Turkey’s Top 10 Secret Beaches

Turkey’s Top 10 Hidden Beaches

Here are the top 10 unspoilt, deserted beaches with a perfect blue sky, scorching sun, and azure-colored sea. These crowd-free beaches, from hidden bays to pristine secluded coves, offer the perfect quiet escape. Check out these 10 secluded beaches for a tranquil getaway.

Turkey’s Unspoilt Beaches

If a summer holiday in Turkey makes you think of crowded beaches and heaving resorts, think again. For swimmers and sun worshippers, Turkey offers the best dream beaches. Scattered among the mountainous peninsulas lie hidden arcs of sand, pretty shingle bays, and unspoilt villages with simple restaurants opening out onto the beach. Most can only be reached by car or boat, meaning they are rarely busy, even in the height of summer.

Mediterranean

Cirali If you want a more relaxed, romantic atmosphere, Cirali is the beach for you. It is far more secluded and smaller than the other two beaches mentioned so far, and is backed by a forest, which is filled with Roman ruins.

Phaselis Phaselis is an ancient city, which has a magical mix of pine forests and golden sandy beach. This secret beach is famous for its superb swimming opportunities and the natural beauty of the clear sea.

North Aegean

Assos The old town and ancient city occupy a rocky peak, with stunning views of the Aegean and Greece beyond, while its harbor is one of the most picturesque to be found anywhere on the Aegean coast.

Foca is popular with Turkish holidaymakers living in nearby Izmir. Its historic sites include a Genoese castle and a small ancient theater. The resort is split into two bays with beaches in each.

South Aegean

Sarigerme Sarigerme is a large sandy beach, scenic and spacious. With its back surrounded by pine forests and facing a long beach with fine sand and a clean sea, it is a very special location indeed for families with children.

Palamutbuku This untouched cove just far out into the South Aegean and is awash with almond trees, olives, and wildflowers. The water is clean and cool, and the sea is like turquoise silk linen.

Butterfly Valley Turkey’s most photogenic beach is Butterfly Valley. Thousands of butterflies live in the trees behind the beach. There are just a few treehouses in which to rest your head.

Kabak Kabak is the perfect place to escape package holiday groups and most visitors come here to chill out in one of the many wooden huts and bungalows, set in the pine-forested valley behind the sand-and-pebble beach.

Black Sea

Sinop Sinop has many fascinating things to see, and the beaches are small. Nice beaches, never crowded, because the Black Sea water is usually pretty chilly.

Inkumu Inkumu is a unique tourism attraction on the Black Sea coast. The sea shore is full of green pine forests, sand, and bright sea.