Kalkan, Antalya, Türkiye
Neighbourhood guide

Kalkan

Kalkan is a whitewashed hillside town above a small harbour, built around steep streets and roof-terrace restaurants. It is more polished and more expensive than Kaş, and it works best if you want a slow week: boat trips, beach clubs, Patara and Kaputaş, and the Lycian Way. The old town is small enough to walk, but the hills are real, choose your hotel by the walk back, not just the view.

Antalya · Mediterranean View on map

Photo: Mustafa yumrutaş · CC BY-SA 4.0

About this stop

Kalkan

Antalya combines a working Mediterranean city with a coastline of beaches, cliffs and ancient harbours. Kaleiçi, Hadrian's Gate, the waterfalls and the nearby Roman cities of Perge and Aspendos make it a natural base for the Turquoise Coast.

Neighbourhood guide

Kalkan

Kalkan is a whitewashed hillside town above a small harbour, built around steep streets and roof-terrace restaurants. It is more polished and more expensive than Kaş, and it works best if you want a slow week: boat trips, beach clubs, Patara and Kaputaş, and the Lycian Way. The old town is small enough to walk, but the hills are real, choose your hotel by the walk back, not just the view.

Kalkan MarinaKaputaş PlajıPataraKalamar KoyuÇatı restoranlarıLikya Yolu

Best time to visit: May to June and September to October; July to August is hot and busy.

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