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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 […]
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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 […]
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JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2021 THE ESCAPES ISSUE LIFE IS EASY AT MAÇAKIZI The good times keep rolling at Bodrum’s legendary hotel – and now the revelry is a little more socially distanced with the arrival of a sleek new yatch and villa by the sea. by Jemima Sissons Yachts passing Türkbükü Bay, near the Maçakizi […]
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The Gold List 2021 Everything classic Everything exceptional Everything to dream about MACAKIZI BODRUM, TURKEY In the 1970s Mick Jagger, Rudolf Nureyev and their pals flocked to the sleepy fishing village of Türkbükü on the west coast of Turkey, lured by a boho B&B run by flamboyant host Ayla Emiroğlu. Thirty years later, her son […]
THE TIMES
NOVEMBER 2020 30 romantic hotels in the Med Sultry Italian island retreats, chic French castles and cosyCretan cottages – Susan d’Arcy picks the most loved-up places to stay 29 Macakiz Bodrum Peninsula Turkbuku village is home to Turkey’s most glamorous beachscene, and this boutique resort is where the interiors are paleand the action is interesting, […]
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Old Look / New Life HOTELS ARE GOING THE EXTRA MILE Hotels looking for ways to meet guests’ distancing needs are thinking beyond the hotel and offering guests new and creative ways of travelling, revamping old modes of transport. From rails to sails; Bodrum2s jewel of a boutique hotel the Macakizi (macakizi.com) has taken over […]
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AUGUST 2020 THE BEST LATE-SUMMER GETAWAYS A Portuguese palace, a Turkish retreat, an Amazon adventure – and where camping is elevated to an art form A Turkish idyll – by land and sea Mediterranean beach mavens know: Bodrum is a forever place. And Maçakizi – the funky, singular hotel with a diehard fan club spanning […]
FORBES
JULY 2020 From The Experts: The Next Steps For Safely Discovering The World Again In this continuing series for Forbes, I talk to a range of experts and insiders working in the travel industry about their plans for reopening across the sector. I find out more about the new practicalities which are now necessary, and […]
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JULY 2020 Maçakızı Hotel seen from the sea