Fethiye Tuesday Market
Fethiye Tuesday market which only sets and opened on Tuesdays is an important shopping highlight for the Fethiye visitors. Fethiye Tuesday market is a nice combination of Traditional and Contemporary where you can both buy organic vegetables,fruits directly brought from village and fake clothes,shoes,watches,bags etc. brought from Istanbul. It is located near city center and covers a very large area that divided into 2 parts ( vegetables and clothes section ).
The prices in the market are very much affordable even could be said quiet cheaper yet qualities are opened to discussion. Price offers written on a cartoon boards by hand such as Buy 1 get 1 free, 4 for 10€ etc. are very interesting to see and also attractive way to pull customers to the stalls and vendors.
Fethiye Tuesday market gets very crowded all day long so it could be annoying sometimes strolling in the crowd and hitting the other people while trying to walk therefore it is recommended to go as early as possible to the market before the crowd starts but if you don’t mind crowd and hot, time is not a matter at all.
After getting tired of shopping and strolling around small open air ( Turkish Pancake) restaurants that lined up near the creek will be the address to you to fill your stomach and take a rest. Turkish pancakes can be prepared with potato,cheese, minced-meat,spinach or even aubergine and the price for each in general is 3 Tl (1.5€).
How to get to Fethiye Tuesday Market ?
Regular Dolmuses from Oludeniz, Hisaronu and Calis beach more frequently operate on Tuesdays directly take you to the entrance of Market. In addition to Dolmuses almost all travel agencies arrange Tuesday market trips including pick-up from hotel and drop-off to hotel.
When to go Fethiye Tuesday Market?
It is recommended to go early in the morning around 8:00-10:00 a.m before the crowd and hot starts.
When does Fethiye Tuesday market start ?
The vendors came very early in the morning (3:00 -04:00 a.m ) to set up their stalls and they get ready around 07:00-07:30 a.m
What to Buy from Fethiye Tuesday market ?
Spices, Turkish delight, fake clothes,watches, sun glasses, souvenirs,nuts, home products, vegetables and fruits are the basic things to buy from market.