Planning a quick Eid escape? With FlyDubai's easy 4-hour Dubai-Bodrum route opening on 23rd June, there is no better time than now to get booking. We've rounded up our favourite properties on the Turkish Riviera....
Dotted with apricot-coloured guest cottages, secluded and brilliantly boho Amanruya feels a world away from the bustling centre of Bodrum. The village-like resort looks out over the Aegean Sea and has a beach club on the protected bay. Buildings are constructed from local materials, and each guest pavilion has a private garden with a pool and pergola. There’s also a glittering hillside infinity pool, an award winning Aman spa, a yoga studio and a library tower. Food is a melange of Mediterranian and Turkish cuisine with a scattering of dining pavilions throughout the resort.
Designed with the luxury nomads of today in mind, METT is more a social living concept than a hotel. The five-star beachfront lifestyle resort sits right opposite the old town of Bodrum. The conceptual property puts dining and lifestyle at its forefront. Facilities include MOI Spa, an with a traditional Turkish Hammam, as well as RAISE Fitness & Wellness, additional experiences at the property include an art gallery curated by contemporary artist Laura Margarita as well as a small boutique. The crown in the jewel is their beach club Folie, a Bagatelle St Tropez meets Drift Beach Dubai affair.
A true luxury cocoon on Turkey’s glittering Aegean coastline. Situated on the Bodrum Peninsula near the pretty, up-market resort of Goltürkbükü. The hotel overlooks Cennet (Paradise) Bay in the Aegean Sea, where sleek yachts and gulets bob gently in the clear blue waters. The hotel’s 20 or so olive-coloured geometric blocks (designed to blend in with the area’s indigenous olive trees) are arranged in tiers down a wooded hillside. With eight restaurants and about as many staff as guests, rest assured you'll be well looked after.
This youthful yet refined property boasts an dramatic setting on the Aegean Sea. Edition-typical minimalist rooms are complemented by impeccably designed public spaces. The resort is set on a peaceful bay and framed by dramatic hills dotted with white vacation homes, a scene typical of the Aegean coast. There are ample spots for relaxing, from the private beach and the deck with cabanas and ladders into the sea. Diego Muñoz, formerly of the feted Astrid & Gastón in Lima, oversees the two restaurants: Kitchen, home of an all-day Turkish and Mediterranean menu, and BRAVA, the thatched-roof beachfront spot serving Latin American-inflected sharing platters made with Turkish ingredients.
On a secluded, Aegean-spanning stretch of coast north of Bodrum, Six Senses Kaplankaya is a lesson in the art of getting away from it all. As is typical for this hotel group, a far-flung, isolated, at-one-with-nature setting is standard, but this one has the added bonus – on top of the gorgeous olive groves, towering cypress trees and blooming oleander – of two ancient wonders of the world nearby. The spa is spectacular and sure to cure any woe, whether it’s sleeplessness or saggy skin, but it’s the Earth Lab that will really make a difference: guests are encouraged to connect with their surroundings and learn some valuable life hacks while they’re at it.
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