Not just Kalkan.....first time to Turkey!

[welshgal]

Sorry to bore you all, but off to Nerja at  6 in the morning, had to show you this:-
Someone asked on nerja forum where there might be places similar!!!

Re: Similar to Nerja
27 January 2010, 22:11
There was quite a long thread on this in July/August 2009 which you will find helpful.I personally recommended Lagos in Portugal,and would add Kalkan in Turkey if you wanted something a little more exotic!


Doubly excited now!!! See you all when i get back, Tricia.

[Enjoy Kalkan]

Have a geat time Tricia, would love to read a holiday report when your back to see what you thought of Kalkan

[simone]

I stayed at Xantos twice last year and enjoyed it.  The surroundings are great but I agree that it wasn't last year at least worthy of their 4* rating.  It is expensive to drink in the bar so we preferred to go into town.  Cafe Vita up the road is a great place with a great variety of well priced delicious foof.  Especially the chips!  Mustafa the owner is particularly welcoming and accommodating.  It is a bit of a trek from the hotel into town but I think the surroundings make up for it!

[welshgal]

A bit of Foof!!? mind boggling!!! lol!

We're all inclusive, so drinks should be okay i hope, but will definitely try the other bars.

[welshgal]

Pfffffffffffffft!!! flights booked with Goldtrail..................maybe not then!!

[chrisbo48]

Hi Tricia,
So sorry to hear about your flights, but hopefully you will get your money back and be able to book with another airline. We feel empathy with you because we are also Nerja fans and are going to Kalkan for the first time in September. We spent six weeks in Nerja last year (feb/mar) and loved it but in looking for a change we thought Kalkan looked similar but slightly more picturesque. All the comments on the forums certainly whet the appetite. We fly with Jet2 from Manchester which are quite convenient flights. Hope you get fixed up.

[welshgal]

Still haven't recieved my refund, but may still be able to visit Kalkan. Prices for transfers are really high though, is there a cheaper way??

[Kalkan regular]

www.transfers4u.com charge £37.37 per person for the return transfer. It is a shared transfer and you sometimes need to change vehicle at a garage near Fethiye and taks a bit longer. It doesn't take you to your hotel but drops you off at one of a list of hotels, you just choose the closest to your accommodation. If there is only one or two of you it is cheaper but if there is 3 of you you might as well get a private transfer.

[kalkanchris]

Dont worry about staying at the xanthos hotel,  in Kalama bay, my daughter has a villa near by, even though i have not stayed at the Hotel, I have visited and also had a meal there, and it was good, but that was three years ago, so I do not know if it has changed since then.

The Hotel used to have its own bus to take people into town just one way I think.
My husband and myselfe, like to walk to town, we take it slow and easy, and we enjoy the walk.

The beach club is further down the hill, free lift, there and back, if you ring them, its a fab beach club very relaxing, and lovley place to have lunch, even though we have our own pool we always go to the beach club twice in the two weeks we are there.
 So roll on September 11th, when we will be enjoying ourselves again.

By the way we are both seventy years old, still life in the old dogs yet.

Have good hols.

[kevincat99]

Xanthos Otel in Kalamar have changed the management this year for the worse it would appear - read the comments on Trip Advisor - can all these people be wrong??

[welshgal]

Oh dear!!! haven't checked the reviews recently, what a shock!!! Back to the drawing board methinks!!!!