D-Hotel Maris, Hisarönü, Turkey

With its long stretches of sandy beaches, backed by craggy mountains, it would be an understatement to describe the scenery of Turkey's Turqouoise Coast as dramatic. Here, in a quiet spot, surrounded by pine forests, sits D-Hotel Maris. A design collaboration between Turkish firm Midek Mingü and Singapore's SCDA Architects, the 200-room hotel combines Asian minimalist elegance with warm Turkish hospitality. Guest rooms offer mountain or sea views, with bathtubs on balconies. A restaurant named 'The Spice' offers Ottoman Asian fare, while 'The Breeze' is a more casual seafood alternative. The resort also offers a 'menu' of water sports from water skiing to diving, while the spa's treatments involve Aegean Sea Shell and Purva Karma Four Handed massages.