Gokova Cycling Tour-2010
Main goals: To protect the environmental, communal and personal health through cycling, to create the conditions required for a healthy community, to improve life quality, to protect the environment in terms of local and global aspects, to provide cultural exchange, to help bring peace to our country and to the world, to integrate sport and tourism through cycling which is a nature friendly sport; to protect and improve nature and the local culture through sport in our province which has a great cultural heritage and a great variety of touristic values, to organise this tour in Mugla in a festival atmosphere every year and make it become an international, traditional meeting, to get sports people and bicycle enthusiasts from the sister towns of the towns on the tour route invited in this meeting.
Main objective: To organise this 4 night-5 day cycling tour emphasizing the nature-friendly, amicable and cultural-exchange aspects of cycling with a multi-national group from different cultures starting from Akyaka, going along the shore through Oren, Mumcular, Bodrum, crossing the Gokova Gulf by ferry to Datca Peninsula and ending up in Marmaris.
Sub objectives: To stress the importance of cycling as an ecological sport branch and also as a means of transport in personal and communal health problems in our country. To increase and encourage bicycle use, to draw local governments’ and transportation planners’ attention to the requirements of the cyclists, and get it taken into consideration as one of the tourism alternatives in Turkey.
Who are we?
Mugla Cycling Platform which was formed in 2005 has become Mugla Cycling Association and gained a legal status in 2009. We are a squad gathered around Mugla Cycling Association. Some of us are long distance tourers who have been in numerous cycling tours in Turkey and around the world. Some of us participate in cycling races. We are doctors, engineers, teachers, city planners, nurses, and academicians who are aware of the vital importance of sport in our lives and we believe in the strong role of cycling in community health. And we love and protect wildlife actively.
Motive
With the cycling sport being the main point, we have performed cycling tours in our country two times in the last year-once in spring and once in autumn- covering a distance from 700 to 1000 kilometers. These tours have helped combine eco-sport and eco-tourism and have played a role in improving relations between peoples and cultures. İzmir-Antalya cycling tour was planned and performed together with 10 cyclists who came from the USA and Poland in 2004. In 2005, 12 cyclists went to the USA and participated in a 1200 km tour in California. South Eastern Turkey tour in 2007, Eastern Turkey tour and Germany-Czech Republic-Austria and Eastern Black Sea tours in 2008, Syria tour and Santa Cruz, USA tours in May 2009 followed these.
We aim to organize the Gokova Gulf Cycling Tour which intends to bring all cycling enthusiasts and sports people together and which we hope it will become traditional . Such an activity will provide a fast and efficient awareness about bringing sport and mass tourism together, about the personal and communal health aspects of sport and about cultural Exchange through cycling. Our aim is to establish this synergy among as many cities and countries as possible.
Equipments .Cyclists use their own bicycles and camping equipments. Locations where water and toilet are available is chosen for accommodation, food is obtained at a restaurant or prepared by the participants . Both food and camping facilities during the whole tour will be free of charge!!!
The route
19th May: Mugla – Ula – Akyaka (35 km)
08.00 Breakfast and workshop for the tour details
09.30 Official celebration program of the Youth and Sports Festival
14.00 Cycling from Mugla – Ula – Akyaka
17.00 Tenting
19.00 Dinner
20th May: Akyaka- Akbük- Ören (44 km)
08.00 Breakfast
09.30 Start
13.30 Lunch
18.00 Arriving in Ören and tenting.
Conversations, speaking and fun after dinner
21st May: Ören – Mazıköy-Mumcular- Kızılağaç- Bodrum (90 km)
07.30 Breakfast
08.30 Set off
13.30 Lunch in Mumcular
18.00 Tenting in Bodrum
20.00 Dinner
Conversations, speaking and fun
22nd May: Bodrum- Datça Körmen Harbour.(by ferry)- Aktur (32 km)
09.00 Breakfast on the ferry
11.00 Arrival at the Körmen Harbour and cycling to Datça and city tour (5 km)
13.00 Lunch in Datça and cycling to Aktur
18.00 Tenting in Aktur
20.00 Dinner
Conversations, speaking and fun
23rd May: Aktur – Hisarönü- Marmaris (49 km)
07.00 Breakfast
08.00 Take the road
13.00 Lunch near Hisarönü
18.00 Arriving in Marmaris and the end of the tour.
All the luggage of the participants will be carried by the vehicles.
You are supposed to bring your own camping and cycling equipment including your own bicycle.
The admission fee is €50 including breakfast, launch and dinner between 19th and 23rd May, camping facilities and ferry ticket.
We are not responsible for hotel reservations. But you will be able to find hotels around the camping areas.
The following are required for this organization;
*All participants are going to bring their own bicycles,
*All participants are going to stay in tents in the camping areas that were determined by the organization comitee. Participants should bring their own tents. In the camping areas there won’t be any home faciilities such as warm showers, table,chair, etc.
*All participants are going to follow the route that has been drawn by the commitee. The route is completely asphalt coated.
Organization commitee will provide the participants with a vehicle to transfer their luggage and equipment to the camping areas. Commitee is not responsible for the luggage that is not ready on time. And the commitee is not responsible for the transfer of the luggage back to its owner who is not able to reach the next camping area.
*All participants are going to wear a helmet.
*All participants are going to bring their own tents, sleeping bags and mats.
*All the participants are recommended to have their bicycles given a general maintenance and have brand new tyres and tubes.
*We will have our technical staff to deal with mechanical problems but we are not responsible for the problems requiring part replacement.
Commitee is not responsible for injuries caused by any accident. All the participants are to sign the agreement about this.
We hope to see you all at this great meeting that will take place around the beautiful Gökova Gulf.
Organization commitee are as follows:
info@muglabisiklet.org
Bülent Savran
Adnan Cangir
Feridun Ekmekçi
Celalettin Sariefe
Levent Sevil
Mehmet Tahça
Our catchphrase is “SHARE THE ROAD”
For detailed enquiry, contact Adnan Çangır at a_cangir@yahoo.com
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5 Yorum
Adnan Cangir on Şubat 21st, 2010
Dear jarek,
We will really be happy to host you here in Turkey.
Let me try to answer your questions;
1. The tour will mostly follow side roads which are not busy and we wil be escorted by a police car for the whole tour.
2.The average age of the tour participants will probably between 40 and 50. This tour is not going to be a performance tour.
3.Your trekking bike will definitely fit for the tour I think. The road on our route is completely asphalt coated.
4.Bodrum(70km), Dalaman(70 km) or Izmir(220 km) airports are nearest to reach Mugla. train is not available from these airports so you have to take a bus.
Please feel free to ask any questions about the tour.
Donetta Magrath on Mart 1st, 2010
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Gokova Cycling Tour-2010 | MuÄźla Bisiklet DerneÄźi ! Donetta Magrath
Philip Hammond on Nisan 16th, 2010
I am glad that I will be participating in this tour. I do have a couple of questions.
1. I see from pictures that a lot of people ride mountain bikes. Will a standard road bike with 25c tires work on the paved roads. Of are the roads rough pavement?
2. Would you have any hotel names for the trip for family that will be following us?
Steve Jones on Mayıs 24th, 2010
Hi,
Just a quick note to say thank you to all of the Mugla Bisiklet Dernegi for their time and efforts in making the Gokova Tour a great experience.
Very happy with everything, great value, people, route, camp sites and all…
Will hopefully be joining you all again for the next one
Çok teşekkür ederiz
Steve
Jarek Weksej on Şubat 20th, 2010
Hi,
I’ve few questions
1. Does the trip goes on regular roads with cars?
2. What is group age spectrum? I’m 52…
3. I’m long distance cycler on trekking bike. Does it fit to trip?
4. Which airports are the best to rich the start/end points? (I’m from Poland)
best regards
Jarek