Plekken in Bodrum

The Cumhuriyet trattoria that has held the Michelin Bib Gourmand for Neapolitan pizza and seafood risotto since 2013

A 24-room boutique on Omurca with a rooftop restaurant, two pools and the owners' own H&G organic wine

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

Birdcage 33 Hotel's terrace restaurant, karma mutfak (assorted cuisine) over Yalıkavak Bay.

Twenty-eight-year-old Yalıkavak beach village — capped capacity, bohemian-mature, the anti-marina antidote.

Bib Gourmand 2026 — Ümmühan Girgin's mandarin-garden meze house in the back lanes of Bitez

Bib Gourmand 2026 — a chic all-day meze room on D-Marin Göcek with the yachts in the foreground and the Reşadiye mountains behind

A bougainvillea-shaded hilltop terrace that has been the Gümüşlük sunset for two decades