26 Bagarası St., Golturkbuku, 48400 Turkey {map}

Situated on the greenest part of the Bodrum peninsula in the upmarket municipality of Göltürkbükü, the YU hotel is a natural design hotel with a fresh and youthful outlook. The architectural style of the property is low-key and tasteful, just nineteen rooms surround a swimming pool lined with sleek deckchairs. The contemporary design explores the functional and decorative use of concrete especially, and attention is focused on the natural cut-stone walls –all within the framework of a classic Mediterranean style.

Bagarasi Mahallesi Tepecik Cad. 124/1, Golturkbuku, 48400 Turkey {map}

At a slight remove from the busy port of Bodrum and the main tourist drag is the exclusive and intimate Ada Hotel, an modern villa built in a traditional style by a local architect. This is high luxury, to be sure, but with an admirable restraint — the fourteen rooms are elegant but never over-the-top, spacious and well-appointed, decorated in a quietly rustic manner. Ada Hotel with its unique architecture and decoration aims to provide an excellent service in a homely environment. The hotel is built out of carved stones with a purpose to encourage an extinguishing tradition and been designed to evoke a sense of the past while providing all the comforts and amenities of a world-class hotel.