Mekane in Bodrum

MICHELIN Guide-listed boutique resort over Küdür Bay, 32 rooms, three restaurants, The Red Balloon and Hodan on the gastronomy side.

Naru and Dereköy Lokantası team's all-day bistro-bar on Adliye Caddesi, DJ programme on weekends.

Old Bodrum house off the Sandıma road, the peninsula's reference village-breakfast room.

Rita and Koko Fesçi's handmade-pasta room on Adliye Caddesi, the Bitez village pasta address since 2012.

HYDE Bodrum's poolside Aegean bar — small-plate tapas, cocktails, weekend DJ residents

Torba village's family-run Aegean and Turkish kitchen — twenty-plus years on Atatürk Caddesi, manti and çiğ börek

Köşebaşı's Bitez branch since 2022, year-round Adana-Tarsus kebap programme with a real garden.

The Anthaven Japanese kitchen — the only sushi-and-wok room on the south side of the peninsula, two beats away from the Akyarlar harbour.

Year-round Bitez village brasserie with a mandarin-tree garden, breakfast through dinner.

Garden-set Van-style serpme kahvaltı on Bergamut Caddesi, the eastern Anatolian breakfast that Bodrum was missing.