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Marmaris Shopping Trip & Sunset Gulet Cruise

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£34.00

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Language: German, English, Dutch, Polish

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Duration: from 4 hours to 8 hours

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Meal included

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Why you’ll love this…

Marmaris Gold Centre visit
Traditional Turkish delight factory visit
Textile shop selling clothing, bags and footwear
Sunset cruise and dinner aboard a gulet

What to expect

This is the gold standard of shopping trips. After an afternoon browsing the retail delights of Marmaris, you'll get to top of the experience with a sunset cruise and dinner on a traditional gulet sailboat. And with visits to a gold workshop, textile shop and a Turkish delight factory, this trip is a world-beater.

After pick-up, you'll head to the renowned Gold Centre in Marmaris. High-carat items at great prices are its stock-in-trade. While there, let the expert jewellers impress you, but remember to haggle to secure the best price – it's part of the experience. And if shopping's not on your agenda, just give them a polite no. There's a visit to a local Turkish delight shop next. Peruse the great range of sugar-dusted treats before heading to a textile shop in the Grand Bazaar. Check out an array of clothing, bags and footwear, and test your bartering skills.

You'll then enjoy some free time in the city centre before boarding your impeccably maintained traditional gulet sailboat for a sunset cruise, with dinner and a swim stop – a lovely way to end your evening Marmaris shopping excursion.

What's included

Transport
Guide
Cruise
Dinner on boat

What to remember

Please note, the bar onboard is cash-only and does not accept card payments
Shopping in Turkey is lively and interactive, with friendly staff often inviting guests to browse and negotiate prices. This is a long-standing local tradition and part of the cultural experience. While shopping opportunities are included in this tour, purchases are entirely optional and guests should never feel obliged to buy. The tour includes shopping stops at the textile centre, gold store and turkish delight factory
Bring suitable footwear
Drinks not included
Bring money for extras or gratuities
Bring bathing gear and sunblock
Bring a towel

Provider

TANTUR TURIZM SEYAHAT A.S

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins.

What people say about this experience

4.1/5

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Value for money

4.3/5

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4.3/5

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4.3/5

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4.3/5

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5 stars (41)

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4 stars (27)

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3 stars (10)

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1 star (6)

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H
Travelled as a couple
12 November 2025
3.4
United Kingdom
The boat trip was amazing and definitely the best part of the tour. The “textile factory” was in fact an imitation clothing shop, and the gold centre was an overpriced jewellery shop and the Turkish delight factory was entertaining but simply a sales pitch to purchase their produce.
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Denise
Travelled with a group of friends
6 October 2025
4.2
United Kingdom
Everything was good the guides were very up on there job sunset cruise amazing
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Mr B Oldfield
Travelled as a couple
4 October 2025
1.4
United Kingdom
The trip was advertised as a market and boat experience, but instead we were taken by coach to a jewellery shop, a Turkish delight shop and a clothing store, none of which were mentioned in advance. We felt pressured to buy before finally getting on the boat. The boat itself was disappointing – average food, no music, and no atmosphere. Overall, the trip was misleading and very poor value.
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58
Travelled as a couple
4 October 2025
4.6
United Kingdom
Pick up was great, gold shop was interesting, Turkish delight was good and funny. Then we was taken to a shop in the bizarre. Here we found hard sales pushing and pricing very high even after haggling. (This is our fourth trip to turkey so we do know the difference). Boat trip was very nice and the food was nice.
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Sue
Travelled with a group of friends
28 September 2025
4.2
United Kingdom
Good shopping but not enough time to look at other shops around. Boat trip was very good and the food served was fine drinks on the boat was value for money
G
Grady
Travelled as a couple
20 September 2025
3
United Kingdom
Not enough time spent at each location, especially the Bazaar.

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