We have just spent a wonderful week at Owlsland, Bezirgan, in the mountains above Kalkan. For anyone wanting a holiday away from the tourist areas this is ideal. The owners, Erol and Pauline, made us feel very welcome and comfortable, always happy to suggest places to visit and tell us about the area - this was our first visit to Turkey so this was very helpful for us. The breakfasts and evening meals were delicious (I requested the recipes) Turkish food is so appetizing and tasty. We chose to eat our evening meal there, if there are other guests it is good fun meeting people you may not ordinarily meet.
The accomodation is lovely, very clean, plenty space and a balcony to chill out on, from where you can watch the goat kids getting up to lots of mischief! The village of Bezirgan is interesting to walk around and the people friendly. The scenery is amazing and you can walk from the house up to the Lycian way path. It is about a 20 minute spectacular drive to Kalkan where there are plenty shops etc, a harbour and a pebbly beach with a safe area to swim.
All in all a great introduction to a fascinating country, can't wait to return for more.