The Bodrum EDITION

Yalıkavak, on the Bodrum peninsula

The Bodrum EDITION is built into a hillside above a small, sheltered bay at Yalıkavak, the most fashionable corner of the Bodrum peninsula. Rooms, gardens and terraces step down the slope to the beach, so almost every part of the hotel looks out over the Aegean. Yalıkavak Marina, with its superyachts, boutiques and restaurants, is about three kilometres away, and Bodrum town, with its castle and harbour, is around half an hour by car. Milas-Bodrum Airport is about 45 to 50 minutes away, and flights from London take around four hours in season.

The hotel is part of EDITION, the collection created by Ian Schrager with Marriott, and it feels more like a design-led private estate than a traditional beach resort: pale stone, warm wood and olive trees, with the 28-metre infinity pool halfway between the lobby and the sea.

Beyond the hotel, the peninsula is easy to explore: gulet and speedboat days to quiet coves, the old stone windmills above Yalıkavak, and the ancient theatre and castle in Bodrum town. The Greek island of Kos is a short ferry ride from Bodrum harbour, which makes for an easy day trip.

Rooms, suites and the private villa

There are 110 rooms, suites and villas, and most have sea or bay views. Entry-level Deluxe rooms are around 42 square metres, with stone floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, a balcony or terrace, and marble bathrooms with deep tubs, rain showers and Le Labo toiletries. Some rooms and suites have their own gardens or private pools.

For more space, the Sea View Loft Suites are around 97 square metres over two levels, and the Yalıkavak Suite is around 217 square metres. At the top of the range is a four-bedroom private villa with its own pool and sauna, which works well for families or groups of friends who want the hotel’s facilities with the privacy of a house.

Spa, pool and beach club

The spa has eight treatment rooms, open-air treatment cabanas and a traditional Turkish hammam, where treatments follow the Ottoman ritual of steam, black soap and a kese glove scrub before a massage. There is a fitness centre, a Pilates studio and a yoga terrace facing the sea.

Below the infinity pool, the Beach Club has a soft sand beach, a wooden deck and jetty for swimming in deeper water, and cabanas that can be reserved for the day. The shallow water close to the shore suits younger swimmers.

Restaurants, bars and nightlife

Food is one of the main reasons to stay. KITCHEN by Osman Sezener serves Turkish coastal cooking using produce from the hotel’s own gardens and local farms, and The Trattoria by Stefano Ciotti brings Italian cooking from a Michelin-starred chef. DAHA by Mehmet Akdağ is a specialist grill, Morena serves lunch and long dinners by the beach, and Inari Kujira offers Asian fusion. There are two bars and a nightclub, which make the hotel lively in July and August. Some venues open for the peak months only.

Why book The Bodrum EDITION with Berkeley Travel

Through our Marriott STARS partnership, Berkeley Travel adds full daily breakfast for two, a $100 hotel credit per stay, a priority room upgrade and a personalised VIP welcome to every stay, at exactly the same rate you would pay on Marriott.com.

Your Travel Designer will help you choose the right room or suite for the view and the level of privacy you want, book tables at KITCHEN and the beach club in the busiest weeks, and arrange transfers from Milas-Bodrum Airport, boat days along the coast and a few nights in Istanbul or elsewhere in Turkey if you want to combine the stay. For a different style of Bodrum stay, we also recommend Mandarin Oriental Bodrum.