It doesn't look all that white
from this vantage point high
in the mountains that frame this
inlet from the Gulf of
Gökova(Gökova
Körfezi) and its alluvial
plain.
But the broad beach is
one of the attractions of Gökova (officially
named Akyaka,
the White Shore), 35 km/22 miles
south of Mugla,
20 km/12.5 miles north of Marmaris.
Gökova/Akyaka is where
Turkey's Aegean and Mediterranean
coasts meet, which makes it convenient
to reach from Köyceğiz, Marmaris, Muğla,
and not all that far from Bodrum.
