ALBATROS MARINA

Marmaris – Muğla – Turkey

Coordinates : 36′ 50″ N – 28′ 17″ E
Vhf : Channel 06
Call Sign : ” Albatros Marina “

We are pleased to welcome you to our web site. We invite you to discover our top quality marina where details make the difference. Navigating our pages will introduce you one of the finest marinas in the Mediterranean and in the South Aegean. We are confident that you will be impressed by our services and facilities, and we know that the natural beauty of Marmaris will enhance you. We will make sure that your stay in Albatros Marina, your natural secure bay, is worth every moment of your precious time. Reasons to make Albatros your home port.

Convenient Location: Ideally located in Marmaris; next to the heart of the town but world away from the city bustle. Situated in a spot of stunning natural beauty and surrounded by pine trees, Albatros Marina is a pretty and peaceful refuge only 1.5 km from Marmaris town centre. Albatros Marina provides close proximity to all major facilities including shopping, dining, entertainment, accommodation, banking & postal services, transportation and other services.

Very affordable prices: Our competitive prices offer you the economic choice for your long and short term stays in our marina. Low year around rates also available for combination long term dry-docking and mooring.

Long and Well-established & experienced management: Albatros marina was established in 1991 and has been operating successfully ever since. This splendid, village like and peaceful marina can store 260 medium size boats on the hard and another 150 yachts in the sea.

Top quality services and facilities: Within this 30,000 square meter of land and water, Albatros Marina has all of the services you and your yacht require from 20 ton travel-lift to yacht brokerage. With 24 hour security, a well-stocked market store, waterfront bar-restaurant, as well as high quality technical service from experienced staff, Albatros Marina prides itself on standard of service.

Peaceful setting with privacy feeling: Beautifully landscaped surroundings lets you enjoy park like settings with a quay and waterfront promenade for a stroll with the family.

Friendly atmosphere and warm people Our friendly staff is glad to assist you every day of the week,so feel free to give us a call for any questions you may have,or any information you need. Your neighbours and local sefarers, ”other boat owners at the marina”, always wear a smile here reflecting the Turkish hospitality.

Environmental friendly: Awarded the European Blue Flag in 2000 by F.E.E.E., Albatros Marina is internationally recognised in its continuing efforts to keep the marina clean and safeguard the local environment and wildlife.

Join us, meet our friendly staff, enjoy spending your time here at Albatros Marina, and experience peace of mind even when you are away.

Marmaris – Old town charm with all the amenities you need!

A premier location for boaters – Many marine related businesses
Beautiful natural surrounding lively downtown – Many music clubs and great dining establishments
Waterfront living- Movie Theater – Shopping Malls and much more

Albatros Marina’s privileged location in southwestern Turkey, in the heart of Marmaris, makes the perfect choice for cruising and sailing. Marmaris, named “Physcos” by ancient Carians in 3000 BC, is a world renowned destination, located where the Mediterranean meets Aegean Sea. Marmaris offers long sandy beaches bordering the clear sparkling blue sea and boasts the best possible sunny weather year-round where you may find many opportunities for day cruising. This fertile coastal region is ideal for sailing and all water sports, and attracts many foreign yachts to the harbour that once sheltered mainly fishing boats.

Marmaris, built around a sweeping natural bay at the foot of pine forest covered mountains, offers a true taste of Mediterranean; whitewashed buildings bordered by narrow streets, friendly and open people, delicate cuisine, a warm and welcoming climate and exciting night life. Marmaris, once a fishing village, has now grown into a vibrant and cosmopolitan town; the perfect blend between tradition and modernity. Impressive Turkish hospitality, unspoiled bays, world-renowned hotels, an unbeatable natural surrounding, restaurants, shopping centers and colorful night life make Marmaris the ideal setting for your holiday.

Marmaris is close to major metropolitan areas and cities embedded in rich history and tradition such as: Ephesus, Pamukkale, Antalya and Izmir; or the enticing Greek Island Rhodes, just an hour’s catamaran ride away from Marmaris. Take your time, to sail from the Albatros Marina to Göçek and Fethiye, to discover its historical, and picturesque islands. To sail to the small deserted bays which are hidden in the coasts of the Gökova and Datca. Take your time to sail to the ports of the Aegean and Greek coast, to enjoy the most beautiful moments of your voyage, in the bluest waters in the world.

Your principal gateaway to Marmaris is Dalaman Airport. Throughout the year, scheduled flights to Dalaman airport are available regularly. Albatros Marina is a brief one hour and half ride from the airport. Albatros Marina provides transfer service from Dalaman Airport. The rates are indicated below. Arriving guests are welcomed from their flights and driven to the marina. Additionally, coach service from Istanbul, Izmir, Antalya and Ankara is another alternative for getting to Marmaris.

Approaching
If you are not sailing in but have booked a charter boat in Marmaris, then please follow the instructions of your chartering company. If you are arriving with your yacht, our boat yard’s global positioning coordinates are 36 50 N, 28 17 E which is the actual spot where Aegean and Mediterranean seas meet. Upon your arrival in Marmaris bay, please call us with call sign “Albatros Marina” on VHF radio channel 06 in order to enable our office staff to divert you into a convenient berth.

Convenient Location: Our village-like little boat yard is built just outside the Marmaris town that could easily be reached by 10 minutes walk from the town center or 5 minutes cycling. You could also use your dinghy in order to go to town and get back to the marina as it takes a couple of minutes via tenders. Daily shopping could alternatively be made with reasonable rates at the the market which is located next to the little bar-restaurant within the marina premises.

Mooring And Dry-docking
“Looking for a great home port for your boat?” Stay for a day, the season, or the rest of your life…Albatros Marina offers overnight, weekly, monthly and full season dockage for its guests.

Mooring at Albatros
Discerning yacht owners appreciate the secure harbor location, full berth features and impeccably maintained facilities. All berths have access to electricty and water. There is mooring facility for various type sailing yachts and motor yachts in our boatyard. Although our winter mooring capacity is limited with 60 berths, the unique geographical location functions as well as a natural breakwater for those moored at our boat yard and therefore this number increases up to 150 yachts between May and October. The little river side quay that is also fitted with fresh water and shore power outlets, husbands some 60 yachts safely during the winter period.

Dry-docking at Albatros
Our yard is capable to host 240 yachts on the hard at the same time. We have got a travel lift of 20 tons for smaller yachts and a cradle for bigger ones. The cradle may pull out yachts that are up to 200 tons of weight and 30 meters of length. The travel lift and automatic crane offers to facilitate the manaouvre of boats in and out of water efficiently. Since some draught depths of specially designed yachts may require a technical modification on the cradle, it is recommended to get a technically haulage confirmation prior to heading your yacht to the marina.

With electricity and water available throughout the dry-docking area, the boat owners can carry out their own shore repairs. There are also facilities for the laying-up of boats in a covered shelter.

Boatyard and Berth Facilities
Within this 30,000 square meter of land and water Albatros Marina offers a number of amenities for boaters, such as friendly staff, lots of open space, well maintained facilities, concrete docks, electricity, water, fully serviced berths, and experienced technical staff.

The boatyards facilities include: Haulage & Launch with travel-lift: Caters for boats up to 4.50 meters wide and up to 20 tonnes in weight. Albatros Marina has hard-stand area which can accomodate up to 250 boats, from smallest craft up to 40 metres in length. Haulage & Launch with Cradle (Sledge) caters for boats up to 40 meters in lengthand up to 150-200 tons weight. Jetties withshore power, light and fresh water

Fully serviced berths connected to electricity in lock-down posts: Fresh water and 220V electricity is provided free of charge at each berth. The supply of electricity is metered and charged accordingly. Albatros Marina can cover a wide range of maintenance and repairs, including mechanical, electrical, electronic, wood-working, sail-repair, refrigeration, upholstery etc. Additionally, a diver is available undertaking underwater repairs, hull inspection and other tasks. For further information on any kind of repairs do not hesitate to contact the marina office.

The marina offers a full range of technical boat services:
- Chandlery
- Upholstery: Customized design and quality finishes for all your needs in timber, fibreglass or metal.
- Marine engine and outboard motor repair and service: Highly experienced technical staff specialized in shafts, struts, and engine alignments, etc
- Welding of aluminium and stainless steel
- Sail repair service
- Marine electronic services
- Fiberglass repair: From the most basic to a complete bottom replacement, etc.
- Carpentry: All type of woodwork for your interior and outdoor needs
- Rigging, rope and wire splicing
- Painting: 1st Class yacht painting, Awlgrip, Stirling, Imron, etc. – Full staff of yacht craftsman on premises
- Pressure wash
- Boat building
- Storage
- Sandblasting

On site services
At Albatros Marina, number of different on-site services are available.

Reception Office
The marina is open all year round on a 24-hour basis. The Reception Office is located in the Administration building, where our friendly staff will assist you with all arrival formalities, deal with any problems that might arise and provide you with any kind of information you might need. The opening hours of the Reception Office vary according to the season. You may call the Office or the Duty Officer on VHF channel 06.

Waterfront Restaurant-Bar
Fine dining in an contemporary relaxed environment. For a quick pick-me-up, enjoy your favorite ice cream, grab a hamburger, fish sandwich or some picnic fixings. Sample some apple pie to satisfy your sweet tooth. Relax over a rich cup of coffee, a refreshing cool drink or a tasty snack. It’s all here…..and don’t forget some candy for that “special gift”.

Facilities
Well-stocked market store: Located next to the restaurant is the market store covering most of your essential requirements
Marina office: Secreterial & computer services, internet, fax, telephone facilities. Operates everyday from 8am- 5pm in winter season and 8am- 7pm in summer season. All bookings and payment of accounts are to be made through the office.
Laundry Room: Washer and dryer machines are found nera the shower units. Dry cleaning service can be organised via our concierge.
Toilets and showers: Modern and clean facilities with 24 hr hot water for marina customers.
Private Storage
Telephones: Public telephone booths are sited in several parts of the marina as well as at the Reception Office, where there is also a fax service
Weather Reports: Daily weather reports are displayed on the notice board at reception. You may also request weather information from the marina office via VHF.
Postal Services : Mailbox is located at the marina office Letters or parcels should be collected from the Reception Office.
Transportation: Car rental and motorbike rental services can be arranged by marina office staff. There is a taxi station by the gate of the marina. Local bus schedule can be obtained from the marina office.
Car Parking: Facilities for the parking of cars and boat trailers are available free of charge to our guests. Please park only at the designated areas. The marina is not responsible for the loss or theft of items from parked vehicles
Security: The entrances to the marina are manned by private security guards on a 24-hour basis. Both on and off shore there is constant surveillance by marina personnel.

Albatros Marina / Marmaris – Muğla – Turkey

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DERIN DIVING CENTER

Kemer – Antalya – Turkey

Diving is nothing else than seeing and breathing under water. It’s the fulfilment of a mankind’s dream. The weightless floating; the discovery of a world we only know from movies or books .The only aim of this partner:Activity is to experience, explore and discover as much as posible. Together in order to enjoy all that afterwards, e.g. during the diver’s get together youthinking same way, then we are certainly among ourselves and we are very much looking forward to your visit.

DIVING COURSES
All level of CMAS-PADI-NAUI courses with experiencer intstructors. We always make every efort-friendly and reliable to offer safe and eventful diving for beginners.

FOR EXPERIENCED DIVERS
Boat trip to the “Three Islands” with a view up to 40 meters at 10 different diving locations, good fish population and magnificent stalactite caverns the islands belong to the most beatiful diving areas of the Mediterranean Sea. Another highlight is the boat trip to the wreck near to Kemer. It’s used as a warship in the First World War.

PIRATE’S BEACH CLUB
Pirate’s Beach CLub has 250 meters long beach with blue flag on the Mediterranean coast. It is 18 km to Kemer, 57 km to Antalya, 68 km to Antalya International Airport…

With its award winning international cuisine there is a main restaurant and also there is a seafood a’la carte restaurant. There are five bars, (import and local drinks are served) located at various areas. All the four pools are heated. Two of the pools are with the water slides. All day long animation programs, shopping center, sauna, steambath, Turkish bath, massage, fitness center, TV / meeting room (capacity 100 person), discotheque…

For the children; Mini Club, play ground, kids restaurant, kids pool, “Ali Baba”s zoo…All standart rooms and suites come with TV, radio, direct dial telephone, minibar and balcony…Water sports, diving school, land sports, tennis, table tennis, beach volley, basketball, billiards, archery…

Come and enjoy your vacation with the pirates and our lovely parrot Laura !… 

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Cave Video-1
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Derin Diving Center / Kemer – Antalya – Turkey

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ATAÇ YACHTING BLUE VOYAGE TOUR

Life on Board
We wish a happy,sunny and calm sea cruising to you. There are some very simple things for visitors to pay attention during their cruising in order not to face difficulties;
- As a yacht can have limited places, there is no need to bring big luggage’s, some T-Shirts and shorts are in most cases enough to have a nice and comfortable cruise.
- During staying in harbor or cruising, Captain is the person who is responsible for your safety. Please pay attention to his comments.
- If you want to plan your routes by yourself you have to get approval from Captain. Captain has right to change your routes and cruise plans if needed.
- If you are provisioning yourself, make the menu as early as possible to give it to your cook.
- Don’t start swimming before engine stops.

Blue Cruise
Blue Cruise, is cruising in South Aegean and almost all Mediterranean Sea where known from antic times as Pamlilia, Likia and Karia. One of the few traditional traveling and resting way in Turkey, may be the best. You can enjoy private and incentive Mediterranean and Aegean bays with your choice of itinerary, time and food along Turkey’s long and spectacular coastline. This is the Blue Voyage, a yacht holiday on Gulets which is very much like a floating hotel where navigation, cooking and serving is handled by a crew of 2-4 and all you are required to do is rest and relax.

For lovers of the active life, sailing, surfing, swimming and diving are available.

Recommendations
First off all, a camera, to take photos and films of the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts where able to see thousands of harmony of blue and green colors. Some shorts and T-Shirts and sport shoes to climb the beautiful hills of bays. You will have time to read during your sun bathing, so please also bring your books. Although it is available on our yachts, you can bring your own, snorkeling, diving, swimming equipments, if you are specialists.

PRIVATE CHARTER
Private Charter is hiring a complete yacht with your family or with your friends up to 8 people and make your traveling plans and routes by yourself with the agreement of your Captain. You can make your own provisioning and menu for meals or if you like we will arrange everything for you by asking 25 E /day/person for your meals excluding all drinks from bar. If you choose provisioning by yourself, you must also provision for crew.

Routes
On Private Chartering,you can make your cruising plans and routes according to days you will cruise by taking care of the weather and sea conditions. We have all necessary equipment onboard to plan your routes .The only condition is to get approval for your routes from Captain. Don’t forget Captain is responsible for your safety.

The sample routes below were prepared according to long experience of cruising.
- Bodrum – Çökertme – Akbük – Söğüt – Cleopatra Island – Göçek- Sarsala – Bedri Rahmi – Manastır
- British Harbor – Longöz – Ballısu – Balıkaşıran – Fethiye – Ölüdeniz- Gemiler – Tersane
- Orak Island – Kara Island – Bodrum – Göçek

The menu of Private Charter, who is not provisioning by themselves.
Common Breakfast : Tea, Coffee, Fruit juice, Bread, Honey, Jam, Butter, White Cheese, Egg, Sheep cheese, Olive.
Lunch – Dinner
1.day : Fish, calamari, special salad made of vegetable, aubergine salad, desert.
2.day : Grilled meat balls, potato chips, spaghetti, special kebab, rice, fresh been with olive oil, grilled vegetables, salad, fruits.
3.day : Dish of aubergine, aubergine salad, fish, shrimps, pastry, salad, wheat rice, pudding.
4.day : Chicken with mushrooms, purslane with yogurt, steak, chops, alinazik, freshbeen, potato mash, salad, fruit.
5.day : Dolma cooked in olive oil, spaghetti, beet leaves in yogurt, meat balls, redmullet, pastry, rice with vegetables, salad, fruit, desert.
6.day : Artichoke with olive oil, mucver, saksuka, salad, зцkertme kebap, calamari, been salad, pumpkin grilled in olive oil, mixed salad.

CABIN CHARTER
The yachts are normally with 4,5,6 cabins,with special wc and Shower in all cabins. The beds are double and there are enough place for a child also. The cabin charter is selling the cabins to a group of people who wants to make the blue cruise together. To hire a cabin charter,the group members should be min.8, max.10 adults.

The menu of Cabin Charter is listed below.

Common Breakfast : Tea, Coffee, Fruit juice, Bread, Honey, Jam, White Cheese, Egg, Sheep Cheese, Olive,
Lunch – Dinner
1.day : Fish, vegetable from sea, mushrooms, desert.
2.day : Fresh been, rice, aubergine with yogurt, chicken in oven, rice, pastry, salad, fruit.
3.day : Aubergine with meat, pastry, salad, fish, saksuka, starters.
4.day : Purslane with meats, spaghetti, alinazik, grilled meats, rice, potato chips, salad, fruit.
5.day : Dolma with meat, red mullet, chicken, potato chips, aubergine salad, fruit.
6.day : Aubergine in oven, spaghetti, vegetable plate, chicken, mucver, salad.

Cabin Charter
The Cabin Charter plan and routes are shown below..You can change routes if all group agrees by the approval of Captain.

Gökova Route
Bodrum – Çökertme – Cleopatra Island – Karacasöğüt – English Harbor – Tuzla – Seven Island – Çatı – Orak Island – Bodrum
Saturday : Welcome on board at 15:00, to meet with crew and yacht. Serving welcome drinks. Shopping in Bodrum. Dinner on board.
Sunday : Start sailing at 7:00, breakfast. After four hours cruising anchoring at Çökertme. Lunch, dinner, swimming, shopping and spend the night.
Monday : Start sailing at 8:00 for Cleopatra Island. Breakfast on the way, Lunch and dinner at Cleopatra Island.
Tuesday : Start sailing at 8:00 for Karacasöğüt and English Harbor. Breakfast at Karacasöğüt, lunch, dinner and spending night at English Harbor.
Wednesday : Start sailing at 8:00 to Tuzla and Seven Islands. Spending the night.
Thursday : Start sailing at 8:00 to Çatı, breakfast, lunch and dinner at Çatı.
Friday : Start sailing to Orak Island at 8:00. Spending night at Orak Island.
Saturday : Start to Bodrum. Leaving yacht after breakfast at 10:00

Marmaris Route
Marmaris – Ekincik – Kaunos – Fethiye Bay – Turunç – Marmaris

Göçek Route
Göçek – Sarsala – Bedri Rahmi – Manastır – Fethiye – Ölüdeniz – Gemiler – Tersane – Göçek

Ataç Yachting / Bodrum – Muğla – Turkey

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