Torba, Turkey
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Torba is a village near Bodrum
in the Mugla Province
, Turkey
.
Torba is a small sea-side village, approximately 6 km from the bustling resort of Bodrum town. The hillsides are clad in olive groves and pine forests. The bay teems with seabass and gilt-headed bream. You might even spot a seaturtle or the rare Mediterranean monk seal. The shoreline is dotted with good restaurants, specializing in catch-of-the-day seafood and traditional mezes (Turkish tapas
). Despite some recent low-rise developments, the village has retained a relaxed, rural ambience.
Bodrum
Bodrum is a port city in Muğla Province, in the southwestern Aegean Region of Turkey. It is located on the southern coast of Bodrum Peninsula, at a point that checks the entry into the Gulf of Gökova. The site was called Halicarnassus of Caria in ancient times and was famous for housing the...
in the Mugla Province
Mugla Province
Muğla Province is a province of Turkey, at the country's south-western corner, on the Aegean Sea. Its seat is Muğla, about inland, while some of Turkey's largest holiday resorts, such as Bodrum, Ölüdeniz, Marmaris and Fethiye, are on the coast in Muğla....
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
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Torba is a small sea-side village, approximately 6 km from the bustling resort of Bodrum town. The hillsides are clad in olive groves and pine forests. The bay teems with seabass and gilt-headed bream. You might even spot a seaturtle or the rare Mediterranean monk seal. The shoreline is dotted with good restaurants, specializing in catch-of-the-day seafood and traditional mezes (Turkish tapas
Tapas
Tapas are a wide variety of appetizers, or snacks, in Spanish cuisine. They may be cold or warm ....
). Despite some recent low-rise developments, the village has retained a relaxed, rural ambience.