I was in Marmaris for the very first time in 2005, just for a few hours, and I must admit I did not like it at all. It was in the summer, with a temperature of almost 40 degrees in the shade, and I found the town completely uninteresting and full of drab high-rise apartment blocks and pushy shopkeepers. That unfavourable first sight kept me off from Marmaris for several years and limits my visit to the seaside resort town to infrequent transit stops en route to/from Rhodes.
This attitude of indifference towards Marmaris continues until this year, when I was obliged to spend a few days in Marmaris en route to some lesser known places not far away from the town. As it was still low season, most hotels in the surrounding countryside were still closed and the only possibility to find decent and affordable accommodation was in the town of Marmaris itself.
To my surprise, this time round, the town of Marmaris appears much more congenial and agreeable. Granted, it would never be the place where I would consider settling down or something, but the town does not look too bad at all in the winter months. The weather was beginning to get better and better day by day, most of the pushy shopkeepers are still away, and the pebble beach along the seafront is not crowded at all. When the sun is shining and the sky is blue, the views of the bays and the sea from the shore are actually very picturesque.
