20 Best Hotels in The Central and Southern Aegean Coast, Turkey

This small, peaceful, friendly oasis comes as a pleasant surprise, with the tastefully designed rooms overlooking lush gardens surrounding one of the two delightful pools. A well-known gourmet restaurant on the rooftop terrace looks to the Bodrum Castle and the sea, and serves wine from the hotel’s own vineyards in Tekirdağ. The rooms are well appointed, decorated using natural stone and timber, and all have garden or sea views. They are reached by sometimes steep stairs rambling up the hillside, so it is fun to locate the second two-cabana pool and jacuzzi, ideal for honeymooners. There’s a small gym with massage facilities, a tropical-style garden bar and indoor dining room poolside, and a high-season daily shuttle to a posh beach. The surrounding neighborhood may be a bit gritty, but is still walkable up from town. 

Just a short walk from the harbor, built true to the iconic Bodrum white-washed style, this cheery, colorful, centrally located spot has good-sized rooms set around a lush garden and pool area. Though it’s right in the heart of Bodrum, the Su is tucked away down a quiet residential street and feels peacefully secluded from the city’s hustle and bustle. The service is friendly and there’s a pleasant restaurant on site.

This stylishly designed and modern boutique hotel just a three-minute walk from the Marina front offers spacious rooms equipped with balconies and Nespresso machines. A generous breakfast is served on the roof terrace with views of the harbor and hills in summer, or in the hip bar and café area by the lobby.

A sleek, modern option in the middle of Kuşadası gets high marks for its comfortable rooms, attentive service, and location within walking distance to the town's shopping and eating areas. The small rooftop pool has a sweeping view, as do the upstairs bar and restaurant. If the rooms here are full, try their smaller sister property, the Hotel Ilayda, nearby.

Elegant, attractive rooms and bungalows, many with sea views and some spreading over two levels, provide a perfect getaway, while lots of on-site amenities make this luxurious resort a great place for families. The option of renting a bungalow a short walk from the main hotel offers greater privacy and service.

In an appealing location on a palm-lined street, this friendly hotel is a good-value option for families—it includes free tickets to the next-door movie theater (closed in summer months), a generous buffet breakfast, and free airport shuttle for guests. Just behind the Swissotel, its rooms have old-school furnishings but are spotlessly clean.

Overlooking a large, well-tended beach, and with lovely gardens (and pet chickens), this is a perfect place for families. A father-and-daughter team built and expanded this rustic-feeling hotel in Gölköy with care, ensuring the modest but crisp white rooms are spic and span. The owners also pay a great deal of attention to offerings in their on-premises restaurant, where a wood-fire brick oven supplies pide and lahmacun, served on a wooden deck built out over the bay—and, of course, there's a supply of fresh eggs from the chickens.

This luxurious getaway overlooking the Aegean caters to an upscale adult crowd looking for a relaxing escape. In addition to the infinity pool, there’s a sauna that’s free for guests to use and massage services available for an extra charge. No children under the age of 14 are allowed.

This modern hotel, built to emulate old Selçuk style houses with enclosed balconies on upstairs rooms and around a pleasant garden, has the welcome addition of a swimming pool. The spacious rooms are very clean and well-appointed with fine furnishings and facilities. A garden restaurant is the spot for relaxed breakfasts for guests, and an evening a la carte grill menu.

This tiny family-run hotel charms visitors with its plush rooms, intimate atmosphere, and helpful staff. Each of the seven rooms is named after a different Greek god or goddess, and each has its own distinct characteristics: sloped wooden ceilings in the upstairs room, a hammam-style bathroom in the garden-side family room, a marble Jacuzzi tub and fireplace in the honeymoon suite. Breakfast features homemade jams and local olives.

One of Şirince’s oldest lodging options is also one of its most character-filled, a mini-village all its own with quaint, lovely rooms in the antique-filled main house and stand-alone cottages, some with shared kitchens, scattered around a rambling estate. A bit of a hike from town, at the top of a dirt road, the location affords sweeping views from the restaurant and some rooms, each of which is uniquely shaped and decorated. There’s a small marble-lined pool, an on-site restaurant, and plenty of shaded courtyards and cozy sitting areas around the property.

This unique hotel was created by the conversion of a villa into uniquely decorated and furnished rooms with Italianate collector's items. The theme is Italian Renaissance with rich decorations according to the room name; guests feel they are sleeping in an art gallery. The main art rooms are upstairs, with two simple ground floor rooms opening onto the garden, and two rooms at the rear of the delightful garden and welcome pool. A generous breakfast is served with organic jams and vegetables. The location is beside the Michelin 1-star restaurant Vino Locale, and there are local tavernas a stroll or short drive away.

Here you'll find five tastefully decorated rooms in the spirit of a restored 1870 Ottoman mansion, but with well-appointed modern facilities. The house garden is the setting for a generous breakfast or cafe service in the day. It's centrally located, with all the dining and street attractions of the town a few minutes walk away. Parking is on the street or in local car parks.

One of the first modern hotels in İzmir when it opened in 1927, this Kordon waterfront property has full sea views from half of its relaxing, attractive rooms. Its plush lobby (with complimentary tea and coffee) faces a bright square, and a splash of local color is introduced in the form of decorative antique typewriters and housewares.