The
Blue Lagoon of Olu deniz has calm, crytal clear waters which makes it ideal
for a variety of water sports and a very safe place for children to swim. Part
of the lagoon is now a protected area (and it`s a national park).
Olu
Deniz, a beautiful inland bay that stretches behind the cape, is now closed
to yachts. The reason this heavenly place is called Olu deniz ("Sea of
the Dead") is attributed to the following legend;
Once a father and son were caught in a storm here and were in danger of sinking.
The son claimed that if they approached the rocks ashore they could take shelter
in a cove. The father on the other hand asserted that their ship would be driven
onto the rocks and break up and that there were no coves around here anyway.
In his terror of running around on the rocks, the father knocked his son (who
was at the helm) into the sea with an oar and took over the helm himself. Just
as the ship was about to hit the rocks on the cape, she turned into this calm,
smooth watered bay.
This is the reason they say the bay is called the Sea of
the Dead, whereas what with the pine clad sandy beach stretched out like a tongue,
the name "Paradise Bay" would be more fitting.
