Just north of Turkey’s bustling Bodrum sits Alaçati, the country’s bolstering tourist outpost. Alaçati has become a booming city on its own, with cobbled streets, postcard-perfect whitewashed buildings, shady courtyards, and colorful neighborhood laundry lines waving gently in the wind. Sitting on the far-west Çesme Peninsula, Alaçati has more than earned its summer hot-spot status: thermal springs, Ottoman hill-top towns with unrivaled views, boutiques, antiques, and corner shops selling local handmade artisan goods, olives, jams, and Turkish coffees.

People are making such a fuss out of the up-and-coming city, Conde Nast Traveler dedicated a 17-page digital spread to the stunning, quaint city, outlining the whos, whats, and wheres – where to stay; what to see; who to ask for recommendations – of your next vacation.