A five-bedroom above Türkbükü asks €11,000 a week in June and €36,000 in early August, while a Yalıkavak marina-front estate clears €120,000. Bodrum is the Turkish Aegean’s high end, the peninsula where Istanbul money and Gulf charters meet, and the bay you pick moves the rate as much as the calendar. The full structure, by bay and week.
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The number that matters first: €4,000 to €160,000 per week. The floor is a four-bedroom inland on the peninsula in low season, and the ceiling is a marina-front estate at Yalıkavak in peak August. Villa rates on the peninsula are usually quoted in euros or sterling at this tier, even though the local currency is the lira, which protects renters from the lira’s swings.
July and August are the joint peak, the first three weeks of August tightest, and rates ease into a warm September. Four things move a Bodrum quote, in order: the bay, the week, the bedroom count, and the sea frontage. Yalıkavak, with its superyacht marina, sits at the top, and the quieter bays around Gölköy and Türkbükü hold the middle.
Indicative weekly rates in euros. Low season is roughly November to April. Shoulder is May, June, and September. July and August are the joint peak. Yalıkavak marina-front sits at the top of each band.
| Villa size | Low season | Shoulder | Jul–Aug (peak) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 bedrooms | €4,000 to €8,000 | €7,000 to €14,000 | €12,000 to €25,000 |
| 5 bedrooms | €6,000 to €13,000 | €11,000 to €24,000 | €20,000 to €42,000 |
| 6 bedrooms | €10,000 to €22,000 | €19,000 to €40,000 | €35,000 to €72,000 |
| 7+ bedrooms | €20,000 to €42,000 | €38,000 to €78,000 | €65,000 to €160,000+ |
Bands reflect Yalıkavak, Türkbükü, Gölköy, and the Gümüşlük side, May 2026. The seven-bedroom peak band sits on the Yalıkavak marina-front, the most sought stock on the peninsula.
The Bodrum peninsula is a string of bays, each with its own character and price. Yalıkavak, anchored by the Palmarina superyacht harbour, is the glossy, yacht-led end. Türkbükü and Göltürkbükü are the established jet-set bays, Gölköy is the quieter neighbour, and Gümüşlük on the west is the calmer, lower-key sunset side.
Yalıkavak, built around the Palmarina that berths some of the largest yachts in the Aegean, is the most expensive address on the peninsula. The marina-front and hillside estates above it carry the top rates and the social scene, and a peak-August week here is the dearest combination in Bodrum. The same villa in June costs close to half.
Türkbükü and Göltürkbükü are the long-established fashionable bays, with the wooden-deck beach clubs that defined the Turkish Aegean scene, and they sit just below Yalıkavak on price. Gölköy next door and Gümüşlük on the west coast are calmer and better value, and the Gümüşlük sunsets are the peninsula’s best.
Turkey charges a reduced VAT (KDV) of 10 percent on accommodation, against a 20 percent standard rate. On a €36,000 August week that is €3,600. Where a villa is let by a managed operator the KDV is usually built into the quote, but confirm whether a figure is gross or net before you compare two houses.
Since January 2023 Turkey has levied a separate accommodation tax of 2 percent on the cost of the stay, calculated before VAT. It is small against the rate, roughly €720 on a €36,000 week, but it is a real line and increasingly itemised on managed-villa invoices.
Bodrum–Milas Airport (BJV) sits about 35 to 40km from the main bays, a 45-to-60-minute transfer. A private chef runs €300 to €500 per day plus food, a gulet charter day along the coast runs €1,200 to €4,000, and a driver is around €260 per day. A refundable deposit of €2,500 to €20,000 is standard, returned within two weeks.
Each budget is the rate plus the fees that land on the invoice. In Bodrum the line items add roughly 13 to 18 percent on top of the headline.
Headline: €12,000 / wk (mid-June, sea-view villa with pool).
KDV (10%) €1,200. Accommodation tax (2%) €240. Cleaning €350. Chef for three dinners €1,150 plus food €600.
All-in: about €15,540 for the week, roughly €2,220 a night for eight.
Headline: €48,000 / wk (second week of August, hillside sea-view villa).
KDV (10%) €4,800. Accommodation tax (2%) €960. Service (4%) €1,920. Gulet day €2,500. Chef for four dinners €1,800 plus food €900.
All-in: about €60,900 for the week, roughly €8,700 a night for twelve.
Headline: €120,000 / wk (first week of August, staffed marina-front estate).
KDV (10%) €12,000. Accommodation tax (2%) €2,400. Service (5%) €6,000. Full-time chef €3,800 plus food €2,400. Two drivers €3,600.
All-in: about €150,200 before events and a chartered gulet.
Three levers move the all-in cost on a Bodrum week.
Take June or September. The same villa runs 35 to 50 percent below peak August, the Aegean is warm either side, and the beach clubs are bookable again. The light in late September is the peninsula’s best.
Buy the bay you will use. Renters pay the Yalıkavak marina premium and then never set foot on a yacht. If the Palmarina scene is not your trip, Gölköy or Gümüşlük gives you the same sea for less, with calmer water.
Lock the rate in euros or sterling. Because villas are quoted in hard currency at this tier, you avoid the lira’s volatility, but confirm the currency and whether KDV and the accommodation tax are included before you sign. Two quotes in different currencies are not comparable until you convert and gross them up.
From about €4,000 per week for a four-bedroom inland in low season to €160,000 or more for a peak-August marina-front estate at Yalıkavak. Most quality five-bedrooms land between €11,000 and €24,000 per week in shoulder season and €20,000 to €42,000 in July and August.
Yalıkavak, built around the Palmarina superyacht harbour, carries the top rates. Türkbükü and Göltürkbükü sit just below, while Gölköy and Gümüşlük on the west coast are calmer and better value.
Turkey charges 10 percent KDV (accommodation VAT) and a separate 2 percent accommodation tax on the cost of the stay before VAT. On managed villas both are usually built into the quote, but confirm gross or net.
At this tier villas are usually quoted in euros or sterling rather than lira, which protects renters from the lira’s swings. Always confirm the currency and whether KDV and the accommodation tax are included before comparing quotes.
June and September run 35 to 50 percent below peak August, with warm sea and quieter beach clubs. Late September has the best light of the year on the peninsula.
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