Valley and St Nicholas Island on the first day; Aquarium Bay, Kaş and Kekova on the second; the Sunken City, Simena and Gökkaya Bay on the third. On Day 10 the boat follows the coast past Myra, Demre and Olympos, and you continue to Antalya by road.

You sleep three nights in your own cabin, with lunch and dinner on board on Days 7 to 9 and breakfast on board on Days 8 to 10; on Day 7 you have breakfast at the hotel before boarding. Drinking water is included; other drinks on the boat are not. Three free days, in Istanbul, on the Aegean coast and in Antalya, slow the pace, and Cappadocia comes last, by flight from Antalya. It is the lowest-priced of the seven, from $2,482 per person, and its page says it runs every day with no minimum group size.

Which gulet package fits your trip

• One week, all four classic stops: the 7-day Turkey Highlights tour, from $2,660: one guided day in Istanbul, one night in Cappadocia and a 07:00 start on Day 4 for Ephesus, Pamukkale and the road to Fethiye.
• One week with a full Ephesus day: the 7-day Best of Turkey with a Fethiye gulet, from $2,865: no Istanbul touring day, a 04:00 hotel pick-up for the 06:55 flight to Cappadocia, then two nights in Kuşadası.
• One week, Istanbul and Cappadocia first: the 7-day Turkey tour with gulet cruise, from $2,660; you sleep in Kuşadası but have no guided Ephesus visit.
• More Cappadocia, no Ephesus: the 9-day package, from $3,145: two days in Cappadocia, then a bus to Pamukkale with a lunch stop in Konya.
• The balanced choice: the 10-day package, from $3,690: two nights in Cappadocia, an Ephesus day and Pamukkale before the boat.
• Your own guide: the private 11-day tour with a gulet cruise, from $4,705: two Istanbul touring days, 5-star or boutique hotels, VIP entrance fees.
• A slower fortnight: the 15-day tour above.

Our blue cruise tours page lists more combinations, such as the 8-day Express Turkey tour with a gulet cruise from $3,005 and the private 7-day Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale tour with a gulet from $3,370.

The balloon is extra everywhere: a $310 add-on on six packages, while the 15-day page lists it without a price; our standard sunrise balloon flight costs from $199 per person. The three 7-day routes leave one Cappadocia morning, so a flight cancelled for wind has no second chance.

Blue cruise Turkey prices: the boat alone or a full tour

A boat-only cabin cruise on the same coast costs less but covers only the sailing. Boat prices are as each seller listed them on 12 November 2026.

Smart Sailing excludes drinks, site entry fees and crew tips. Barbaros Yachting, a charter firm, hires out whole gulets from Fethiye by the week, so its price depends on the boat and your group. Our packages cost more because they include the land tour, the flights and the hotels around the same stretch of sea.

When the gulets sail: months for 2027

Gulet cabin cruises on this coast are a warm-season product. Smart Sailing's 2026 Fethiye to Olympos departures ran every Saturday from 13 June to 3 October, and its 29 August and 5 September sailings showed as sold out. The first 2027 departure listed for the Farout Turkey cruise on TourRadar is 1 May, in line with our blue cruise page, which puts the gulet season at roughly May to October. None of the seven package pages gives fixed 2027 sailing dates, so tell us your dates first and we confirm that the boat sails that week before you pay anything.

For the sea season and month-by-month weather, see our Fethiye destination guide and the best time to visit Turkey. If you would rather sleep in a beach hotel than on a boat, Istanbul and Fethiye in one week shows that plan, and our Kekova Sunken City boat trip page covers a day trip from Antalya.

Before you pay: what to confirm in writing

• The night before boarding. Only the 15-day page names a hotel night in central Fethiye; on the others, ask which hotel you use after the Pamukkale day.
• The flight from the coast. Several day titles name Antalya for the flight back to Istanbul: ask for the airport and time. The 7-day tours end with that flight, so add an Istanbul night ($65) and fly home the next day.
• Cabins. Only the 15-day page says you sleep in your own cabin; ask about the others.
• Luggage. Where the pages state it, the domestic flights allow one 15 kg checked bag and one 8 kg cabin bag; a soft bag stows more easily on a boat.

Tours that cover this

• 10-day Turkey package with a Fethiye gulet: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus, Pamukkale and 2 nights on board, from $3,690 per person.
• 7-day Turkey Highlights tour with a Fethiye gulet: the four classic stops and the boat in one week, from $2,660 per person.
• 15-day Turkey tour with a 4-day Blue Cruise: 3 nights on board and three free days, from $2,482 per person.
• Private 11-day Turkey tour with a gulet cruise: your own guide and 5-star or boutique hotels, from $4,705 per person.

No prepayment needed: pay on the tour day.

Send us your dates on WhatsApp at +90 545 307 67 88 and we will check the gulet for your week and send a written plan for the 10-day Turkey package with a Fethiye gulet, or the package that fits you better, with hotels, flights and boat meals spelled out.

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