Mazı Bay

You’d be forgiven for thinking this place was nowhere near Bodrum. Yet you would be wrong. We drove and drove mile and mile before getting to this lovely, isolated village. Mazı must be one of the most beautiful villages in all of the Bodrum region, with a scattering of homes lining its three bays and woods that go right down to the shore.

Çakılyalı Bay

The first bay, Çakıllıyalı, is nt really on the large side. The shoreline comprises of a single hotel with two or three small pensions with a beautiful little garden area. The place is entirely run and staffed by locals. You are more than welcome to pop over and set up a little tent on the shore in front of the hotel as locals take great pleasure in making visitors feel welcomed above all else. They even insisted we pop by to use their showers completely freely when we were done at the beach. Similarly, the restaurant is open to any and all.