Condé Nast Traveller The Gold List 2026
January 2026 Over the past decade, Bodrum has cranked up the voltage. The once-sleepy Aegean town now mimics the pulse of Mykonos with its bottle-service beach clubs and raki-soaked parties. Shiny new hotels open each season, but sitting above the fray is Macakizi. A sprawl of whitewashed cottages half hidden beneath retina-popping bougainvillea that spills […]
ELLE DENMARK
October 2025 Tyrkiet klinger måske umiddelbart af Alanya, billig bazar og charterrejser, men i Bodrum, sydvest for hovedstaden Istanbul, får du alt andet. Kom med til det ultimative ferieparadis lige ud til Middelhavet, hvor det salte hav, lækre krydrede køkken og ultimativ luksus står på dagsordenen. Hotellet Macakizi, eller spardame som det betyder, er til […]
TATLER Travel Guide 2026 The 101 Best Hotels in the World
December 2025 At this enlighteningly epicurean place, every detail is “just so” and – hats off to chef Aret Sahakyan – especially in the culinary department, where all is deliciously local. It starts at breakfast on a bougainvillea-adorned terrace. But after feasting on the flakiest spinach-and-cheese pies, what’s to do? Well, days can be spent […]
CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER SPAIN
August 2025 MAÇAKIZI, LA REINA TURCA ¿Sabría Ayla Emiroğlu que su bohemio Maçakızı iba a terminar siendo una leyenda hotelera en Bodrum? POR QUÉ RESERVAR Hablar de Maçakızı es hablar de lujo, por descontado, pero es también hablar de un lugar que rebosa estilo, carisma, espíritu bohemio, hedonismo. Oculto entre olivares, buganvillas y pinos, este […]
TATLER
August 2025 DOLCE VITA, ACTIVATED: TATLER REVEALS THE MOST UNAPOLOGETICALLY FABULOUS BEACH CLUBS Maçakızı Bodrum, Turkey Slow-pulse dance music and a life-enhancing social vibe: this place holds a magnetic lure for free spirits who equate holidays with party time. Kate Moss is said to have once checked out of a nearby detox centre and bolted […]
THE ESCAPIST
2024 As resort towns and villages flourish along Turkey’s once-sleepy Turquoise Coast, the Macakizi hotel has evolved with the times into a true luxury escape. Macakizi is almost hidden by Golturkbuku bay’s olive groves, fuchsia-hued bougainvillea and pine trees. The restaurant, hotel and beach club is nestled in one of the most picturesque inlets on […]
COUNTRY AND TOWN HOUSE
2024 As we approach the end of the year and embark on the next chapter, there can be no better time to focus on personal wellbeing and mental health. With this goal in mind, Nicole Smallwood takes a trip to Bodrum to try the Maçakızı Reconnects wellness experience. Review: Maçakızı Reconnects, Turkey STAY Having never been to Bodrum […]
BOAT INTERNATIONAL
A taste of Turkey Maçakizi is a beloved Turkish hotel lying in the rocky bay of Gertürkboko on the northern coast of the bodrum Peninsula. Having achieved its first Michelin atar in 2023. this wear it has opened a fine-oning restaurant. Ayla. With just 30 covers. the restaurant is lounded on wasonality and promises to […]
BRITISH VOGUE
DECEMBER 2023 The 11 Best Places To Travel In 2024 Bodrum Turkey Our front-runner for the next Ibiza? Bodrum, Turkey. While always known for its chic clientele – Ahmet and Mica Ertegun vacationed there for decades – it’s received a glamorous jolt as of late: last summer, The Bodrum Edition opened, joining the 1970s bohemian […]
CITIZEN FEMME
Maçakızı – The Hottest Hotel In The Med? By Lucy Scovell Maçakızı put Bodrum on the map. The hotel has 73 rooms, a pool framed by pretty blossoms and shrubs, and countless secluded spots to eat, drink, and while away a sun-drenched afternoon.