Waterfront Bar in Bodrum

Sunset Hospitality's Yalıkavak Marina Hotel beach club, Mediterranean-Japanese kitchen with a sundeck programme.

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

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

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

The Yalıkavak village-waterfront cousin of the Bodrum-merkez bar — smaller room, harbour-facing, late-shift cocktails.

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

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

A Çarşı-side cocktail bar with the castle in the frame and a list that takes itself seriously