Gemiler Island, Muğla, Türkiye

Price: TRY 200.00 per person · Standard admission · Adult · Ages 8 and up, €3.00 per person · Standard admission · Foreign visitors · Ages 8 and up, Free for per person · Standard admission · Ages up to 7
Standing: High
Rank: Rank 152 of 2,952

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

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Admission

Per person	TRY 200.00 Standard admission Adult Ages 8 and up
Per person	€3.00 Standard admission Foreign visitors Ages 8 and up
Per person	Free entry Standard admission Ages up to 7

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About Gemiler Island

Gemiler Island, also called Aya Nikola Island, is a rocky island in the Ölüdeniz basin about 9 km south of Fethiye, 1 km long and 400 m wide. It is an archaeological site of Türkiye's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, listed under Kayaköy, Fethiye. Religious settlement on the island began in the 5th century AD and lasted until the 13th century. A medieval sailing guide records that the church on the island's highest point was dedicated to St Nicholas. The Fethiye Museum Directorate and Osaka University excavated here between 1995 and 2003.

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What's inside

Surveys on Gemiler Island, neighbouring Karacaören Island and the surrounding area found 11 basilica-type churches together with many chapels, houses, warehouses, tombs and cisterns. The church walls carry religious frescoes, while the mosaic floors have been destroyed. On the hilltop a vaulted passage 2.5 m wide and 160 m long runs between churches 2 and 3 at the east and west ends. Because the island is rocky, the foundations of churches and houses are cut into the rock, and some ruins can be seen below the sea surface.

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Season and crowds

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism's site page lists summer hours, 1 April to 1 November, of 08:30–19:30 every day, with the ticket office closing at 19:30, and winter hours of 08:30–17:30 every day, with the ticket office closing at 17:30. The page labels the winter period with the same dates as summer, so the exact changeover is not stated; check with the Fethiye Museum Directorate (+90 252 614 1150) before a visit outside the summer season.

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Tickets

According to the ministry's page, admission for visitors who are not Turkish citizens is €3 for everyone aged 8 and over, and free for children under 8. Turkish citizens aged 8 and over pay 200 TL; Turkish citizens under 18 and those aged 65 and over enter free. The site is also covered by the Museum Pass The Aegean, which gives entry for 7 days to more than 40 ministry museums and archaeological sites in İzmir, Aydın, Muğla and Denizli for €95.

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