Plekken in Çeşme

Waterfront boutique rooms with a private slip of beach

A 322-year-old Hellenistic stone house steps from the ruins

Stone terrace at the gate of Erythrai antique city — the Ildırı sunset bench with takımadalar in frame

The Demirel family's handmade Alaçatı patisserie — a quiet bakery counter the village uses for birthdays it actually means

A small Şifne fish house on the village side — for when even Ferdi Baba feels too crowded

The Akbulut family's 2014 Alaçatı gelato counter — a Financial Times top-25 boutique, a hundred-and-fifty rotating flavours, made on site every morning

Founded 1953 by the Kadagan brothers from Yugoslavia — the peninsula's archetype of stew-pot Anatolian home cooking, still in family hands

Tomris Maravent's 2004 corner café — the steady Alaçatı pulse, eight tables that grew into the village living room

Mordoğan iskele room facing the sea — the working-village fish counter that yacht trade hasn't reached