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Dalyan probably fits your requirements. Google 'Turtle Beach' to see the fantastic beach. The resort is on the river and you have to get a boat to the beach, its a lovely boat trip the scenery is beautiful. Another place that is worth you looking at is Akyaka which again has a great beach,and is a small authentically Turkish resort.
I would say Turunc because it fits all your requirements except the beach is sand/shingle, but everything else is perfect.
One benefit of private DIY accommodation is that you don't need to buy your drinks during the day from the bar, you can take your own drinks round the pool, and if you have your own bbq could have some evening meals in the garden of your accommodation, then just go out for a drink. That should save the pennies!
I have heard of accommodation as cheap as you got last year but the standard apparently was dire. If you do find any as cheap again I'd do a bit of research first if I were you, just to make sure its OK. I guess if you leave it to the last minute you're more likely to get a real bargain.
Good luck, hope you find what you are looking for!
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Well if you are after a beautiful sandy beach then Patara or Cirali have gorgeous beaches. I haven't been there myself but one of the members on here, Caretta, lives in Cirali so maybe she will come on and give you some more information.

There are lots of other beach resorts that would suit you but they have sand/shingle beaches rather than just sand.

Ortakent on the Bodrum Peninsula does have a good sandy beach too so you could have a look there, that is a smallish, quite traditional resort about 20 minutes from Bodrum. There are some nice restaurants but no lively bars or places with 'entertainment' You may be able to get some reasonably priced SC accomodation there.
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patara is probably the best beach i have visited in turkey,but the nearest resort is kalkan which is a nice place but we found it overpriced,accomodation can be slightly more expensive here as are a lot of the bars etc and in my opinion it has a slightly pretentious atmosphere (doubtless kalkan addicts will strongly disagree with me on this).Dalyan as mentioned is lovely friendly and charming it is more of a small working turkish town and has managed to keep its atmosphere,the beach isnt central but easily reached by dolmus or water taxi and is large clean and spacious the beach bar that sells snacks (at the dolmus end)is pretty reasonable (ish).We stayed at the metin last year which was fine,there are other hotels in the area that are well positioned and good value try on the beach or travel republic,big bonus is transfer from dalaman is only 20/30 mins.
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I've previously holidayed in Oludeniz and Icmeler like yourself, but my favourite resort in Turkey is Dalyan. Its situated inland on a river so the beach isn't on your doorstep but boats run down the river every 20 minutes or so and the journey in itself is wonderful. When you arrive at the beach you won't be disappointed - its one of the best in Turkey, certainly better than Icmeler or Oludeniz.

Dalyan has got something for everyone with lots of good restaurants and cheap accomodation. We stayed at the Minta Apartments which are located a 5-10 minute walk away from the centre/river so nice and quiet and relaxed. Cost us about £20 a night from memory.
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Thanks everyone who has taken the time to reply to my post...it has certainly given me some food for thought.

I think we might have visited Patara beach on the way home from the mud baths and it was stunning...
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Hi could anyone tell me if they have visited Palm Wings Altinkum ? Thanks
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Welcome mrsking ... we have a topic about Palm Wings Beach Resort, please click here.

David :wave
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