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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 […]
DEPARTURES
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 […]
CONDÉ NAST TRAVELLER
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, […]
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
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 […]
FINANCIAL TIMES – HOW TO SPEND IT
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 […]