Saraylar (east bay), Marmara Adası, Sea of Marmara

N40°39.51 E027°40.19
(June 2009)
Holding seemed good but we didn’t have wind to really test it. The shelter was good, not much wash from traffic. We managed to get in the water for a swim here. There were only the harmless white jellyfish and no red/brown ones to be seen. You could land your dinghy at the concrete quay opposite the bay and walk along the road, lined with marble sculptures, to the village (10 mins) or dinghy across to the harbour. There is a Dia supermarket at the harbour. We would have enjoyed the village much more if it wasn’t for the gang of local lads who followed us relentlessly asking for money all the time. The older, unfinished and abandoned marble items are at an open air ‘museum’ (a small overgrown grass patch) just on the edge of the village. Just about every single local will point you to it.