Kalkan - Kas area holiday villa

We have just returned from our 7th visit to this delightful villa. It is spacious, well appointed, clean and Osman, who owns the nearby Moonlight Pansiyon, is on hand to deal with any little queries that arise.
The friendly village centre is a 10 minute stroll with a wide variety of shops and restaurants. The restauruants cater for most tastes and budgets but our favourites this year were Aubergine on the harbour front, Adana for delicious and great value pide (Turkish pizza) and Moonlight Pansiyon's roof top restaurant for delicious, good value, authentic Turkish cuisine and fantastic views over the whole village.
Moving further afield, Patara beach is one of the best beaches I have visited with mile upon mile of fine sand, a great beach cafe, fresh water showers and even changing rooms. A short walk inland from the beach are the remains of the Roman city of Patara with a nearly complete amphitheatre, we were free to wander round the city site and came across a couple of wild tortoises on our travels! The Thursday market was also great fun, my 13 year old son loved bargaining and there is everything from vegetables to turkish delight and spices and jewellery. We hired a boat (Gulit) for the day from the harbour and the captain (Ali on the boat Anil) took us to otherwise inaccessible coves to swim and snorkel, he also produced a delicious lunch and afternoon tea in the price.
I would definitely recommend the villa and we are already planning our 8th visit!

We stayed at 'Zeytin Agaci' for two weeks in early September this year. It was our first time in Turkey and we have now been totally spoilt.

It was a really special experience. The villa offers everthing we wanted. A touch of Turkey with all the conveniences we expect in todays world of travel. The decor and furnishings are extremely tasteful and considered. The villa is perfectly situated ,away from the centre of the bustling village yet not too far to walk for dinner or shopping. As there were only two of us, we felt at times that we were in a small private hotel!!
We dined out every night, mostly in a different place, and were never disappointed - and there are many restaurants that we never got to!. Whether you are into fish, meat or vegetarian ,you will find lots of choice.Our favourite was undoubtedly the Moonlight Terrace, run by the lovely Ozman who also manages the villa. We did eat there on numerous occasions. The views from the Terrace are stunning and the food is all home cooked by Ozman's mother.
For the rest of our meals and pre dinner drinks we stayed at the villa. There are so many lovely spaces in the villa from which to choose-. Breakfast and lunch on the groundfloor terrace and drinks on the rooftop terrace were our favourites.
We spent a lot of time relaxing by the lower ground pool and when we had the energy we went to the little well equiped gym - a two minutes walk away so hard to find an excuse not to go. We also visited the turkish baths ,also two minutes away and a great experience.John had the best shave he has ever had at the little barber near the postoffice. The shave comes with a head , neck and shoulder massage -all for 7 lira. He wishes he had not left his first experience of this until the last day.
We both bought beautiful leather bags at a fraction of UK prices . Again a lot of choice and excellent quality.
We went to Patara beach and visited the Roman amphitheatre there- an absolute must. We did not do any other exploring but thats ok because we will be back for sure.

Bernie Hearn and Family

7 - 21 August 2009

This was a dream come true in terms of having a real ‘family’ holiday and the location, accommodation, and views of Kalkan literally took our breath away as we explored it all upon our arrival....and then later on the roof terrace with shooting stars and fireworks!

The weather was hot but had the pool to cool us all down and lots of games in the pool. We cooked b-b-q’s (including whiting fish and prawns) with drinks on the terrace and nights caps on the roof terrace and then midnight swims to cool us all down again. All watched over by two black and white cats who sort of adopted us as their owners and home!

We explored the town – the harbour, the restaurants, cocktail bars (three clubs for the younger set) and the beautiful gift shops.

We took half turkish lire and half sterling - which worked brilliantly.

We fell in love with the people – so kind and welcoming and bought green tea and Turkish delight at the Thursday market.

We visited Patara beach, climbed thru the gorges (a bit scary), canoed along the Xanthos river, did a trial dive, met Charlie off a coach in Kas from Istanbul (very good shops there too!), and did two boat trips + lunch where we dived into the clear blue seas (our favourite). We had a Turkish bath and various massages at Atlantis and even found sky television for the football at the Swan Pub (this might be important as next year is the World Cup!).

Now we are back we are slightly boggling at all that we packed in with plenty of time for relaxing as well – the only slight challenge was the walk back up the hill from the town!

Our holiday began and ended with dinner and champagne at the Moonlight Terrace Pension run by the helpful and charming Osman and his family.

We would love to return at some point to your magical home in Turkey – I think we found Paradise! Much love Bernie + 7 other truly grateful family members xxx