Local Markets
Monday
Hisarönü - Located just past the roundabout on the edge of the village. During the off-season period the market at Hisarönü is mainly geared towards the needs of the Turkish housewife spice stalls and fruit and veg stalls together with a general grocery stall. There are 3 or 4 clothes stalls and a mobile cafeteria. In the summer though it’s a full on market with stalls to cater for the influx of visitors.
Tuesday
Fethiye - This is the big one, very tourist-oriented in summer but, out of season, a whole day can fly by as you wander around the huge area of textiles and clothing (look out for the bargain stalls where you can find fabric remnants; huge curtains, ready-sewn complete with fittings for a few TL, and cushion covers for as little as 50 kuruş). There is an area devoted to footwear, bags, household goods and that is before you even start on foodstuffs. You really should make the effort to buy your fruit and veg. in a market – it’s cheaper and fresher than anything in the supermarkets. And this market is amply served with refreshment stalls so you can take a break for lunch and eat pancakes or kebab by the fast-flowing canal, then finish shopping in the afternoon.
Thursday
Ciftlik - The first large village outside Fethiye going towards Dalaman has a market that is growing in size. It is held in the village just off the old road so, if travelling by car, you turn off the new dual carriageway at the sign for Çiftlik – then you can’t miss it, on the right in the centre of the village. Still very much a village market (there are no stalls selling jewellery or imported Asian decorative items) it has excellent fruit and veg. stalls and good food stalls if you go around lunch time.
Friday
Fethiye - Back to Fethiye for the fruit and veg. market in the covered section and along the narrow road on the far side of the canal. This is more like a farmers market with trader selling their own grown/made produce rather than reselling stuff bought from the wholesalers. Prices can also be less than the Tuesday market.
Saturday
Karaçuhla - On the edge of Fethiye. Take the Antalya road from the roundabout near the bus station and you’ll get there. This is very much a Turkish market with none of the tourist trinkets on sale. The stalls on the right-hand side of the market, beside the mosque, are mostly clothes and household hardware. On the left-hand side of the road the stalls are almost entirely for fruit and vegetables. It’s also possible to buy livestock.
Patlangıç - This is a general market held on the square on Saturdays. Often a very busy market and has almost everything you need. The majority of the stallholders speak some English and the market is very popular with Europeans living in the Ovacık, Taşyaka, Deliktaş and Green Valley areas. A mini version of the Günlükbaşı and Tuesday markets.
Sunday
Günlükbaşı / Calış - Favourite market and very popular with all resident foreigners. A fraction of the size of the main Tuesday market in Fethiye but with almost all the same stalls – bargain stalls for clothes and fabrics don’t seem to happen here. Again there are excellent fruit and veg. stalls, several ‘everything is 1YTL’ stalls for all those small items you didn’t realise you needed, and a large food stall section where you can eat lunch and watch the world go by.