Mugla is situated at the southern point of western Anatolia, where the
Mediterranean and Aegean regions join. The land is rugged with the mountains
stretching along the north, northeast and east of the province in a formation
similar to that of the Taurus Mountains.
Mugla has sheltered, natural small bays and its storax tree (sytrax
officinalis) forests stretching down to the shore to embrace the blue waters of
the sea. The Fisherman of Halikarnassus called Mugla, 'the land of skies' and
Homerus, 'the country of eternal blues'. A land unprecedented with its
lakes, the mirrors of Athena - the Goddess of the Moon, and with its high
plateaus embroidered with wild colourful flowers looking like a nomad blanket.
Its history dates back thousands of years and the traces of the ancient Karia
region, The landscape is perfectly mingled with dozens of historical sites
bearing the traces of past civilizations.