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 serve refined Turkish fare. macakizi.com
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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 icon Macakizi as one of the most fashionable resorts on Turkey’s side of the Aegean. (“A resort destination that doesn’t feel resort-y, the vibe at this luxury spot on the Turkish Riviera is more “chilling out at your extremely stylish billionaire friend’s estate” than “hotel stay,” Vogue wrote in our hotel review). This November, their restaurant Kitchen received a Michelin star. Meanwhile, this summer will see the arrival of Scorpios, the famed Mykonos beach club, within the grounds of the much-anticipated Maxx Royal Bodrum, which opens its doors this May. With the Côte d’Azur and Amalfi Coast being swarmed with unprecedented crowds over the past few years, the Turkish Riviera is primed to become the next see-and- be-seen summer hotspot.
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.
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 by luxury yachts each summer. Despite the rise of global hotel chains, Maçakızı maintains its independent spirit, offering rooms hidden among lush bougainvillea, magnolias, and oleanders. Recently, the resort launched the MedBodrum festival, promising to become one of the Mediterranean’s most exciting culinary and artistic events. The acclaimed restaurant has earned a Michelin star, and now it introduces a new dining space over the sea. The latest addition, Villa Maçakızı in nearby Paradise Bay, impresses with its extraordinary garden, art collection, and top-tier services, including a team of 20 staff, an infinity pool, and a spa
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 son, Sahir Erozan, took her unpretentious boho-intellectual pension and transformed it into an upmarket 73-room hotel with a Michelin-starred restaurant on the smart Türkbükü bay. In 2019 he ratcheted things up by renovating and opening Villa Maçakızı, a not-so-humble Aegean abode on Cennet Koyu, which aptly translates as Paradise Bay. The long, low white house is slung with purple bougainvillea and surrounded by herb gardens, a secluded private beach, infinity pool and multiple bars. Barbara Pensoy’s understated interiors are airy and light, with a muted, organic palette and lashings of crumpled linen; each of the 10 rooms has a sea view, large bathroom and striking handmade Italian blue-and-white ceramic floors scattered with kilim rugs. Erozan’s partner in this venture is Carlo Bernardini, an ebullient Venetian chef who has gathered experience from Four Seasons hotels around the world; his menus, tailor-made daily, propagate a farm-to-table-and-bar philosophy and centre local fish, cheeses and olive oils. What makes Villa Maçakızı special is that it runs like a seamless hotel with a permanent staff of 50, featuring a 24-hour butler service, an impressive wine cellar and a wellness centre with trainers, massage spaces and hammams. The Maçakızı Hotel is a quick, thrilling speedboat ride though tranquillity reigns here.SEVIL DELIN From about £34,240 per night, villamacakizi.com
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 vibe is chilled: the menu features bougie hallmarks like red prawn carpaccio, but it’s freshly caught off neighbouring island Formentera and served simply with a sprinkling of the salt from this UNESCO world heritage wetland. This 1s authentic. low-kev usurvatits tiest with more Celine sunglasses and a sip ot Fierbas Ibicencas than rave goggles and tequila shots.
Macakizi
But this vear a new crowd of party peonleare on their war to Bodrum too. In May. Kate Moss graced its shores for the inaugural Med Bodrum Festival, where she was papped with Skip Marley (grandson of Bob). Meanwhile, George Clooney, Naomi Campbell, Roman Abramovich and plenty of other billionaires have also been spotted along the scenic coast. It’s certainly got A-List appeal – just look at the cluster of Mayfair favourite restaurants around Yalikavak, from Zuma to Novikov, and the rightfully hyped openings driven by an influx of new investment. As well as Max Royal and Scorpios, there’s Bobo (a shortening of Bourgeois Bohemian) by The Stay, the hotel group behind the Bebek Hotel in Istanbul. According to owner Muzaffer Yildirim, Bobo will have an ‘exclusive guest list atmosphere’ think member’s club minus the membership.
Ayla at Macakizi
In 2023, Maçakizi Hotel restaurant received a Michelin star – one ofthe first in Turkey to attract the accolade. ‘This vear. all eves wil be on Ava. the hotels newly aunched time dining spot that has just 30 covers for a decidedly exclusive atmosphere. The seasonal menu will feature organic produce grown especially for Ayla on local farms.
Address: Maçakizi, Göltürkbükü, Narcice&i Sokak, 48400 Göltürkbikü Bodrum/Bodrum/ Mugla
Website : macakizi.com
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 its four decades. Macakizi has catered to the ion’s share of rockstars and rovalties, who escaped to off-the-radar bohemian riviera for laid back luxury and late nights. And it’s lore has lured top tier hoteliers looking to capitalize on the Turkish riviera vibe. The so-called “Bodrum Boom” includes The Max Royal, Scorpios, Mandarin Oriental and 2026’s Bulgari. Shair Erozan, Emiroglu’ son, isn’t surprised. He predicted a of this in the early 2ooos when he transtormed the nan After a full travel dav – two fights (there is no direct flight trom Rome. plus the drive – we finally arrive. Maçakizi, already hidden at the end of a curwy road. is a terraced labvrinth lost in vibrant green trees and plants. A sprawl of short-stacked buildings hide behind bright pink anc purple bougainvillea on a terraced hill beautitully landscaped like a wild forest. To find our room. we head down a stens framed by greenery. It’s tastefully minimal and easy going, the ideal place to drop your bags before heading to the beach.
“The DNA of Macakizi is hanging out, eating and living- you don’t spend your day in the room,” Erozan tells me. “It’s a ‘my home, my friends’feeling.” And that’s what we do. Each day we are there, we find ourselves spilling into the brunch area, and then down to the beach deck. We make triends with our neighbors at brunch, our neighbors at the deck. new guests. repeat clients as well as a smattering of art world luminaries who came to Macazikzi for a bit of relay as well as contemporarv art and gastronomy. By evening and after a quick change, we spill back down to the restaurant and the dance floor e chose this weekend for Med brum. srozan’s nassion nroiect dedicate to contemporaly alt. as an alt ancionado who nas long historic citv as much as Macakizi itself. The inaneural party is hosted the Castle of St. Peter. a medieval castle overlooking historic Bodrum. This crusaders outpost has one of the best museums for underwater archaeology, and with its columns and ancient statues, its an epic location for a party. The guests we bumr into are Brozan’s friends, collectors, curators. artists and chefs including artists Jake Chapman and Maryam Eisler, Skip Marley, and chets Ennico Cerea and Deepanker Khosla
Brozan worked with expert curator and art advisor Jerome Sans to handpick artists and install art throughout the hotel and in Macakizis private villa. He brought in musicians like Skip Marley. Thieverv Cororation and Bebe Gilberto and chefs Cerea. Aleiandm Serrano and veepranger Anolas to create a a gather that is the unique blend of but turning the focus more to Bodrum with more Turkish chefs anc Med Bodrum is the art world’s party- a lot of friends hanging out, great food and us. For four davs, we’re deck-side tanning, taking in the installations, and chatting up collectors and chefs at with chef-curated dinners, Just when Iam thinking the post-exam celebration can’t get any more epic. we’re on the dance floor with Kate Moss as San Marley sings Three Little Birds Bookmark MedBodrum next Mav tor a tour-dav festival of contemporary art, food and music.
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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 in 1977 by Ayla Emiroglu and toroy pontinues to pnt the foshionahip Tirkhibit on the man Tis restonrant-mm-hotel and beach club remain a go-to destination for the ‘it crowd. who flock to the bohemian paradise on their private yachts season after season Led under the direction of Ayla’s son, Sahir Erozan, Maçakizis beach club is deemed somewhat of a hotspot for its in-demand loungers dotted along the sundeck and with direct access into the shimmmenne waters shey overioor Daytime beats are played as cocktails flow and food under the direction of Chef Aret Sahakyan is served to either the day beds or Maçakizi’s main restaurant which was amongst the first to receive a Michelin star. The latest addition to Maçakizi is Avla, an intimate restaurant and the second to be led by Chef Aret, who has free reign to create an ever-changing menu served as three acts and championing typical recipes into modern dishes.
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When Mick and Bianca Jagger came to Bodrum in the 1970s, Maçakizi was a simple guesthouse. Today, whitewashed villas nestle into the undergrowth, the hammam is lined with light gray marble, and art installations from international galleries stand on the expansive grounds. In the newly opened restaurant ‘Ayla,’ star chef Aret Sahakyan reinvents Turkish specialties. On the menu, you can find dishes like Kokoreç with smoked potatoes and summer truffles, as well as a dessert made of cream, honey, and caviar. After lunch, guests can charter the hotel’s yacht and explore the Göltürkbükü Bay from the water.
5.Macakizi Bodrum
This hotel is actuallv a collection of villas on one of the most beautiful of Bodrums peninsulas and was opened in the yos as a hangout for writers and artists. Times nave changed. as has Bodrum – these davs Macakizis Datrons include the likes of supermodel Kate Moss and anv number of sheikns and oligarchs, who moor their vachts in the nearby marina. But the laid-back vibe remains, enhanced by its lush gardens, private beach and elegantly designed Interiors. Ime motel nas ats own speeaboat, which you can Tent for tne day to lake vou to other parts of this lovely area.
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So, is Bodrum the new Mykonos? consult sanir crozan. owner of the Macakizi beach club and a veteran of the party scene here. When we arrive just before lunch – a buffet of Turkish salads and kebabs – the club’s sleek white deck is lined with dozens or well-oned men and beautiul women (mains from €46; macakizi.com)
Erozan doesn’t go to Mykonos any more. It’s got too expensive, he says. I raise my eyebrows. Bodrum isn’t much cheaper. He concedes that Bodrum is getting more flashy by the season too. “In Bodrum evervone is trying to outsize each other,” he says. “The hotels are getting bigger and bigger.” His boutique hotel, Macakizi, seems tiny in comparison, though nobody has quite managed to match its buzz, beauty and barefoot luxury. Every hidden cove and inch of Bodrum’s coastline is being built on. Just around the corner from Maxx Royal we see a huge digger perched on a hill: the new Bulgar Hotel, where construction has started.
Maçakızı has long been the chicest place to stay in the increasingly popular hotspot of the Bodrum Peninsula. The hotel’s elegant sundecks, Michelin-starred dining, and cascades of pink bougainvillaea are backed by the sparkling Aegean Sea, keeping the property as alluring today as when it was founded in 1977 by Ayla Emiroğlu.
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Macakizi, Bodrum
In Bodrum, bohemian, laid-back luxury starts and ends at Macakizi, a family-run hotel that opened in the 1970s in Turkbuku, a private bay a 30- minute drive from the city centre. On a hillside amid purple bougainvillea and pines broken up by leafy paths, the vibe at this 51-room hotel is boho- chic – everyone from Kate Moss to Mick Jagger and Aretha Franklin has stayed. The beating heart of Macakizi is its beach club, with its pine deck and white daybeds, but the restaurant, which last year was awarded its first Michelin star, is also popular. Details B&B doubles from £850, including return airport transfers (macakizi.com). Fly to Bodrum
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2. Macakizi, Bodrum
In Bodrum, bohemian, laid-back luxury starts and ends at Macakizi, a family-run hotel that opened in the 1970s in Turkbuku, a private bay a 30-minute drive from the city centre. On a hillside amid purple bougainvillea and pines broken up by leafy paths, the vibe at this 51-room hotel is boho-chic – everyone from Kate Moss to Mick Jagger and Aretha Franklin has stayed. The beating heart of Macakizi is its beach club, with its pine deck and neat lines of white daybeds, but the hotel’s restaurant, which last year was awarded its first Michelin star, is also popular.
Details B&B doubles from £850, including return airport transfers (macakizi.com). Fly to Bodrum
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Maçakizi
In the Göltürkbükü neighborhood, not far from Yalikavak, art galleries, jewelry makers, and clothing stores are interspersed between boutique hotels. More Turkish in scope than international, travelers can find the beating heart of Bodrum’s art scene, particularly at the 74-room Maçakizi, a boutique hotel that originally opened in the 1970s and that was refreshed in 2000. It often hosts pop-up exhibitions from artisan retailer 74Escape.
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Macakizi, Turkey
Half an hour outside the mediaeval city of Bodrum, and almost entirely hidden from view by road, air or sea, the spectacularly stylish Macakizi resort sits high up on a dreamy peninsula, where the zing of pink bougainvillea and the seductive scent of rosemary and thyme welcome lucky guests. Since 1977, supermodels, rock stars and international royalty including Mick Jagger, Rudolf Nureyev and Kate Moss have chosen to make this secret haven their favourite retreat. Tumbling terraces, an open-air spa, a marble-lined hammam, a glass dining-room and outdoor local-art installations guide residents down to the shimmering water’s edge.
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Bodrum is in vogue, thanks to the beat of its beach-club scene and its yacht-studded coastline. Which explains why heavyweight hotel groups such as Bulgari, Four Seasons and Maxx Royal – plus Mykonos’ very own Scorpios – are descending on its paradisal perch by the Aegean Sea. But riding the crest of the wave is the original shoreside pleasuredome: Maçakizi, the area’s most glamorous bolthole, which not only has personality and panache but also the most coveted beach-beds in town. The Agnellis and Delevingnes are regulars, as are Lila and Kate Moss. When Bill Gates wanted to throw a birthday lunch, well, no other villa could compare to Maçakizi’s sprawling residence, complete with an enormous wine cellar. That’s why party-planner extraordinaire Carlo Bernardini has been put in charge. But if the private villa – with its own divine boat – is the standout of all Maçakizi’s seductive offerings, the hotel is an alluring warren of hangouts, scattered with Yastik cushions by Rifat Ozbek, and leading to a truly impressive restaurant terrace, carved into a forest of bougainvillea. Here, you will eat the most generous lobster pasta imaginable, thanks to chef Aret Sahakyan. The salads, ceviche and courgette fries are out of this world; as is the lively aperitivo scene, when champagne corks pop while the bartenders work wonders with pomegranates and hibiscus syrup. For any lotus-eater, it’s love at first sight. But then its owner, Sahir Erozan, knows how to have a good time. Whether he’s doing a pop-up at Art Basel, or devising a new arts and cultural festival to bring to Bodrum, this Gatsby-esque figure is as wildly hedonistic as his hotel.
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Maçakizi
In the Göltürkbükü neighborhood, not far from Yalikavak, art galleries, jewelry makers, and clothing stores are interspersed between boutique hotels. More Turkish in scope than international, travelers can find the beating heart of Bodrum’s art scene, particularly at the 74-room Maçakizi, a boutique hotel that originally opened in the 1970s and that was refreshed in 2000. It often hosts pop-up exhibitions from artisan retailer ’74Escape.
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Hotel Maçakızı: Uma Joia Turca No Litoral
No coração de Bodrum, encontrase o icônico Hotel Macakizi, onde fiquei hospedada. O Macakizi é a definição do lifestyle local, tanto que Kate Moss e outras personalidades escolhem o local para se hospedar quando visitam o balneário turco.
Durante minha estada, no fim de agosto, ou seja, finalzinho do verão europeu, a família Agnelli – dona da Fiat e uma das mais tradicionais da Itália – estava por lá celebrando o aniversário de um de seus herdeiros. Ao chegar ao Macakizi, a vista é de tirar o fôlego. O hotel é rodeado pelo Mar Egeu e seus hóspedes podem nadar na piscina natural que se forma na frente do deck da propriedade – um deleite! A arquitetura do hotel é uma fusão do design contemporâneo com elementos tradicionais turcos, criando um ambiente acolhedor e sofisticado sem perder o charme local.
“Nascemos como um bed & breakfast na década de 1980 e fomos crescendo, mas sempre preocupados em manter nossas características locais”, contou Sahir Erozan, filho da fundadora e atual dono, durante um agradável almoço mediterrâneo com vista para o mar. A culinária, aliás, é um show à parte. Os restaurantes do hotel oferecem uma rica seleção de pratos turcos e mediterrâneos preparados com ingredientes frescos colhidos na horta da propriedade. Eu me deliciei com o famoso buffet servido na hora do almoço, com pratos à base de peixe fresco, azeite de oliva, queijo feta e ervas locais. Dá água na boca só de lembrar.
Além de relaxar à beira-mar, outra atividade imperdível é realizar o Haman – o famoso banho turco – no spa do hotel. Foi uma das melhores experiências da minha vida. Saí limpa e plena (risos). Para quem quiser conhecer mais da região, o hotel oferece passeios em um de seus iates privados, que estão disponíveis para aluguel.
À noite, o Macakizi se transforma em um local de entretenimento, com coquetéis artesanais e música ao vivo. No dia em que curti o sunset, o DJ que estava comandando as pick-ups tocou uma das melhores playlists que já ouvi, cheia de músicas brasileiras remixadas. A atmosfera é vibrante.
Hoje os turcos, principalmente a alta classe de Istambul, ainda são a grande maioria dos hóspedes, chegando a 75% da ocupação. Os americanos e europeus somam os outros 25%. Em resumo, o Hotel Macakizi é a personificação do luxo e da hospitalidade turca.
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Wide blue yonder
Juliet Nicolson revels in expansive vistas and laid-back luxury at the Maçakızı hotel in Turkey – a jewel of the Aegean Sea.
Some 800 miles from the epicentre of Turkey’s recent catastrophic earthquakes, the timeless beauty of the Bodrum countryside remains undisturbed. Stone-domed, 16 th -century cisterns and 18 th -century windmills crown the buxom hills, and white-washed villages are scattered across the pine-clad slopes. As my husband Charlie and I made our way from the airport along a route that twisted through narrow village streets, our car braking for sleepy cats and foolhardy goats, the sea seemed to burst into view at every turn, until eventually we reached a bay where tall-masted sailing ships jostled with sleek yachts and working fishing boats.
After leaving grey and drizzly Britain, our arrival at the Maçakızı hotel (pronounced ‘magic-easy’) felt like swapping the school canteen for the Ritz. It was not difficult to see why supermodels, rock stars, international royalty and discreet billionaires have long made this a favourite refuge. Ahmet Ertegün, the founder of Atlantic Records, used to stay here with Mick Jagger, Chuck Berry and Bette Midler. Nowadays, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell love the place so much that they rarely miss a season. With views across the turquoise waters of the Aegean Sea, Maçakızı sits at the northern end of the Bodrum Peninsula, just along the rugged coast from the small, buzzy village of Türkbükü, with its seaside restaurants serving freshly caught fish. The hotel, whose name means ‘the Queen of Spades’, a symbol of intelligence and beauty, was founded in 1977 by the entrepreneur Ayla Emiroğlu. Her son Sahir Erozan, who now runs the business, is here, there and everywhere, his approach heralded by the unmistakeable scent of lit cigar, ready to lavish care and attention to his guests.
The hotel’s 74 rooms and suites are laid out over hillside terraces that are filled with pepper plants, tangerine bushes, delicate blue plumbago flowers and century-old olive- trees. They come furnished with brilliantly coloured fabrics, hand painted ceramics and works by contemporary Turkish artists, each selected personally by Erozan. From the huge window in the sanctuary of our airy room on the uppermost terrace, we faced the stunning panorama of the bay below. The path from our suite descended to what was known as ‘the Beach’ – a sweeping wooden walkway set over a sheltered expanse of the sea. I marvelled at the view before us: a seascape punctuated by tiny, vegetation-thick islets, which has not changed since the pirate-driven traffic of the Bronze Age criss-crossed these waters 4,000 years ago.
Climbing back up the hill, I found the hotel’s Nuxe Spa tucked among the trees, offering an array of indulgent treatments. After a luxurious deep-tissue massage, I opted for an invigorating body-scrub in the slick black and white marble hammam: nothing could be more restorative than a traditional Turkish bath. Nearby, the restaurant forms a part of the vast, glass-walled space, with sumptuous coffee-table books in the lounge areas and a long wooden cocktail bar. One night, when we sat for dinner, we were treated to plump squid cooked in its own ink, a favourite of the chef Aret Sahakyan, while the organic celeriac purée, made using ingredients from the hotel’s plentiful plots and accented with a hint of local orange juice, confirmed what vegetables should really taste like. After a couple of days of this reviving luxury, we were in the mood for a little sight- seeing. Half an hour away by road, the city of Bodrum offers its visitors an ideal mix of history, culture and retail temptation. Once known as Halicarnassus, the city to which Alexander the Great laid siege in 344 BC, Bodrum was the site of a magnificent mausoleum (sadly destroyed by an earthquake about 1,000 years ago) classed among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The busy harbour, home to a shipping and boat-building industry that dated back three millennia, is dominated by the 15 th -century St. Peter’s Castle, constructed by Crusader knights. It now houses a museum with full size replicas of ancient shipwrecks, an astonishing cargo of glass recovered from hundreds of fathoms below the sea, and hoards of gold and silver. In the alleyways near the castle, we explored cavernous shops crammed with three of this country’s most desirable life-enhancers: slippers, carpets and, of course, Turkish delight.
Another of the attractions of the hotel’s location is it can be used as a jumping-off point for Greek-island hopping, should you happen to be travelling by boat. Fortunately for the rest of us, Maçakızı has its own chic, white-upholstered speedboat, which we used to take an exhilarating ride across the bay to check out the hotel’s private villa. This is the ultimate cross-generational party house on Paradise Bay, accessible only via a jetty from the water and with staff out-numbering guests by three to one. Here, residents become the sole beneficiaries of a huge infinity pool on which sunshine dances like strobe lighting, a seductively scented spa and a master vintner’s wine cellar. The villa’s chefs are available to fulfil your gastronomic desired and there is even a tiny pastry kitchen devoted exclusively to producing mouth-watering baklava.
After five days of dreamy Turkish hospitality, and with our suitcases packed full of treasures, we reluctantly turned our backs on the glamour of Maçakızı, the glint of its superstar glitter shimmering in our minds long after our return to rainy everyday life.
