Holiday Villa Gök in Kalkan Kızıtaş

Location

Directions

Transportation to Kalkan is generally by car. Airway transportation is possible via Dalaman Airport, which is 130 km away from Kalkan, or Antalya Airport which is 214 km. Fethiye is 70 km away from Kalkan. With the recently built tunnels and roads the distance between Dalaman Airport and Kalkan is reduced to 1,5 hours of drive. During the summer season from the bus station daily buses depart to major cities in like Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. Also minibuses depart hourly to nearby towns and historical sites like Kas and Patara.

Neighborhood

Situated at the South West corner of Turkey, Kalkan is a holiday town getting to be known better each day. Kalkan is within the borders of Antalya (about two and a half hours by car) which is the most important tourism center of Turkey and also close to Fethiye (about one hour by car), and Kas (half an hour by car), other important tourism points in the area. Kalkan is famous with its unique panoramic views from almost all points due to its well-situated position around a small yacht marina and on the slopes of the mountains behind.

Kalkan is located between Antalya and Fethiye where around 3000 years ago Lycian civiliazion lived. It is believed that 200-150 years ago Greek merchants coming from the Greek island Megistis (across from Kas) were the early settlers. Kalkan, being a sheltered bay, was a commercial port for the ships which carried products like coal, silk, olive oil, Wine, cotton, grain, sesamseeds, flour and grapes. It was also used for marketing and/or shipment of the agricultural and forestry products coming from Elmali-Gömbe-Bezirgan. Other goods, coming by ship, were carried to the off-shore areas like Elmali and Xanthos by camels. Until 1920 Kalkan was a Greek fishing village called Kalamakis. The historical part of the town is reserved and called “Carsi”. The village church from those years is being used now as a mosque. It is believed that historian Herodot, who lived about 2500 years ago ,mentioned from Kalkan as follows:”A place nearest to the stars”.