Turkey’s famous holiday resort Bodrum is one of the hottest spots for world wide celebrities and Royal Families…

According to officials in the last 10 years so many celebrities and royal families visited Bodrum with their million dollar yachts.

Among them are Saudi Arabian Prince Mohammad bin Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah and Prince Hassan of Jordan, all of whom have bought villas and land in Bodrum.

Platinum Magazine, an Arabic-language, prestigious lifestyle publication owned by a member of the Saudi royal family, Prince Maha al-Shaikh, dedicated four pages to Bodrum in one of its recent issues. The article praised Bodrum’s and Yalıkavak’s natural beauty, adding that many international celebrities had made huge investments in Bodrum for holiday purposes.

Mayor of Yalıkavak, Mustafa Saruhan, said the total investments made by Middle Eastern princes, kings and sheiks in the past 10 years are over 500 million euros.

Top executives from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain and Qatar, who have bought land in Bodrum, are also spending their summer holidays with their families in luxury yachts berthed at Bodrum marinas, he said. The mayor also highlighted an article printed in Platinum Magazine titled, “The city of celebrities and yacht fans,” praising Bodrum and its drawing points.

İbrahim Çeçen of Çeçen Real Estate Investment said scores of top executives, especially from Saudi Arabia, and then from Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Lebanon and Egypt had bought land in Yalıkavak, a district of Bodrum, and had built luxury villas worth up to 20 million euros.

Most recently, Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi’s sons Motossim Bilal and Hannibal Gadhafi spent their vacation in Bodrum last summer and were looking for land to build a hotel, Çeçen said. “Land prices in the region have skyrocketed. The reason for this is that celebrities prefer Bodrum and Yalıkavak both for holidays and investments.”

Famous Villa owners in Bodrum
Saudi Arabian Prince Mohammad bin Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud; Princess Abeer al-Saud, from the family of Saudi Arabia Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Sultan; Saudi Arabian Security Council head Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud; Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah; his brother, Prince Nasser Sabah al-Ahmet al-Jaber al-Sabah; Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheik Muhammed Sabah al-Salim; Prince Al-Hasan; and Ali bin Nayef of Jordan all own villas and land in Yalıkavak.

From the Ottoman dynasty, Sultan Murad’s fifth grandchild, Osman Selaheddin Osmanoğlu, also owns a villa in Yalıkavak. The ownership of these villas and title deeds belong to either architects, embassy personnel, honorary consulates or relatives who live in Turkey.

A famous Turkish fashion designer showed Donna all the nice places in Bodrum. She like Bodrum a lot and will definitely come back to Bodrum again. Now she is enjoying a Blue Cruise along the Mediterranean coast.

Did you run in to any celebrities during your stay in Bodrum? Let me know in the comments.

Coolio (born August 1, 1963 in Compton, California) is an American rapper and actor perhaps best known for the hit song “Gangsta’s Paradise.

Coolio is from California and thinks Bodrum and California has many things in common. Well I think California and Bodrum have one thing in common for sure and thats the great weather.

If any one will attend coolio’s concert let me know your experience via the comments below…

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Mustafa’s hotel “Mandal Otel” is located in Gundogan. A 5 star hotel with a very nice interior design. I expect the hotel to be filled with stars and celebrities.

Mustafa just released his new album “Devami Var” already his sixth studio album. After Musti took a career break in 2005, it seems he is back at the top again.

I checked the internet but could not find a link to the Mandal Hotel’s website. Let me know if you know the website address or tell me about your experience, if you have stayed at the Mandal Hotel.

During her trip to Bodrum , she was fascinated with the beauty of the surroundings. Lolita said , Bodrum has a beautiful yacht harbour whereby he can easily compete with St.Tropez or Monte Carlo harbours. She said , she definitely would like to visit Bodrum in September and enjoy this fascination town and the kebaps as well.

Shakira has visited Turkey before and enjoyed Turkey a lot. Shakira’s Lebanese grandmother taught her the art of Arabian Belly Dancing so she can stay true to her middle eastern roots.

Shakira recently worked with Beyonce Knowles on the smash song Beautiful Liar who also bought a property in Bodrum. The price of real estate in Bodrum has increased significantly with all these famous people visiting and buying property.

Nowadays, Bodrum is a major player on the world scene and is growing in popularity among the jet-set. Many famous people visit Bodrum, they invest on properties in this city and some of them just make Bodrum their favorite destination for vacation or a getaway. Continue reading this article to see a list of celebrities who visited Bodrum.

Please leave a comment if you know of any other famous stars or celebrities who visited Bodrum.

• Beyonce Knowles

  
  Beyonce stayed at Hotel Rixos Bodrum for one week.

• Pamela Anderson

  
  Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock stayed one week in Bodrum invited by Ahmet Ertegun

• Tom Hanks

  
  Tom and Rita were cruising the Turkish coastline on board an opulent yacht, the four-masted, $250,000-a-week charter Phocea. They stayed in Bodrum for a couple of days.

• Elizabeth Hurley

  
  World famous model and movie star Elizabeth Hurley and her finance Arun Nayar stayed in Bodrum Ada Hotel for one week.

• Uma Thurman

  
  Uma Thurman and her hotel tycoon beau, Andrea Balazs, took a romantic break in the charming port town of Bodrum.

• Sting

  
  Sting stayed in Bodrum for a short break, after his concert in Istanbul

• Nicole Kidman

  

• Dustin Hoffman

  
  Dustin Hoffman was in Bodrum and had a party at Halikarnas.

• Norah Jones

  
  Norah Jones worked in Bodrum at Hadigari.

In X-Men (2000), Rebecca had her first major movie role as “Mystique“; she returned to the role in 2003′s sequel X2: X-Men United, and again for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). In these movies her costume consisted of blue makeup on her otherwise nude body.

She is now in talks to star in X-Men 4: Magneto, which is currently in production and scheduled for release in 2009. Also she has been approached about a Mystique film.

I’m sure she will like the Mythic and Mystic atmosphere of Bodrum.