CITIZEN FEMME
APRIL 2022 Checking In: Maçakizi, Bodrum, Turkey Maçakizi put Bodrum on the map. When Ayla Emiroglu first moved to the area in the 1970s there was little more than a few simple houses, cafés, and stray cats. But its rustic charm and turquoise waters soon captivated her imagination. In 1977 she opened a small guesthouse […]
HÜRRİYET KELEBEK
MARCH 2022 Gastronomi ve sanattaki kadınları onurlandırıyor Sadece Türkiye’nin değil, dünya jet-set’inin de sevilen tatil destinasyonlarından olan Bodrum’daki Maçakızı Hotel, bu yıl ilk kez kış boyunca açıktı. Sanat ve gastronomi alanındaki kadınları onurlandırmak için özel bir program yapan otel, geçtiğimiz günlerde ünlü kadın şefleri mutfağında ağırladı. Şemsa Denizsel, Seray Öztürk, Damla Uğurtaş Özay, Pınar Taşdemir, […]
HARPER’S BAZAAR TÜRKİYE
MARCH 2022 KÖKLERİN HAFIZASI Mine Akın’ın “Bütünün İçinden” serisinden ahşap heykelleri, ISTANBUL’74 tarafından Bodrum’un ikonik mekanlarından Maçakızı Otel’de sergileniyor. Mine Akın’ın Bütünün İçinden serisi heykellerinde, zeytin ağacının sonsuzluğu sembolize eden gücü kadın vücudunun estetiği ile bütünleşiyor. Onunla ilk defa çalıştığı bir malzeme olan zeytin ağacı gövdelerine oyulmuş ahşap heykellerden oluşan, 29 Nisan’a kadar ziyarete açık […]
VOGUE TÜRKİYE
FEBRUARY 2022 Zeytin Ağacının Sanata Dönüşümü Heykellerinde zeytin ağacının zarafetinden ve kendine has yapısından destek alan Mine Akın’ın Bütünün İçinden isimli serisindeki ahşap heykeller, sanatseverlerle buluşmaya hazırlanıyor. ISTANBUL’74 tarafından Bodrum’da Maçakızı Otel’de 19 Şubat – 29 Nisan tarihleri arasında ziyaretçilerini ağırlayacak olan sergi, sanatçının ilk defa çalıştığı zeytin ağacı gövdelerine oyulmuş ahşap heykellerden seçkilerle hayata […]
TATLER
TRAVEL GUIDE 2022 DECEMBER 2021 The 101 Best Hotels in the World MAÇAKIZI Bodrum, Turkey Slow-pulse dance music and a life-enhancing social vibe; this place holds a magnetic lure for free spirits. Kate Moss is said to have once checked out of a nearby detox centre and bolted to the bougainvillea-clad terraces of its collection […]
THE TIMES
TIMES TRAVEL JULY 2021 BEST HOTELS IN TURKEY From sprawling beachfront resorts to boutique city digs and palatial hideaways, there’s a stay for every occasion. This hotel is actually a collection of villas on one of the most beautiful of Bodrum’s peninsulas and was opened in the 1970s as a hangout for writers and artists. […]
HARPER’S BAZAAR ESCAPE
JUNE 2021 A LOVE STORY Ayla Emiroğlu was the headmistress, the boss lady that talked to wild flowers on her property and disciplined her staff without so much as an admonishment. She worked with the same people for years, and they loved her. She fed the most basic staples of Turkish home cooking to the […]
ROBB REPORT
MAY 2021 ROBB RECOMMENDS: VİLLA MAÇAKIZI, BODRUM The Turkish Riviera’s hottest party spot just got hotter. When is the green list updated? There’s nothing wrong, in life, with a spot of hyper-trendy bohemia from time to time. And, if you like your artsy sybaritism served up to a soundtrack of slow-pulse ambient dance music – […]
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
MARCH 2021 A Touch of St Tropez in the Aegean Already the riviera of choice for the jet set, the Turquoise Coast is about to get even better, says Laura Fowler. On the waterside deck at Bodrum’s Macakizi Hotel last summer, you wouldn’t have guessed that there was a pandemic raging. Every socially distanced daybed […]
THE TIMES
MARCH 2021 TRAVEL: WHERE ITS SAFE TO BOOK Boutique stay on the Turquoise Coast Turkbuku village is Turkey’s St Tropez, with an upmarket beach scene liberally sprinkled with supermodels. Macakizi Hotel is its grand doyenne, a hedonists’ hideaway with 74 suites that are artfully understated. The palm-studded pool is captivating by day and even better […]