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Walking Tour: Discover the City Like a Local
4.4
46 Ratings
Bodrum
Experience Bodrum like a local with our customized private tour. Skip the mundane historical tours and discover the city through a local’s eyes. Book now!
Experience Bodrum like a local with our customized private tour. Skip the mundane historical tours and discover the city through a local’s eyes. Book now!
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology - This is a customized walking tour so the exact itinerary will depend on the duration of the tour and the interests of the travelers and the Lokafyer. If you have any particular interests or would like to see something specific in the city, please request this in advance of the tour.
- Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology - This is a customized walking tour so the exact itinerary will depend on the duration of the tour and the interests of the travelers and the Lokafyer. If you have any particular interests or would like to see something specific in the city, please request this in advance of the tour.
What's Included
- Customized private walking tour
- Local guide ‘Lokafyer’
- Customized private walking tour
- Local guide ‘Lokafyer’
What's Not Included
- Entrance fees
- Personal expenses
- Tips and gratuities (optional)
- Food and drinks
- Local transportation around the city (It’s a walking tour, car transportation isn’t included)
- Entrance fees
- Personal expenses
- Tips and gratuities (optional)
- Food and drinks
- Local transportation around the city (It’s a walking tour, car transportation isn’t included)
Additional Information
Our walking tours let you bypass the usual, stuffy history tours and instead explore the city through the eyes of a resident. With these tours, the focus is as much on the people you interact with as the sights you see. Our local guides, or ‘Lokafyers’ as we call them, are enthusiastic about their city and can’t wait to share their insights with you….
Our walking tours let you bypass the usual, stuffy history tours and instead explore the city through the eyes of a resident. With these tours, the focus is as much on the people you interact with as the sights you see. Our local guides, or ‘Lokafyers’ as we call them, are enthusiastic about their city and can’t wait to share their insights with you. Because they’re not professional tour guides and only lead tours on occasion, they provide a truly authentic and personal experience, much like a friend would. By the time you finish the tour, you’ll be able to easily navigate the city and feel confident that you’re well-equipped to maximize your visit.
Location
Bodrum Maritime Museum
Nazım Hikmet Sokak
Travelers can request the tour to start from any centrally located hotel. In case your hotel is outside the city center we will select a convenient meeting point in the city center.Tour may end at a different location from the departure point unless requested in advance of the tour.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(46 Ratings)
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Torgeir_f
Nov 25, 2024
Super tour - Great tour with SELAHATTİN TÜMER. He guided us through the interesting parts of the old town of Bodrum with impressive knowledge and passion. His English is fluent and impeccable. Highly recommended 👍😊
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Katelucy23
Oct 11, 2024
Extremely knowledgeable tour guide - We booked a local tour of Bodrum whilst on a beach holiday in a resort nearby. We were very lucky to have had Selahattin as our tour guide. Selahattin was extremely knowledgable and engaging and was clearly passionate about the history of Bodrum and Turkey more generally. As a licensed tour guide he was able to take us into Bodrum Castle which is predominantly where our two hour tour took place. He was able to answer all of our questions and we learned lots of really interesting things about the area. We would definitely recommend this tour and Selahattin in particular to anyone else who would like to learn more about the history of Bodrum.
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Global816268
Aug 14, 2024
Bodrum walking tour - Wonderful tour! We enjoyed every minute and would do it again! We were shown all of the highlights of Bodrum and even the best places to shop!
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Antoinette_b
Jul 9, 2024
Tour guide was amazing!!!! - This tour was absolutely perfect! Our tour Nuri really knew his stuff! He was prompt and designed everything around what it is we wanted to see. We walked through the streets of Bodrum and learned about different plants, the culture and the tour was fantastic. I would highly recommend this tour and I would totally, recommend Nuri! The Turkish lunch we had at the end was so good. We are still thinking about it!
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Angela_p
Jun 21, 2024
Great day in Bodrum - We had a lovely day with our guide Selahattin. We toured Bodrum Castle and learned a lot about Bodrum and its history. After our tour he gave us many suggestions on how to spend the rest of our day in Bodrum and walked us to a restaurant where he helped us order a delicious lunch. Definitely recommend this tour and our great guide!
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Nickgalotti
May 9, 2025
A nice look at Bodrum - Cruising with WindStar and met our guide Ozge very easily at the mariner Museum. We had a two hour walk around the island and learned very much more than if we had toured on our own.
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Mudger2014
May 18, 2025
Going solo - Unfortunately I didn't find my tour guide. I arrived 1hr early to familiarise myself with the area and did ask directions along the way, but unfortunately, I was sent to the wrong location. I waited, but without the Internet, it was impossible. Starbucks offered free WiFi, but I couldn't connect to that either. In the end, I did the tour alone, I had a thoroughly enjoyable day and even found Aya Nikola Kilisesi and an art gallery I wouldn't have seen. I try not to think of the money I spent. Maybe a map pinpointing the maritime museum would help future visitors, who like me have no wifi or sense of direction. I visited again later and still couldn't find the meeting point.
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John_a
May 15, 2024
Pleasant but unprepared and inexperienced tour guide - When we realized our tour guide was unprepared to talk to us about the history of Bodrum, I began to ask her more about everyday culture and life in Bodrum. She was helpful with the Turkish language and interpretation for us.
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Nevatravel
Jun 6, 2025
A supervised walk - If you don’t get a guide with good reviews don’t take this tour. I read the reviews prior to taking this tour due to cancellation on our original tour, and it was obvious that if you get a woman guide it’s not going to be a good experience. I asked the company who will be the guide and tell them we are flexible to change the time just to get a good guide. They responded that the guide of our choice was not available but did not answer the question. I realized we are heading for a disaster and I was right. The young woman was not a bit interested to give us any information. She walked ahead of us occasionally asking if she was not too fast. Instead of walking through the town she took us along a busy highway, which was quite dangerous. When we reached the gate I asked her for information and she gave an obvious answer that it was a gate to the wall to protect the city and the rest I can read on the board there. On the way back we walked through the town but it was awkward to have her around as no information was given and she continued walking silently. I the middle of this excruciating experience I had to ask her to leave us, which she did. She should not be a guide or she needs a training. She probably a company’s owner protege and they cannot let her go.
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Manuel_v
Jun 27, 2024
Not worth the money. Not recommended. - The guide was a very nice lady and very friendly and accommodating. However she was not a true local (living there only 3 years) and she did not know her way around the city too well. She herself had to ask for directions to popular sights. It also seems to me that this was her first tour and she was taking more pictures of the sights than we were (as if she had never been there before). Also she was more interested in learning Spanish from us rather than to tell us about the local cuisine and customs of the area. Overall not worth the money as we could have easily done this tour by ourselves.
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