Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: sunsetbeach22 on June 19, 2009, 22:00:01 PM
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Are there any Supermarkets in Calis? We ended up going to Carrefour in Fethiye to do our food shop but it's not ideal to be honest.
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yes theres sok in calis just up past the traffic lights and melisa near the seril hotel and theres several up in gunlukbasi which is closer than fethiye. theres also a bim behind the hospital
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sorry i dont know why the reply is in such a big box i just tried to change it but cant do anything about it
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I scrolled down looking for the punchline
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Gone :)
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Yes I agree with Lucy, Sok shop is brilliant you can get cartons of juice there (full size) i.e apple juice orange juice 40p English money, plus in May they had wine on offer, sorry forgotten the name worked out at £2 English pounds and very drinkable! Sok shop definetly worth a visit.
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Some of the best deals on soft drinks, wine and the like are found in the Twins shop, on the corner of the Dolphinless Roundaboutless junction, next to the ATM's.
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lol thanks scunner
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is that the one you have a half share in ,oops sorry
lol kanga
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We usually go to Gempa which we thought was the biggest Supermarket in Calis.
Jacqui.
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Originally posted by Jacqui Harvey
We usually go to Gempa which we thought was the biggest Supermarket in Calis.
Jacqui.
and with the happiest , friendliest staff! ;)
I discoverd Bim supermarket last year but agree that the Twins have good offers on wine which is always a plus in my book! :D
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Both Tansas & Migros are on the Sahilden dolmus route, at least you wouldn't have to carry heavy shopping to the dolmus station & both have a far better selection of goods than Carrefour
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Thanks for all the replies on this. My apartment is in Sunset Beach Club right down the end of Calis Beach. Where are the shops you're mentioning and also where is this dolphin(less) roundabout so many people have mentioned? I was in Calis for a week a fortnight ago and thought I'd seen most of Calis, obviously not!!
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The "Dolphinless" Roundabout
Not so long ago, the busiest junction in Calis was not particular busy. It was at the junction of the main road directly to the beach, "Baris Manco Bulvari" and the main road from central Calisshire to the Vale of Fethiye, passing the aquapark en route and called "Mustafa Kemal Bulvari".
It wasn't busy because there weren't many cars, and there weren't many roads - there were three choices - down to the beach, up to the Gunlukbasi and left (or indeed right if you were over there) past the aquapark. The current fourth option, towards Koca Calis, didn't exist.
Many tales were told of the future "22 metre road" that would make up the fourth choice from this mega intersection. Eventually they started the 22 metre road and completed it very quickly. Then someone pointed out that they had the plan the wrong way round, and it was supposed to be 22 metres wide, not 22 metres long.
Eventually the 22 metre road became longer, meeting (almost) the Dalaman road. People residing in Koca Calis rejoiced in the knowledge that they no longer had to tell visitors to turn right at the second tortoise to find their villa.
Our humble little junction was suddenly awoken. Cars, lorries, tour buses and all other transportational items heading for Fethiye, rather than carry on across the back of Calis, would now head straight into the centre of it, parallel and within 100m of the touristic promenade, on their way to Fethiye.
At this time it was decided by clever people with authority that Calis was becoming a busy place, and that a roundabout might sort things out. A roundabout was fashioned out of blocks and mortar. Problem was, nobody could see it until they had totalled their car through it. Traffic lights were seen to be the answer. A roundabout that people stop at, with traffic lights that people stop at. People would most probably stop given that combination.
Anyway, with the traffic lights came a plan for a more prominent roundabout, one that drivers could actually see. It was decided that statues of dolphins, frolicking above turtles, would serve the very purpose, and so the "Dolphin Roundabout" was born.
Then a few skinny blokes travelling through in a bike race made them think that it was possibly too prominent, and they demolished both the nautical sculpture and the roundabout itself. The cyclists swept through in around 20 seconds from arrival to departure, but the Dolphin Roundabout never returned.
So in essence, it doesn't exist.
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Lovely story Scunner - very well explained. :D
Do we know if the Dolphin roundabout will ever return, or are the locals happy enough without it? It certainly slowed the traffic down a bit when it was there!! :)
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When we were over at the end of May we used the ATM Machines near the taxis and were sad to see the poor old Dolphins lying in the grass totally negelected. It looked to us like they will not be back.
Jacqui.
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Yes Jacqui they are still there ,looking very poorly.