Plus belles vues à Bodrum

The original Türkbükü beach hotel that defined Aegean restraint for two generations

A smartly run, design-led beach club tucked between Yalıkavak and Gümüşlük

The most controlled, design-led beach club operation on the Yalıkavak side

The Mykonos institution's first international outpost — sunset ritual, beach house kitchen, real programme

No:81 Hotel's beach deck — a Türkbükü bay restaurant that turns into a proper night room

Kuum Hotel's beach restaurant on the Türkbükü deck — sunset table, late-night dance floor

Tilkicik Bay aperitivo room — Mediterranean wood-deck format that opened 2022 and immediately found its register.

Modern-minimalist 52-room Türkbükü cove — quiet, food-forward, the not-Macakizi answer in the same bay.

The Asarlık franchise of the global Buddha-Bar Beach brand — pan-Asian-Mediterranean beach club inside Caresse Marriott.

Cennet Koyu daytime beach club — strict 10:00–19:00 calendar, international house and melodic-techno residencies.

Cennet Koyu institutional-luxury beach — cabanas, low noise, the Mandarin standard on a private bay.

Gündoğan's salt-and-sand original since 2000 — windsurf school by day, neighbourhood bar with live jazz at night

Yahşi seafront chef-led beach-and-fine-dining room — Melisa Yördem, Paul Moisson-trained, daytime beach into evening restaurant.

The quiet fifteen-room Türkbükü alternative — small cove, slow service, no DJ.

Bitez seafront daytime room — shallow-water bay, kitchen-led lunch, the right answer for a long midday.

The Gündoğan iskele fish anchor — Mustafa's family, the day's catch, the cove's quiet evening.

The Adana / Tarsus kebab institution's Gündoğan summer outpost — the cove's reliable meat night.

Gündoğan fish-and-meze room — the cove's second iskele address, smaller and lower-pressure than the anchor.

Lucca Bebek's evening Türkbükü dinner room on Cennet Koyu — fire-baked pizzas, wood-grilled seafood and an award-winning bar.

Cennet Koyu sunset cocktail terrace — the bay's most decorated bar with Haute Grandeur cocktail-menu wins across three consecutive seasons.

Italian dining room at Mandarin Oriental's Paradise Bay — Chef Fabio De Paolis, Haute Grandeur 2018 Best Mediterranean and Italian Cuisine in Europe.

Smaller Gündoğan harbour fish house — the value entry against the cove's anchor names.

Yahşi-side display-on-ice fish counter — value, freshness, the working version of the Ortakent harbour template.

Bitez seafront beach club since 1993 — the bay's longest-running daytime room, residential rather than spectacle.

Akyarlar harbour fish house on Yalı Caddesi, the village's #2-ranked seafront room with live music nights and full meze counter.

The Aktur Tatil Sitesi residents' beach — daytime canteen, evening live music, the Bitez compound's working room.

Yahşi seafront fine-dining beach restaurant since 2014 — Aegean steakhouse-and-seafood with Travelers' Choice and a clear view of Kos.

Yahşi seafront hotel restaurant — Tripadvisor #2 in Ortakent, Travelers' Choice, steak-and-meze on the sand with Friday-night live music.

Müskebi Caddesi beach club opened 2023 — bohemian daytime room on the Yahşi sand with cabanas, long pier and a kitchen running into the evening.

Yahşi boutique beach-hotel restaurant on Asma Sokak — Aegean kitchen, blue-flag private beach, six-to-seven happy hour with DJ.

Gault&Millau Türkiye Best Seafood 2024-2025-2026, the Istanbul fish house's chef-driven summer outpost on Sess Türkbükü pier.

Chef Murat Deniz Temel and Kerem Tanel's 2025 Türkbükü opening — Aegean and Anatolian flavours with a sunset pier bar.

Türkbükü pier institution since 1970 — the bay's longest-running family-run fish house, candlelit dinner over the sea.

Susona's sunset seafood and sushi bar with Tipsy Crab — golden-hour deck on Torba Bay, DJ programme

Bitez seafront kitchen next to the Yalı mosque, the bay's long-running all-day room.

Pomelan beach compound bundling beach club, brasserie, balıkçı and a jazz room under chef Cüneyt Kırsan.

Bitez Yalısı beachfront kitchen and beach club, kitchen-led seafood from morning to late.

Çökertme Caddesi steak-and-beach room since 2025, dry-age beef and lamb sourced from Afyon and Balıkesir producers.

Erhan Usta's fish house on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1983, still the chef's name on the door

İlknur and Cengiz Özbaşaran's family fish house on the Gümüşlük beach since 1992, recommended in New York Times

A direct-on-the-water Gümüşlük fish room with the boats and Rabbit Island a metre from the table

A Gümüşlük classic since 1990, fish-grill room on the Yalı Mevkii with the same logic three decades on

A 1991-opened fish room on the iskele, navy-blue tables, white walls, the same family on the floor

Chef Uğur Filiz's open-fire fish room with the panoramic seat and the underwater lights at the tables

One of Gümüşlük's oldest tables, 160 seats with a direct sightline to Tavşan Adası and the sunset

Chef Nilay Lale's Khai Hotel signature room on the Yahşi pier, modern Aegean meets Asian technique.

Right on the water in Gündoğan, the village reference that runs fish and beach service together.

Beach-restaurant opened in Küçükbük by Danış Ulaş in 2021; Mediterranean cooking and a natural cove.

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

18-room Gölköy Bay seafront hotel and beach restaurant — Chef İsmail Ceylan's Mediterranean kitchen on a 150-year-old stone-house property.

Susona Bodrum's beachfront day club — Aegean and Mediterranean small plates on Torba Bay, day-to-dusk DJ programming

HYDE Bodrum's beach club — Mediterranean and Japanese plates, daily DJ programming, adults-only

Casa Dell'Arte's seaside Italian dining room — wood-fired fish, fresh pasta, art-hotel setting

The 1987 family pansiyon on the Yalıçiftlik strand, with a sea-front dining room the chapter reads as Çiftlik's straight-line meze house.

The Yalıçiftlik fisherman's room — tables set directly in the shallows, the day's fish off the boat, the family Mustafa Bey runs to a fifteen-cover register.

The Alparslan family's clean-and-quiet pansiyon on Yalıçiftlik Caddesi — three generations on the strand, café meals on the deck, no destination noise.

Blue Flag beach and restaurant on Yahşi cove, stone-oven pizzas and a boutique room with a generous garden.

Cafer Karakaya's fish counter and beachfront room on the Yahşi shore, TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice 2025.

Built on Yalı Mevkii, a classic Gündoğan beach cafe known for its olive-oil dishes and homemade mezes.

Family-run beach hotel restaurant on Torba Bay — Mediterranean and Mexican kitchen under Chef Eduardo Luna

Long-standing rakı and fish house on Yahşi shore, catch of the day on ice, large dining room.

Long-running rakı-balık and beach room on the Ortakent-Yahşi waterfront, open from eight in the morning to midnight.

Yahşi's new-generation beach-restaurant room, bohemian-chic evening kitchen signed by chef Melisa Yördem.

Bodrum's reference for Belgian-style pot mussels, opposite the Gündoğan harbour.