Four days and four nights....

[turkeyfan]

We were supposed to be visiting Kalkan for 10 days in June, but now can no longer take the time off from our business so we've decided to visit for a long weekend instead.

Time will obviously be very precious and with such a short length of time we won't be able to visit all of our regular haunts. So, give me some suggestions, if you only had 4 days and 4 nights in Kalkan, what would you do and where would you go?

Linkback: https://www.enjoykalkan.com/forum/index.php?topic=10983.0

[pw]

Lunches: Chillies, Cafe Ev, Fener, Kleo

Evenings: Sade, Fez, Mussakka, Gironda (Small House if you can get in)

Trip to Patara beach & ruins (I'd reluctantly scratch Cafe Ev from above lunch list an go to on of the lokantas in Patara - Tlos is excellent or the one we went to in April but cat remember the name of - follow the road round to the left and it's the last place on the right)

Beach club (Kalamar for me)

2 days water hammocking

Pack up for plane: Chillies

pw

[Charlie]

Pw I think the locanta you are referring to is Aspendos.  It is owned and run by Mustafa (brother of owner of  Tlos), his wife Hamide and  their two sons  Great little place with fab food, will definitely pay them a visit in July.

[pw]

Pw I think the locanta you are referring to is Aspendos.  It is owned and run by Mustafa (brother of owner of  Tlos), his wife Hamide and  their two sons  Great little place with fab food, will definitely pay them a visit in July.

Yes, I think that's it - the mezes were fantastic (and enormous - we ordered far too much food!). We'll def be going back there.

[kalkan4eva]

Oh turkeyfan I'm absolutely gutted for you
4 days and 4 nights I wouldn't do an awful lot except chill.....go to your absolute favourite restaurant one evening and try somewhere new is my advice but relax as much as you can at all other times. Your apartment looks amazing, so I would find it hard to tear myself away..... Hope we get the chance to catch up with you for a glass of lemonade....

[turkeyfan]

Some good suggestions there PW, we've not been to Aspendos in Patara so that sounds a good one to try and I think I will book a Yildiz boat trip for one of the days too.

K4E, we are gutted but its better than the alternative - New Brighton!

Yes, it would be good to meet up for a few drinkies.  What dates are you over?

[kalkan4eva]

We are there 4-24th June
Yes, Kalkan totally beats New Brighton....

[JenJen]

Aw, I live in New Brighton! But yes, much as I love it, I'd take Kalkan over here any day. Two days until I'm back there

[turkeyfan]

New Brighton in Wirral JenJen? 

[JenJen]

Yes, lived here for about 5 years

[turkeyfan]

Small world hey, I'm in Bromborough.

[JenJen]

Oh, not far from here at all then! I remembered there being a few Wirral people on here but I wasn't sure who they were!

[kalkan4eva]

.....and we live just over the border in North Wales 

[samson]

believe it or not. i once came to kalkan for the day! arrived at dalaman about 4am and flew back at 10pm the same day. packed so much in to the day. beach club, water ski and a late lunch/ dinner at mahal.

[pw]

believe it or not. i once came to kalkan for the day! arrived at dalaman about 4am and flew back at 10pm the same day. packed so much in to the day. beach club, water ski and a late lunch/ dinner at mahal.

Haha.... "what shall I do today? I know, I'll just pop to Kalkan!" Priceless!

[clara 50]

If you have transport a trip out to Letoon, if you don't fancy the ruins head further on down the bumpy lanes into the back of beyond and you'll find letoon beach. À lovely rustic little beach bar for a cold drink or maybe a snack and the secluded beach is bliss, when we were there in august the first time, there were six others on there, the second a sunday afternoon, us a young couple and a lone fisherman at the waters edge, sunbeds were free. Absolute heaven, maybe I shouldn't broadcast it too much lol! Apparently if you keep walking down the waters edge for a few miles you reach Patara.

[samson]

  not really bonkers going to kalkan for the day. it was because i had to return to the uk as had a few problems but left the wife in kalkan but she was to nervous to fly home on her own so i came out to get her. how devoted is that !

[clara 50]

What a lovely thing to do, don't think many hubbies would go to those lengths, she's a lucky lady. Ònly don't let it go to your head lol !

[pw]

If you have transport a trip out to Letoon, if you don't fancy the ruins head further on down the bumpy lanes into the back of beyond and you'll find letoon beach. À lovely rustic little beach bar for a cold drink or maybe a snack and the secluded beach is bliss, when we were there in august the first time, there were six others on there, the second a sunday afternoon, us a young couple and a lone fisherman at the waters edge, sunbeds were free. Absolute heaven, maybe I shouldn't broadcast it too much lol! Apparently if you keep walking down the waters edge for a few miles you reach Patara.

The road to Letoon beach wasn't passable in April.....at least not in my car

[kalkan4eva]

I inadvertently started a bit of thing for water hammocks....We bought one we we came July/August in 2011 and it was a godsend in the scorching heat, mentioned it on here and sales of water hammocks went a bit mad. Type "water hammock" into the search facility and see what I mean....