Guide to Bitez

'With its enchanting sand-and-shingle bay, wicked watersports and casual family-friendly vibe, this small resort is made for serious R&R.'

Bitez is the business for blissing out on the beach. Just bring your swim gear, suncream – and a smile – and you'll be sorted.
With its low-rise, whitewashed buildings lining a lush bay west of Bodrum, the atmosphere is uncomplicated and lazy, making it ideal if your thoughts are running on a single track straight to the beach.
Granted a Blue Flag for cleanliness, its curve of sand and smooth pebbles glides gently into sparkling, plate-glass waters, making it a winner where children are concerned. And for those times when paddling or paperback reading seems too tame, an array of watersports is always at hand. Renowned as a windsurfing spot par excellence, Bitez is just the place to move up from those staid pedalo paddles onto a more challenging windsurfing or parasailing session.
Once you've worked up an appetite, just amble along the palm-fringed sands. Right along the waterfront, you'll find a mouth-watering assortment of restaurants ready to serve you the essential cold Efes beer or sizzling shish kebabs. And at night, it's the same story, only this time with a luminous, star-dusted sky overhead. Although you'll find a cluster of music bars to keep you up late, most Bitez evenings revolve around dinner at the hotel or along the sociable waterside.
Want to get out and about? Put your history hat on to visit the mind-boggling remains of Ephesus or the 3,000 year old ruins of Troy. Escape into the orange-groved countryside awash with fig trees, timeless villages and poppy-freckled fields. And make a date with Bodrum just down the coast. Hop on a dolmus and shop and sightsee your heart out in this fast-moving, endlessly fascinating town.

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