The most treasured part of the year has arrived in Bodrum; the 'altin yaz', the Indian Summer of October has arrived right on schedule on the heels of variable, but enjoyable, weather for the long week of Bayram.
For now, for a little while, we hope to enjoy this languorous golden calm in short sleeves and to have time to watch the sunsets. They are beautiful long ones that allow people to pause, stop for a drink on the beach side, for a quiet chat and enjoy the moment as the skies turn blue, rose pink, and then dim to a shimmering gray overhead.
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The Turkish Daily News
Chris Drum Berkaya
11 October 2008
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The Times
Andrew Eamy
6 June 2007
From our balcony on the steep slope we could lean over and pick fruit off the vine from the terrace below and blow the grape pips in the direction of two large islands slumbering across the horizon. When the wind dropped in the evening it was so quiet that we could hear the muezzin’s chant from a mosque down the valley, a kilometre or two away away.
This was no Andalucian or Tuscan hillside; this was a villa on Turkey’s Lycian shore, and the slumbering islands on our horizon were Greek.
The New York Times has just named Bodrum as one of its top destinations, citing its swanky hotels, chic new marina, prowling paparazzi and high-decibel nightlife. It scores over many other Turkish resorts by being so close to an airport - just 22 miles away.
By day Bodrum, with its handsome ranks of white stucco houses and borders of bougainvillea, shimmers on a hill above two bays. By night it basks in the glow of the lit-up St Peter's Castle, home of the fabulous Museum of Underwater Archeology.
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The Mail On Sunday
Gareth Dave
20 May 2007