Blue Cruise

Traditional two-masted gulet schooner visiting a cove in Gökova as part of the Blue Voyage
The Isle of Kekova is among the popular destinations of the Blue Cruise.

A Blue Cruise, also known as a Blue Voyage (Turkish: Mavi Yolculuk) or Blue Tour (Turkish: Mavi Tur), is a term used for recreational voyages along the Turkish Riviera, on Turkey's southwestern coast along the Aegean and Mediterranean seas.[1] The cruise is typically a week-long trip aboard the local gulet schooners, to ancient cities, harbors, tombs, and beaches in the numerous small coves along the country's Turquoise Coast.

Carian Cruise is a lesser-known synonym used by some sources internationally, in reference to the term Caria — the name this region of southwest Turkey was called in ancient times.[2]

  1. ^ Holliday, Taylor (2 July 2006). "Where to Raise the Sails, or Just a Glass". New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Caria - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 7 May 2024.