Out of Season

It’s time for a new perspective on my favourite location, and it focuses on Bodrum in Wintertime.

Previously I’ve spent time in Bodrum during the peak summer season or one of the shoulder-months of May and October, but now that we’re spending our first Winter in Bodrum, they’ll be new perspective on the content I’m sharing.

This new content will be most relevant to holiday makers looking to take a winter break in Bodrum, but as many of the topics I’ll cover this winter are open and available year-round, it will also be relevant to those visiting throughout the rest of the year.

Year-Round Destination: Bodrum in Wintertime

Although some of the smaller villages hunker down for the winter and only the locals brave the elements and wander the streets, the larger towns like Bodrum are year-round destinations with enough businesses and restaurants open to attract expats and winter-wanderers willing to change flights via Istanbul.

Annie, a fellow expat who lives in Bodrum during the summer (and writes the Back to Bodrum blog) was telling me just yesterday that Friday and Saturday evenings in Bodrum are jumping with action.

Bodrum Castle and Beach

Although the weather is in the mid-60s, the skies are bright blue and the air is fresh and clean. So we’ve been exploring the Bodrum Peninsula at our leisure, checking out what is still open.

On a day-trip to Bodrum, we wandered along the beach for a birds-eye view of Bodrum Castle.

We were the only ones braving the beach, but there was plenty of locals hunched over their Turkish Coffees and Teas at the beach-side cafes.

It’s about 10-15 degrees warmer on the southern side of the Peninsula, so if you’re heading to Turkey for a winter break, it’s good to bear in mind that places like Bodrum and Bitez will be warmer than Yalikavak and Turgutries.

Pomegranate Season

Bodrum and the surrounding towns still need to support the local community during winter, so there are lots are small vendors and businesses open.

During a walk along Ataturk Caddesi we passed my regular fresh-squeezed juice vendor. On previous visits the most prominent juice was Portakal (Orange) – but this time of year it’s pomegranate’s (Nar) that are in huge supply.

I didn’t waste much time ordering myself a glass of fresh squeezed pomegranate juice. As well as being an antioxidant-rich superfood, a glass of pomegranate juice can provide 40% of your recommended dose of Vitamin C … what better way to try and stave off a cold than boosting those reserves!

 

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