Plekken in Bodrum

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

A hillside fine-dining room above the village, live music after sunset, world-cuisine card

White Rabbit Family's Mediterrasian seafood room at Yalıkavak Marina, brand-chef Vladimir Mukhin's Türkiye outpost.

MGallery Yalıkavak signature room — modern Aegean-Anatolian under Kemal Can Yurttaş, Gault&Millau Young Chef of the Year 2024.

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

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

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

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

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

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

METT Hotel beach club above Haremtan Cove — sundeck cabanas, grilled fish, occasional live-music nights.

Counter-led teppanyaki on the Türkbükü cove — the right answer for a serious Japanese dinner outside Yalıkavak.

Yalıkavak Palmarina bistro that flips to a live-music room on Friday and Saturday — curated bookings, kitchen-anchored.

The Cipriani family's first Aegean room, on the Palmarina pier with the Harry's Bar carbonara intact

A long-running Türkbükü waterfront table reached by private boat from the iskele