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.
CLASS PAPER
Maçakızı in Bodrum is a must-visit for Istanbul’s elite, often called the “Turkish Marbella Club.” This chic hotel is where you might spot celebrities like Kate Moss or Mick Jagger lounging on its famous wooden deck by the Aegean Sea. Nestled in the stunning Türkbükü Bay, known as the “Turkish St. Tropez,” Maçakızı is surrounded […]
CONDE NAST TRAVELLER
VILLA MACAKIZI, BODRUM, TURKEY Villa Maçakızı is the expansion of a noble tradition of hospitality in Bodrum. Sister hotel Maçakızı opened in the 1970s and its success helped propel the peninsula into public consciousness (its founder, Ayla Emiroğlu, was nicknamed Maçakızı – Queen of Spades – for looks that resembled the playing card character). Emiroğlu’s […]
CONDE NAST TRAVELLER
It’s nearing midnight at The Maine Ibiza, an upscale Mediterranean restaurant hidden among theatmosnhere salt pansor Salings. bnt the tables of anietiv glamorons onesis or onlv iust setting started. In many waws, this moment encausulates biza’s long-held olace in the international travel scene. the crowd is a stone’s throw from super club MC10 vet the […]
FORBES
Bodrum’s Maçakizi Is Your Next Arty Party Our destnation is Macakizi, a boutique hotel on the north ot the peninsula. Today. Macakizi is svnonvious with Bodrum, thanks to Ayla Smiroglu, who ettectively put the Aegean escape on the jetsetter map in the 1970s when she opened Macakizi as sixteen- room, no trills beachside bed-and-breaktast In […]
GQ
How to Spend a Week in Istanbul and Bodrum From exploring Istanbul’s oldest Hammam to days spent lounging on the sandy beaches of Bodrum as the world goes by, here GQ Middle East lists the must-visit places to be at the top of your Turkish itinerary Originally a retreat frequented by artists, Maçakizi was founded […]