Cleopatra Island (about. Sedir) This is the most popular maritime excursion organized in Marmaris. You can buy it from the operator or in a travel agency on the street.
The island is located in Gykova's bay, and is named after the notorious Queen of Egypt. A sightseeing ship is sent to the island, travel time is about an hour.
Sedir Island once was one whole
On the island in ancient times, the city is the port of cedi, in the harbor of which commercial vessels came. After repeated earthquakes, the island was divided into three parts, the harbor of the roughness, and the city fell into decay. The island overgrown with a large bush and low trees. In the reminder of the city on the island there were ruins of walls and some buildings. Ancient Theater is the most well-preserved structure. The theater is small, with a capacity of up to 500 people, trees sprouted between stone blocks.
Ancient Theater.
Even on the island there are ruins of a small Christian church dated 5 century AD. More out of buildings on the island, and there is nothing to look, but those that are, are not very impressive as the ruins of Ephesus or even a hierarpolis on Pamukkale.
Excursions to the island of Sedir are popular for another reason. Everyone goes there in order to swim on the famous Cleopatra Beach and swell the sand that was taken to the island from Egypt. As a beautiful legend tells, the island was given to Cleopatra her beloved Anthony. The local beach did not like the local beach, and Anthony, in order to be beloved, ordered the sand from Egypt here. Sand and really not ordinary, seemingly not to distinguish from ordinary. But with close consideration it can be seen that the grains of sand multicolored and round, have organic origin. Turks are very worried that tourists will grow this sand, and therefore, at the exit from the beach there is a shower.
The beach itself is small, meters fifty in length, clamped between stony shores. Water of a beautiful turquoise shade, quite a lot of tourists. You can enter the beach one of two bridges.
Cleopatra Island is an interesting place that you need to see.