About Calis Beach
Calis beach is located on the south coast of the Mediterranean from Turkey to about 5 km from the natural bay and small port of Fethiye. It has a climate and spectacular scenery.
The city has a 3 Mile Beach frontage with limited water sports and rises during the summer season offering an excellent choice for a relaxing stay. It has protected areas and parks quiet walks, restaurants with varied menus and styles and is home to the largest (canvas) covered market – every Sunday.
The 2-km walk along the beach is lined with restaurants and bars to accommodate all tastes.
Fethiye is a short distance and can be visited using the “Dolmus” – a small white minibus private – from outside the Aquapark. They run about every 10 minutes. There will be a small green sign in the windshield that says’ Fethiye. ” The price is 1YTL, which is the new currency or 1 million Turkish liras old currency, approximately 40 pence English. A taxi stand is located near the roundabout on the road to the beach, but by far the most pleasant way to Fethiye is a water-bus by the river in Calis. These you on the Bay of Fethiye port.
Fethiye has places of historical interest, markets and charm wild where you can watch the world go by one of the many streets or coffee port.
This Mediterranean city is an ideal place to visit his good selection of the preliminary port of restaurants and bars, variety of shops and food markets and even a Turkish bath.
The cities of natural beauty – including a beautiful coastline and Touros dramatic mountain scenery, cultural heritage and of course an excellent Turkish hospitality – is a great way to spend a day away from the beach. On a historical level, Fethiye has ruined castle on the hill overlooking the bay and ancient Lycian tombs rock. The ruins of a Roman amphitheatre can also be found behind the port. The City Museum in the center displays of archaeological discoveries of Lycian, Persian, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods. It is open daily except Monday.
In the city centre, you find a good selection of shops selling household items of jewellery clothing. There is also a fantastic market for fruit and vegetables aromatic and a fish market where you can watch and select the fish you want, at a nearby restaurant where you want to sit down and they clean the fish, take it to restaurant and the cook for you and then. The restaurant will serve you with salad and fresh bread. All this can be done at a very reasonable price.
Further away from the fish market, you will find incredible Fethiye small streets lined with shops and bazaars where the evening and nightclubs buzz coming to life.
Fethiye holds a huge traditional market bazaar every Tuesday, the sale of local products, kitchenwares, souvenirs and bargain clothing. Turkey is reputed to be the place to buy “cheap as chips” excellent quality “genuine faux-designer clothes” – and if you wish, this market is the place to come. Be ready for the friendly local infamous catchphrases! “Buying a – get me free!” and “cheaper than Asda!”
A market is also held every Sunday from Calis.
Fethiye also has a post office and good selection of banks and exchange offices.
It is a cinema in Fethiye shows that often, films with the original English soundtracks (with Turkish subtitles) and advertisements in local English paper “Land of Lights.”
English newspapers can be found in shops and markets in Fethiye and Calis.
“HELLO CAFE – This coffee is well worth a visit. It is located at the end of Calis Fethiye port. Its foliage green juts into the harbor in a short distance, where you can sit at a table next to board of water and place your order by ensuring that you ask for a loaf of bread! Now, all that is necessary is for you to break the bread into small pieces and throw it in water and look at the incredible sight to take place before your eyes. The water come alive with fish literally climbing over one another to get back to bread. Fantastic!
OLD Turkish Bath (Hammam) – The Turkish experience a real pleasure to Fethiye in a traditional style. The Turkish baths or “Hamam” can be found amid the small shops and bars, behind the fish market. Source -superholidaysguide
