Full moon party

[Enişte]

About 10 yards behind me as I type.  1st place on the right as you are walking down from Yalı bar towards Doy Doy.  Or even opposite Belgin's Kitchen.  The facebook piccies are well worth a look, even if it is just to disapprove.

[fidimax]

  Misty, Pasha bar used to be the Sultan ice bar,great bunch of lads,
and good drinks,its not busy in the afternoon so great to relax with a Efes and have a chat with Yusuf and the lads,but its not everyones taste. 

[misty]

Yep remember it now we had a drink in there a couple of years ago when it was called something else.......

[Enişte]

The Ice Bar

[misty]

Cant remember the name but it was very noisy and we didn't go back 

[claire]

From what I'm reading on this forum I'm starting to have second thoughts on returning to Kalkan.  Lots of people like this stuff, fair enough, but it's not my bag at all.  Ibiza is quicker to get to from the UK, and cheaper, so not sure why Kalkan is developing in this way.  Maybe Kalkan wants to start to make the majority of its money from booze rather than food - maybe it's more profitable? 

Great shame, but hey, I'm sure I can identify and take my money to a quiet and un-sleazy holiday destination somewhere else in the Med. 

[Lougie]

I would take everything you read on here with a big pinch of salt, it really isn't that bad & believe me its nothing like Ibiza!!

Kalkan still is a lovely resort, lovely people & lovely food, it still has some Turkish charm & the town centre itself is pretty much unchanged, its the surrounding areas that have grown.

If you believe everything on here then you'd expect it to be like Ibiza, burglaries, packs of wild dogs, noisy wild parties, if you take any notice then you'll go on holiday worrying about everything like I did until I realised it is still a wonderful place! 

Everyone posting on here still go to Kalkan year after year so it can't be that bad!

[itstime]

couldn't agree more Lougie. I've been going to Kalkan for around 14 years and in the past few years before each trip have read on this site about packs of vicious dogs, burglaries, wild parties, fighting taxi drivers, etc etc and yet each time I go I find the Kalkan that I love with all its charm and beauty. I'm not saying that problems don't exist but simply that I've not encountered them to any extent. Maybe I'm just lucky? Anyway, not long back from a perfect 2 weeks and already counting the days to our next visit in October.

[Lougie]

Same here, been back 3 weeks & I miss it so much & can't wait to return in October!!

[Queenie]

The mayor this week received complaints from people about the noise at Indigo, based on the fact that it shouldn't be that loud, outside, after midnight. The mayor has said that he will enforce the midnight rule at the next party. Let's hope he does!

[kevincat99]

The end is nigh - we are all doomed 

[misty]

Wrinkly pole dancers whatever next.......I guess you have to chose you restaurants now to avoid such spectacles.

[BevJam]

The end is nigh - we are all doomed 

Kevincat it wasn't you practising pole dancing was it!?

[kevincat99]

No Bev - cats do it on hot tin roofs 

[BevJam]

ha,ha and I bet they're really hot at the mo, unlike soggy Britain

 

[Blue Lizard]

Anyone who thinks kalkan is turning into Ibiza or Benidorm can't have been there!!   these places are filled with thousands of  youngsters in hundreds of bars with constant music...LOUD!!!......yes it's changed but can you tell me somewhere nicer in Turkey?(Bearing in mind i do like a bit of life and don't wish to be on a Lizardy rock in the mountains)

[alshepuk]

We hope to go back next year and it was 1 bad night out of 14.  Lets hope the Mayor or whoever cracks down on this.

[Mercimek]

Being the devil's advocate - surely the fact that the moon parties, the russian dancers (more this week I see from posters) and the black/ white parties attract quite a few patrons, as did the foam parties & moon parties last year- does this not suggest that there IS infact a market for them? I cannot imagine those hosting these parties would continue doing them if they did not attract enough paying customers to make them viable. No more than the boats would be sailing out of the harbour everyday if there wasn't any business.
It may not be everyone's cup of tea but alot of people seem to like them!

[kt29]

Getting a bit worried now....just booked to visit Kalkan for the first time, as had heard it was more 'exclusive'.....have done Tenerife etc in my youth, wanted something quieter and more sophisticated. Have I made a terrible mistake?

[claire]

Being the devil's advocate - surely the fact that the moon parties, the russian dancers (more this week I see from posters) and the black/ white parties attract quite a few patrons, as did the foam parties & moon parties last year- does this not suggest that there IS infact a market for them? I cannot imagine those hosting these parties would continue doing them if they did not attract enough paying customers to make them viable. No more than the boats would be sailing out of the harbour everyday if there wasn't any business.
It may not be everyone's cup of tea but alot of people seem to like them!

There's definitely a market for them Mercimek, which is exactly why I question whether Kalkan will be able to retain the charm it has cultured and profited from over the years.   Blue Lizard, you've obviously been going to Kalkan for donkeys' years - in your experience how much has it changed in the last 5-10 years, just out of interest?