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What Are Orhaniye and Kızkumu Like?

Orhaniye is a neighbourhood of Marmaris; it lies on the shore of Hisarönü Bay in a cove surrounded by pine-covered hills. A charter company's village guide (Med Gulets) says it grew from fishing houses into one of the gulf's best-known anchorages and that small restaurants line the waterfront. Go Türkiye counts the marina at Orhaniye among the marinas around Marmaris.

Kızkumu is a shallow sandbar that divides the cove in two. According to Wikipedia it is a 600-metre stretch of shallow water; according to NTV it looks like a natural path about three metres wide through the middle of the sea, formed when rocks broke up through temperature changes and frost and floods carried them to the sea as gravel and sand. Go Türkiye tells a legend: a fisherman and a princess meet in secret; when the king's soldiers catch them, the sea turns into a beach with every step the princess takes, and the beach ends where she died. The princess statue that has become the symbol of the beach was commissioned after the legend by an operator of the time (NTV).

How to Get from Marmaris to Orhaniye and Kızkumu

• Distance and time: Kızkumu is about 28 km from the centre of Marmaris (29–36 minutes on maps; NTV also gives 28 km) and Orhaniye about 30 km (33–42 minutes). Kızkumu is about 1.9 km (4–6 minutes) from Orhaniye.
• From Dalaman Airport: Orhaniye is about 124 km; maps show 2 hours 2 minutes – 2 hours 18 minutes of driving. See our Dalaman Airport to Marmaris guide for the airport side.
• Peninsula route: Orhaniye is on the Marmaris–Bozburun road; according to Turkey Travel Planner the village of Turgut is about 5 km south of Orhaniye on the way to Selimiye.

Things to Do in Orhaniye and at Kızkumu

• Walking in the middle of the sea: Go Türkiye suggests walking out to the middle of the sea on this beach and then letting yourself go in the calm green water; the water is shallow (Wikipedia).
• The princess statue and photos: the statue is the symbol of the beach and one of the places where visitors take the most photos (NTV).
• Orhaniye seafront: Go Türkiye names Orhaniye for its ever-calm sea and the smell of pine.
• Turgut Waterfall and Turgut village: about 6 km south of Orhaniye; see our Turgut page for details.
• Boats and marina: Go Türkiye mentions the marina at Orhaniye; Orhaniye, Selimiye and Bozburun are usually visited together on the same trip.

Around Orhaniye by Car: Distances

We measured the distances with two route planners (17 October 2026); traffic and the season change them.

• Orhaniye – Kızkumu: about 1.9 km, 4–6 minutes.
• Orhaniye – Turgut: about 6 km, 10–14 minutes.
• Orhaniye – Hisarönü: about 9 km, 13–19 minutes.
• Orhaniye – Selimiye: about 18 km, 20–33 minutes.
• Orhaniye – Bozburun: about 26 km, 27–45 minutes.
• Orhaniye – Marmaris centre: about 30 km, 33–42 minutes.
• Orhaniye – İçmeler: about 28 km, 36–47 minutes.