17 Best Hotels in The Turquoise Coast, Turkey

Clinging to a cliff face with a wraparound view of Kalkan Bay, this immaculate establishment is one of Turkey's greatest hotels, with a gorgeous pool that juts out into the air, a beach club at the bottom of the cliff, and a hotel boat that will take you five minutes across the bay to Kalkan Harbor for an evening in town. Try the Sunset Suite with its spacious layout and blue mosaic hot tub. Be ready, however, for the 181 steps from top to bottom—if you don't want to walk, the hotel has golf-cart service around the property and to its beach. And be aware that the long balcony in front of the picture windows of the standard double rooms also serves as a public walkway. Four three-bedroom villas above the beach club are also available for rent, and excursions can be arranged on the hotel's private yacht.

A stay in this restored mansion offers the unique chance to experience the lifestyle and surroundings of a 19th-century Ottoman country noble, in an idyllic rural setting. The owners have re-created five rooms in the main mansion that are works of art in themselves, fitting modern bathrooms behind the original woodwork, restoring old wall paintings, and choosing fine antiques to match. The rest of the rooms, in three modern stone buildings around a lovely garden, are large but more standard. The details are faultless, right down to the use of nearly 1 million custom-made iron nails. Reserve at least one month in advance for July and August stays.

By far Çıralı's most luxurious (and expensive) option is on the beach right by the entrance to the Olympos archaeological site and surrounded by lush gardens. The attractive rooms have their own balconies, terraces, or verandas, and the hotel also offers guests a spa facility.

Nestled among olive trees just off the beach, this elegant boutique hotel is a happy misfit in package-tourist-dominated Ölüdeniz. The owner, an interior designer, commissioned vintage-style buildings of Cappadocian stone and has created an old-world feeling inside with recycled wood floors and French windows. Although the hotel is right on a seafront walkway, most rooms do not have sea views but instead face a leafy courtyard and pool.

A swank option by the Fethiye marina, this design-forward boutique hotel decks its large rooms out in a soothing palette with light wood and wicker accents and equips them with soft linens, big flatscreen TVs, Nespresso makers, sconce lighting, and smart-home controls. A lavish breakfast buffet (including sparkling wine and caviar) is served at the poolside bar-restaurant. If you really want to splash out, the penthouse suites each have two Jacuzzis–one in-room and one on a private terrace.

This modern, all-inclusive hotel—part of a luxury Turkish resort chain and one of a large cluster of hotels on the public beach just west of central Side—offers a wide range of activities, from beach volleyball to aqua gym at its large pool set among its superbly maintained grounds. There are multiple on-site restaurants and bars, as well as a patisserie. Rooms are spacious and comfortable if a little unspectacular by comparison.

This simple family establishment is the place to choose if you want to escape from the world and soak up the otherworldliness of Kekova Sound. Rooms are basic but clean, and there's a bar and a small cafe-restaurant that sells tasty ice cream. The hotel also has a charming little jetty where you can sunbathe or take a dive into the crystal-clear water.

With a large swimming pool and gardens by the banks of the Dalyan River, this one-story property is a pretty upscale choice, yet still a reasonable value; accommodations are a mix of hotel rooms and apartment units with kitchens. The carved wooden ceilings and smattering of Ottoman bric-a-bric give it more character than your average resort hotel. The clean guest rooms, spread over two adjacent sites, have a pleasant Turkish flavor, too. And there are two villas for rent if you have a larger group.

This hotel set slightly back from the beach has modest, clean rooms—all with a few decorative touches, and some with a sea view. Large portions of good Turkish and international food are served in the pleasant on-site restaurant. There is a garden terrace, and the hotel has its own loungers on the beach.

Half a dozen attractive stone villas are clustered around a pretty garden and pool at this self-catering property; spacious two- and three-bedroom options have full kitchens, multiple bathrooms, and comfortable terraces, ideal for kids. The owners—Turkish Tolga and his British wife Rebecca—have deliberately designed the sort of place that their own young family would enjoy.

This intimate, family-run hotel is in a pretty stone building on the eastern side of the waterfront with a small courtyard, a private swimming area, and a jetty with tables for a sunset dinner. The simple rooms, with lovely wooden ceilings, have a bit more character than those in some other nearby options.

It's not Montana, but this resort—uphill from Ölüdeniz in neighboring Hisarönü—does have a splendid mountain setting and temperatures that seem refreshingly cool compared to those on the coast. Both the view and mountain breeze can be enjoyed from airy guest rooms that have private balconies and crisp contemporary decor. This is the place to kick back and celebrate when you've finished the Lycian Way, which officially ends (or starts) near the resort's lively Sunset Bar.

Above a restaurant and general store in the center of the Kaleköy waterfront, this pint-sized place has bright, clean rooms that share a long balcony affording a magnificent view of the boats from the nearby port. Down by the sea, there are deck chairs and tables out on a jetty.