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Kalkan is on the south-west, Mediterranean coast of Turkey and is
Turkey's best kept secret-nestling as she does on the foothills of the
rugged Toros mountains. Close your eyes, imagine what a mediterranean
harbour should look like - white villas covered with bougainvillaea,
winding cobbled streets, roof terrace and harbour bars and restaurants
and you see Kalkan.
Kalkan is set in an area of
Turkey steeped in history, right in the heart of the old Lycian region.
There is a plethora of ancient sites in the near vicinity.
Kalkan is protected from 'mass tourism ', by its lack of obvious beaches-
although the village has a pebble beach and some ' shelf-type' bathing
areas. Luckily , and easily accessible, local beaches are stunning.
JOIN US ON A PAINTING TRIP IN
THE 2004
Included
in the basic cost of £ 585 per person / per week ( for a second
consecutive week add an additional £ 335 ) are :
-
return flights from a London
airport ( there may be a surcharge on flights from regional airports) ;
-
return airport transfers
(Dalaman) ;
-
half board accommodation for one
week No single room surcharge is levied ;
-
three trips from Kalkan to paint
or visit sites ( lunch included ) - see trips listed below.
Accommodation is at
the Hotel Zinbad in Kalkan, which is very central and in the atmospheric
and beautiful 'old ' town , it has a roof terrace , with probably the best
views in Kalkan, it has a large downstarirs room that can be used to store
equipment, also for holding tuition or lectures sessions. However, most
evenings, tuition or lectures can probably take place on the roof terrace
( fantastic ). The food is excellent and the members of staff are very
friendly and offer great personal service.
There are lots of wonderful
sites, ideal for painting , in Kalkan itself, with the choice also of
various trips ( 3 included in the price ) to the surrounding areas for
painting and site seeing include :
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archaeological sites, such
as letoon and Xanthos dating back to the 4th Century BC with the
remains of Byzantine churches and other ancient relics ;
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the natural phenomenon of
saklikent the hidden canyon ;
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at Patara birthplace of
Saint Nicholas, there is an 18 kilometer beach of white sand, numerous
ruins including a huge Roman arch, the remains of Hadrian's Granary;
an amphitheatre and the old village of Patara ;
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Elmali with its wealth of
Ottoman houses and beautiful mosque ;
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the wonderful mountain site
of Arykanda, once the home of the pleasure seeking Lycian people ;
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Tlos, a site set high in
the mountains with its numerous rock and house tombs, remains of Roman
baths and spectacular views with a small Greek / Roman amphitheatre
set in spectacular surroundings ;
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Bezirgan Village known
locally as ' The Land of Milk and Honey ' because it is so fertile,
with old mountain village houses, the village green and giving the
feling of stepping back a century in time ;
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Also Islamlar, another very
old traditional village, with a mosque and a flour mill.
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Tours of the area, taking
in different village and meeting local people at work with the goats,
weaving carpets and demonstrating Turkish village cooking.
The tutor on the trip will be well known and successful artist Rose Hilton.
She was born in Kent, attended Beckenham Art School in the mid 1950 's ,
studied at the Royal College of Art in London , whilst there she won the
life Drawing and painting Prize, as well as an Abbey Scholarship in Rome.
She maried Roger Hilton in 1959 and in 1965 they moved to Cornwall, where
she still lives. She has had many exhibitions at the David Messum Gallery in
London and last year held an exhibition of 90 paintings in the North Light
Gallery in Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield. |
