The Aegean Region - Turkey with Your Family: From Bustling Bazaars to Historic Sites - page 122

Child-friendly Events &
Entertainment
International Çe@me Music
Festival, Çe@me

region as well as visitors, whether
they are keen sailors or not. Just
watching the wonderful wooden
sailing ships that come from
Bodrum and further afield taking
part in a programme of races
with their colourful sails in view
is hugely exciting. The whole
event has a festival atmosphere.
Restaurants serve special menus,
and there are fetes, fireworks,
music and dancing.
Third week in October. Events
throughout Bodrum and the Marina.

★
Çe @ me Kalesi, Waterfront, Çe @ me.
b [phone] (tourist
information).
Held in the Castle of St Peter
right on the waterfront at Çe @ me
every summer, the International
Çe @ me Music Festival has a long
programme of events suitable for
almost all members of the family.
While little tots may not neces-
sarily find something to suit
them, there will certainly be a
show or event for you and your
older children and teenagers.
There are modern popular
sounds through to classical, opera
and jazz featured in the pro-
gramme, with musicians coming
from around the world to Çe @ me
to perform. The best option is to
visit the tourist information
office in nearby Iskele Meydani
(see p. 118) to obtain the most
up-to-date information for the
event if it coincides with your
visit. The programme changes
every year. If you do happen to
miss it there's always the Izmir
International Arts Festival and
various other outdoor events to
enjoy at the castle.
First week in July. Castle of St. Peter,
Çe @ me.

ALL AGES

The Marmaris Yacht Festival,
Marmaris

★
Netsel Marina, Harbourside,
Marmaris. b [phone];
www.marmarisdenizcilikfestivali.
com

ALL AGES

In early summer every year,
around the beginning of May,
Marmaris is transformed from a
bustling tourist resort into, well,
a much more bustling tourist
resort. There are nautical shows
and exhibitions, which your
children will enjoy enormously if
they are keen on sailing, along
with parades, stalls, special
events like hot air balloon dis-
plays, races and musical con-
certs. Most of the activities take
place around the Netsel Marina.
Beginning May. Netsel Marina,
Marmaris.

Towns & Cities
Altinkum

The Bodrum Cup,
Bodrum

★★
www.bodrumcup.com
The Bodrum Cup's International
Wooden Yacht Regatta attracts
families from throughout the

ALL AGES

While Altinkum doesn't really
have any claims to historical
fame, it does have one of the
longest, widest and sandiest

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