“Quite middling” Population: 36,500
Market day: Friday
This small town near Dalaman is where you will change from a bus to a dolmuş if heading down to the coast at Dalyan.
Otherwise there’s no reason to linger although there are a couple of hotels in case of emergency.
Transport info
Midibuses plying the Fethiye to Marmaris route call into Ortaca’s town-centre otogar.
From the otogar you can pick up dolmuşes to Dalyan (10km), Sarıgerme (22km), Koyceğiz (18.5km), Göcek (20km) and Muğla (78km).