Bodrum Castle
Built on a rocky area between two ports. In ancient times, castle was built on an island which later took the form of a peninsula with connecting to mainland. The castle that belong to the St. Jean knights was built between 1406 - 1523. Castle has a square shape composed of 180 x 185 m measures.
The names of different countries are given to the towers in the inner castle. The highest tower of the castle is French tower with a height of 47.50 m above sea level.
The another towers of Castle are Italian, German, British towers and Tower of Serpentines. The walls of the castle except the eastern one are reinforced with additional Walls.
7 gates decorated with emblems having crosses, dragon and lion figures on, haveto be passed to get inner castle. There are 14 cisterns in the inner castle including the ones under the Chapel.
The most conspicious attractions of the castle are control and observation tower, suspension bridge, defending walls, ottoman Tughra ( special signature of Ottoman Sultans). Castle had gained Ottoman structure character with The Turkish bath built by the castle when castle was converted to a prison in the 19th. Century
Bodrum Castle today is used as a museum of Underwater Archaeology. Turkish bath, Amphoras, Ship of Byzantine empire, Glasshall, glass wreck, hall of coins and jewelleries, Hall of Carian Princess, English tower, German tower and torture rooms are important places to visit in the museum. In addition many more artifacts are also exhibited in the open air parts of the castle that build over a 33.5 large area.
The opening times of Bodrum Castle are ; Everyday = 09:00-12:00 /14:00-19:00
Entrance fee of Bodrum Castle is 20 TL ( 8 €, 12 $ )