Kalkan is a prime location from which a great
variety of tours can be organized. Kalkan itself is a very rewarding holiday
spot.
Start
your day with a lazy breakfast on the terrace of your hotel/pension or in
once of the restaurants along the marina, watching the heavy traffic of
boats moving in and out of the harbor. For your "day on the beach" Kalkan
offers you a choice: A large public beach stretches along the front but you
will probably discover your own favorite spot somewhere along the coast. The
water will always be sparkling clean. You may also choose a very original
Kalkan "day-spender" formula: the beach clubs. These are platform beaches
accross the harbor, reached by frequent shuttle boat service from the
marina. "The platforms" provide everything a holiday-maker can need or dream
of, from a sophisticated tequila cocktail to beach mats. This formula is
extremely
popular
among our visitors who will spend their holiday in one of these beach clubs.
Every one has a favorite but all offer very good services. They are open all
day long and even for dinne by candle light!
If your idea of a holiday is discovering a virgin sandy coast you may
spend your day at Patara. Beachi one of the most beautiful beaches in
Turkey. Frequent and efficient minibus service from the town square is very
cheap. You will find basic restaurants for food and beverages as well as
umbrellas, etc. Although much smaller the remarkable sandy beach of Kaputaş,
a few miles from Kalkan, is a wonder, do not miss it. Finally, you have yet
another way to spend your day in liquid!
Several
hotels offer excellent swimming pools open to the puclic.
After a hot day at the beach you may return to your hotel to prepare for
the second part of your day, which often proves to be just as long if not
longer than the first : 'Night life in Kalkan' . Your evening may strat by
shopping and walkng around in the cool breeze typical at nightfall. All
shops stay open until the early hours of the morning and often a silk carpet
will be puchased just before returning to your hotel after a long and
enjoyable evening.
Kalkan has certainly the highest number of restaurants and bars per
inhibitant or per square metre on the Turkish coast. Almost every pension or
hotel has its roof or terrace-bar serving all kinds of ,nternational drinks
or cocktails. After a 'Sundowner' you will find a table in one of the 40 or
so restaurants of Kalkan. It would be wise to make a reservation for a front
row table. Most of the restaurants offer an open buffet with a great choice
of starters (meze) followed by fish or grilled meat Turkish style. For more
conservative paletes, international cousine is also available. Prices are
displayed at the entrance except for fish, which is subject to bargaining.
The Turkish way of dining is to begin with a selection from ten or more cold
straters plus two or three hot ones which will be followed by a main course
(accompained by raki, wine or beer) and ending with fruit or dessert and
famous Tukish coffee. The meal usually stretches for hours and will finish
close to midnight. Finally you may walk through the animated cobbled streets
and stop to sip a 'last one' before returning to your hotel after a lovely
long day.