D Maris Bay
Datca Peninsula, Datca, Turkey
Location
On the Datca Peninsula
High on a pine-clad hillside in a nature reserve on the Datca Peninsula, where the Aegean meets the Mediterranean, around forty minutes from Marmaris and two hours from Dalaman airport, with its own yacht club.
Transfer
A Dalaman transfer
Around two hours from Dalaman airport, or forty minutes from Marmaris, out to the pine-clad nature reserve on the Datca Peninsula.
Villas
Around 196 rooms & a villa
Around 196 rooms and suites plus a two-bedroom villa with a butler and private pool, in Turkish craftsmanship with mountain or sea views and room-length balconies; some suites have hot-tub rooms with a window to the bay.
Best For
Who it suits
The superyacht and jet-set scene for the yacht club, La Guerite, Zuma and Nusr-et, couples for Silence Beach and the villa, families for the kids' club and family rooms, the foodie crowd and the watersports set — five private beaches linked by speedboat on the Datca Peninsula.
Board Basis
Bed & breakfast
Bed-and-breakfast or half board, across a dining roster of Zuma, Salt Bae's Nusr-et and St Barts' La Guerite, set on five private beaches.
About the Resort
A five-beach superyacht resort on the Datca Peninsula
D Maris Bay is the five-beach superyacht resort on the Datca Peninsula — high on a pine-clad nature reserve where the Aegean meets the Mediterranean, with its own yacht club. Five private natural beaches, each a different concept, are linked by speedboat — from the lively Blue-Flag Bay Beach to the no-music, under-twelve-free Silence Beach. The dining roster gathers Zuma, Salt Bae's Nusr-et and St Barts' La Guerite, the yacht club runs a hundred-foot sailing yacht and a helicopter, and the Mytha Spa carries the Bodyism wellness programme. Around 196 rooms and a butler villa look over the bay, with tennis and full watersports including PADI diving. The setting is the unspoilt Datca Peninsula: the resort sits in a pine-clad nature reserve at the meeting of two seas, the ancient ruins of Knidos lie out at the tip of the peninsula, and gulet cruises and the town of Marmaris are within reach. It is the five-beach, superyacht and dining-roster pick of the Aegean — distinct from the polished Mandarin Oriental and the wellness-led Six Senses. Seasonal, April to November.
Accommodation
Rooms & suites
Around 196 rooms and suites plus a two-bedroom butler villa with a private pool wear Turkish craftsmanship with mountain or sea views and room-length balconies, some suites with hot-tub rooms looking out to the bay. Set high on a pine-clad hillside above the five beaches, they range from a sea-view room to a private-pool villa, the bay and the meeting of two seas spread below. Turkish craftsmanship and natural materials keep it warm, the room-length balconies made for the long Aegean evenings.
Entry
Deluxe Mountain-View Room
Sleeps two to three. A room with a balcony, over the mountains.
BalconyMountain outlook
Signature
Sea-View Room
Sleeps two. A king with a room-length balcony over the bay.
Room-length balconyAegean outlook
Suite
Suite
Sleeps two to three. A king with a hot-tub room and a window to the bay.
Hot-tub roomBay outlook
Villa
Villa
Sleeps four. A two-bedroom villa with a private pool and butler, over the sea.
Private pool & butlerSea outlook
Food & Drink
Dining
The dining roster gathers Zuma's contemporary Japanese izakaya, Salt Bae's Nusr-et steakhouse and St Barts' La Guerite beach club, among others. It is a roster of names rarely found together on one resort, dining as much a reason to come as the beaches. Each venue is a destination in its own right, brought to a single pine-clad bay on the Datca Peninsula.
Signature
Zuma
Zuma, contemporary Japanese izakaya.
Steak
Nusr-et
Nusr-et, the Salt Bae steakhouse.
Beach club
La Guerite
La Guerite, the St Barts beach club.
Wellbeing
The Mytha Spa & beaches
The Mytha Spa carries the Bodyism wellness programme, a Turkish bath, hammam, sauna and ice fountains, joined by outdoor pools and five private natural sandy beaches — each a different concept — linked by speedboat. Wellness here runs from a Bodyism session to a day moving by speedboat between the five beaches.
The Mytha Spa
The Mytha Spa, the Bodyism programme.
Five private beaches
Five private beaches, speedboats between them.
The yacht club
The yacht club, yacht and helicopter.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The beaches, the dining and the yacht club define a stay — move by speedboat between five private beaches, each its own concept from lively Bay Beach to no-music Silence Beach, dine across the Zuma, Nusr-et and La Guerite roster, and sail from the yacht club's hundred-foot yacht. Full watersports and PADI diving run from the bay, with the ancient ruins of Knidos out at the tip of the peninsula, and gulet cruises along the coast a classic Aegean day.
Five private beaches
Five private beaches, each a concept, by speedboat.
The dining roster
The dining roster, Zuma, Nusr-et, La Guerite.
The yacht club
The yacht club, a hundred-foot yacht and helicopter.
The Mytha Spa
The Mytha Spa, the Bodyism programme.
Full watersports
Full watersports, and PADI diving.
Getting There
Location & transfers
By air
To Dalaman
Around two hours from Dalaman airport, or forty minutes from Marmaris.
On the peninsula
Datca
On a pine-clad hillside in a nature reserve on the Datca Peninsula.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting D Maris Bay. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Bed-and-breakfast or half board.
Seasonal
- Seasonal, open roughly April to November.
Made for the jet-set
- Made for the jet-set, couples and families.
Getting there
- Around two hours from Dalaman airport.
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