Kalkan, located in southwest Turkey and a town of Turkey’s Kaş district, was once an old fishing village called Kalamaki (Beautiful Bay) until the 1920s. Since then, it has been a reliable port throughout history, and has maintained its importance as a port where agricultural and forest products from the surrounding villages are marketed and loaded. The church, which remained from the Greeks, serves as a mosque today. Kalamar Bay is located in the western part of the village, and Kömürlük and Kışla areas are located in the east.
Kalkan, a highly ranked place within Turkey’s growing tourism industry, is getting more popular each year. The centre of the town, which houses ancient houses from the Ottoman period has been said to be the "closest place to the stars in the world", by historian Herodotus, who lived 2500 years ago. This was due to its summer holiday villas and boutique accommodation facilities, all overlooking the sea. Nowadays the pink and white bougainvillea flowers that surround the windows and balconies of the houses remind you that you are in a Mediterranean town.
