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Kalkan is a Turkish Mediterranean fishing
village gone upscale to resort status. (Imagine
nearby Kas with
less land but more money.)
The town has retained more of its
Ottoman-era character, and has beauty and charm despite
the inevitable modern development,
most noticeable in the form of the huge
resort hotel and condo complex (Hotel
Patara Prince and Club Patara) on the
other side of Kalkan's pristine little
azure cove.
You get a completely different
feeling for Kalkan if you stay in a place like Gül
Baba House, a charming villa
on the mountainside above the town.
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Once an Ottoman Greek
fishing village named Kalamaki, Kalkan (kahl-KAHN,
shield) has a tiny beach,
but is too hemmed in by mountains falling
right into the sea to have much coastal
sand. Most people swim from tiny concrete
decks set near the sea, reached by
stairs or ladders.
Kalkan's small yacht harbor stays
busy ferrying day-trippers to the Blue
Cave and to tiny, hidden Kaputas (KAH-poo-tahsh)
beach, 7 km (4.3 miles) to the east.
Kalkan is a favorite destination for British
tourists coming for a week's
villa vacation. If you're travling
through, I wouldn't recommend Kalkan
for a long stay, but a night or
two can be pleasant.
Come by car or bus,
perhaps changing at Fethiye or Antalya. Maps
of Kas, Kalkan & Mediterranean
Turkey
Distances & Travel Times
Antalya: 214
km (133 miles) NE, 4.5 hours
Demre (Myra,
Kale): 74 km (46 miles) E, 1.5
hours
Fethiye: 139
km (68 miles) NW, 2 hours
Kas: 29
km (18 miles) W, 35 minutes
Marmaris: 246
km (153 miles) W, 4 hours
Patara: 19
km (12 miles) W, 20 minutes
Maps
of Kas, Kalkan & Mediterranean
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