Holiday villas in Kalkan Turkey are well placed to allow you to enjoy lovely sight seeing trips and days out, Patara is 21km from Kalkan. The beach is stunning and makes an enjoyable visit with its gorgeous landscape and great swimming. Part of a national park, it is a key bio diverse area, rich in birdlife and the breeding ground of the endangered loggerhead turtle. The Turtles are nearing extinction and protection of their nesting sites on the Turkish coast is very important. The beach is closed after sunset from May to October to give the turtles peace in which to lay their eggs. Patara is the second most important turtle nesting beach in Turkey.
The beach is a 12 kilometre-long strip of sand bordered at each end by mountains and lengthways by sand dunes. The large marshy area at the North end was once the harbour of Patara. Voted as one of the top beaches in the world by Times Online, Best of 2005 and known as the "widest beach of the northern Mediterranean". The beach is never crowded and is safe and peaceful with the absence of water sports. There is a single cafe and you can hire loungers and umbrellas.
Take a walk to the nearby ruins and see The Arch of Modestus and the uncovered amphitheatre(pictured) amongst the many other interesting archaeological finds. Patara was once a very wealthy city due to trade and was one of the six principal cities of Lycia. Increasingly more is discovered of what was once a very large and prosperous city. Patara is about 20 minutes from Kalkan. It is no wonder that visitors come back to holiday villas in Kalkan Turkey year after year, especially with places like Patara and Kaputas nearby. Places of interest to visit from Kalkan Villas - Turquoise Coast Map.
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Holiday villas in Kalkan Turkey near Patara