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KALKAN
Kalkan is a lovely small hilltop town that overlooks a tiny bay.
Its quaint, traditional, white-washed houses, shuttered windows and balconies garlanded with brilliant flowers that cascade to the streets below, make it the ultimate in a peaceful holiday town in the Mediterranean region of Turkey.
Narrow winding streets lined with souvenir shops lead down to the charming marina.
Every morning boats busily take tourists to one of the nearby Beaches or small bays.
As the sun sets it is Kalkan style to meet on the roof terraces for a drink before dinner and enjoy the comings and goings of the yachts, the business of the marina and the panoramic view.
Kalkan is situated on a beautiful small bay near Antalya province. Nearest airport is Dalaman (2 hours by taxi).
You can enjoy a daily island excursion in a gulet (wooden hulled local boats), a moonlight dinner cruise, or go by minivan to the nearby villages of Patara and Bergin.
Patara Beach is a 20 km long, unspoiled white sand Beach 12 km from Kalkan.
There is another beautiful small sandy Beach (Kaputas Beach) 5 km from Kalkan. Unfortunately there are no sandy Beaches in Kalkan.
Let us start in the direction of Kalkan after having stayed long enough in the Islands of Karacaoren, Island of Ships, Harbor of Bektas and the Dead Sea.
We leave behind the capes named Kotu Burun and Yedi Burunlar and pass of shore at a distance of 2 miles from the shallow in the southeast of Ince Burun and arrive in front of Patara.
But since the sea is always rough here, we don't come to a stop. We keep on sailing, watching the wide sand Beach of Patara all the time and pass between Yali Burnu and Islands of Catal and reach Kalkan.
Kalkan is exposed to the northwest wind and therefore, the Yacht Harbor and the breakwater here, serve as a safe shelter for the sailboats.
The Yacht Harbor is at the latitudinal position 36 degrees 22 45" north and longitudinal position of 29 degrees 50'50" east, and its depth inside changes between 1-7 m.
It is easy to enter and go out between the breakwater. Electrical and water connections can be made in the Yacht Harbor and the necessities concerning the yachts are met.
The garbage is gathered up three times a day in the Yacht Harbor by the Municipality of Kalkan that manages it.
Kalkan was an old Greek village called Kalamiki at that time.
It has become a place preferred by many people now, with its clean boarding houses, and restaurants of fresh appetizers and fish.
You can go to places of ruins in the whereabouts such as Patara, Letoon and Xanthos from here, see them and return by sailboats during the same day.
The Harbor of Yesilkoy opposite Kalkan, is another good place of anchorage, too.
Other interesting sites in Turkey are: Antalya, Kemer, Phaselis, Olympos, Demre, Kekova, Simena, Aperlai, Kas, Kalkan, Patara, Xanthos, Letoon, Tlos, Pinara, Oludeniz, Turkey, Gocek, Knidos, Caunos, Ekincik, Gokova, Marmaris and Bodrum.
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