Bodrum Day Trip: Explore Ancient Halicarnassus

Embark on an incredible day trip from Kos to Bodrum, Turkey. Explore the ancient city of Halicarnassus, birthplace of Herodotus, and immerse yourself in Turkish hospitality and culture.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bodrum City - Free time to explore the city of Bodrum
What's Included
  • All applicable fees and taxes included
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Travel 50 minutes from Kos port to visit another country and another continent. Discover Bodrum, or the ancient city of Halicarnassus, where Herodotus the Father of History, was born. Experience Turkish hospitality and culture on an incredible day trip.
Return Ferry tickets are included.
Transfer from/to hotel is included if option selected
Required…

Location
Geor. Averof 10
Georgiou Averof
Local supplier will contact you with a photo of the meeting point
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Dawnsi598ep
Jun 26, 2025
Bodrum trip. - Communication was excellent throughout our time in Kos. They told us about change of times and the transport was on time and waiting for us on our return. WhatsApp messages were immediately responded to. Big Thank You. Bodrum was nice busy and very hot that day. Plenty to see cultural wise if you're fit and able.
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Hpetersen607
Jun 1, 2025
Great day trip to Borkum - Cozy and fun day trip to Bodrum. From the port of Kos by express boat in 20 min to Bodrum. Upon arrival more than 5 hours to explore Bodrum city etc. Very rewarding.
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Anthony_h
May 28, 2025
Fab Day Out - Fabulous trip - loved Bodrum. Queue for boat was a bit confusing but not a real problem. Visited shops & the castle. Lunch by edge of sea. A great day out
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I6191qkwendyn
Jul 7, 2025
Stays to have chosen the independent boat trip to Bodrum. - Being able to board smoothly. If you want to go to Bodrum, book this boat. There is much less people on this so you pass through passport control and security control more easily. Bodrum was nice to stay for a while. Tip, walk a little further you will see a nicer street with shops and nice resto and bars the beach. You can literally have a drink with your feet in the water.
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Karen_h
Jun 9, 2025
Lido - Had a great day at the water park loved the wave machine in the big pool, was very quiet when we went, no queue’s.
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Martin_c
Dec 23, 2024
Nice 1-day trip - I really like Bodrum. It is a nice historical city. You should definitely go there for a 1-day trip!
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Paolo_milano_2023
Jun 24, 2025
Pleasant day trip, best to stay overnight in Bodrum - Day trip from Kos pleasant but Bodrum is predominantly a bazaar for tourists. To visit the archaeological remains and museums you need to stay overnight.
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Meadow_s
Oct 5, 2024
On the way there was... - On the way there was fine, was told to arrive at the location for 8:30 and the boat took off at around 9:15. When we got to Turkey at around 10 they held a clock as we were getting off with the time set to 2:50, so you only get to stay there for nearly 5 hours not 6/7 as the trip states. You aren’t given an address for where the pick-up location is so you just have to remember where you got dropped off, this made me not want to go too far just in case. I arrived back at the port for 2:50 but we didn’t set off until 3:45, we spent nearly an hour just sat on the boat not knowing what was going on really when we could have spent this time doing other things. Overall, the trip was okay there’s a few things to do in Turkey like the castle and shopping but that was it really as you don’t want to go too far from the port. I would recommend if you are interested in seeing Bodrum but the waiting around on the boat and not getting the full time there was a bit annoying.
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S5910wird
Apr 29, 2025
Don't buy Cigarettes duty free !!! - Watch out buying tax-free cigarettes. If you buy cigarettes in Turkey, you have to pay Kos a lot of tax money when you return. Nothing is said when you buy, but when you get back to Greece Kos , there is suddenly information everywhere that you can only buy 2 packs (no slippers) of cigarettes duty free in Turkey . Pure scam !!!!
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Terence
Oct 23, 2024
Kos to Bodrum experience Aegean Travel - The tour guide never turned up we were never directed to a boat. We never got to go on tbe trip. It was overall very embarrassing to be left standing not knowing what to do.
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From $44
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).