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The nightlife of Gumbet In Gumbet you can take your pick for top nightspots. Wander along Bar Street and go into whatever takes your fancy. Trends change and what is hip one week may not be the next. The best bet is to follow the crowds if a bar or club is busy that usually means a good night can be expected. Try the Queen Vic, Memories, The Shamrock, Mystery Bar, Victoria Bar, Beach Club and Heart Beat Disco. Bars are open from midday until the small hours. Discos generally don't get going much before 2200 or 2300 but stay open until 0300 or 0400.

Located at  2-3 km distance from Bodrum, Sýnce the swimming possibilities are very limited in Bodrum, many people prefer nearby Gumbet.  Gumbet  recently became very popular resort. The town is named after  numerous white-domed cisterns in the area. Gumbet,  which offers one of the longest and most popular beaches on the peninsula,  is also one of the  popular water sports centers with water-skiing, windsurfing, parasailing. There is also several wind surfing school.

On one of the hills near Gumbet, there is grave of famous Turkish author Cevat Þakir Kabaaðaçlý, known as the Fisherman of HAlicarnasus. Although he was not native of Bodrum, he was buried here after his last will. Cevat Sakir who came to Bodrum in exile, soon he fell in love with the town and people and spent the rest of his life here. Until he died, he wrote great number books and articles on Bodrum and Anatolian Civilizations.

Near to the grave of Cevat Þakir, there is also the tomb of a local folk hero Saldýrþah who continued to fight after even his head had been cut off.

Gümbet has also generated serious nightlife which rivals with  Bodrum and its night life continues till  dawn without interruption.  The town has  numerous bars, discos and street side-cafes

Although almost joint to Bodrum itself, Gumbet is fast becoming a self-contained resort. Some of the most popular hotels in the region are to be found in and around Gumbet Bay. 

The sandy beach, a mecca for sun warshippers, is within easy walking distance of the town and most hotels, making Gumbet  a favourite spot for families with children. Cafes and bars are proliferate along the beach, and there are plenty of fun watersports for the young and the young at heart. 

Gumbet's night life is second to none, several air-conditioned and sound proofed discos and a multitude of pubs and bars boasting the cheapest beer to be found on the peninsula. 

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