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Neighbourhood in Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey
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Yalıkavak is a resort in the Southern Aegean region of Turkey. It's on the peninsula 18 km northwest of Bodrum, and marketed to tourists as "Bodrum region" along with the neighbouring villages of Gündoğan and Göltürkbükü. These sprawl into each other and in 2014 their population was 14,160.
Clean, competent family-run hotel near the marina.
Smart beachfront resort hotel.
Mostly good reviews, the place could use some renovation.
Attractive small hotel.
Upscale beach resort.
For long-distance travel see Bodrum, which has flights from Europe, and inter-city buses from Istanbul, Izmir and beyond.
Read in the guideThe individual villages are walkable but the resort area straggles. Dolmuşes run from Bodrum and along the coast.
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