Review of Calis I don't understand??????

[Menthol]

Oh wow. Perhaps I should be less honest.

Do I find not being able to get around easily irritating? Yes I do. I'm sorry, but I do.

Do I understand why I can't get around easily? Of course I do - I chose to live in a tourist area that turns into a happy sort of bedlam for approx 6 weeks of the year.

Will I still occasionally grumble about not being able to park in my town? Yes, I will.

Is this such strange behaviour?

And echogirl, slikmrs and slik leaving for the UK is indeed a blow when we have all become such good friends, but their experience and feelings are not mine. Will we welcome them to stay with us if and when they feel like returning as tourists * hawk and spit*, absolutely  Just as my own family are doing and will continue to do.

And Colwyn, Finike sounds like heaven. It sounds like the sort of heaven I should crave but as you hinted at, probably not somewhere I could realistically happily live.

 

[Rimms]

I find myself unable to disagree with much of your reply Menthol.

We spent today in Olü with a family who have two teenagers, they've been coming here for about three years and felt that they had seen and done everything this area has to offer. When they asked us a question "where in Turkey can we go that might be better than here" too be honest, we were stumped?

[Highlander]

Menthol forgive me - but surely tourism adds to the local economy and helps to raise the living standards of the local people in your town

[Rimms]

H. You know and I know that tourism does exactly what you say it does. But that doesn't stop the residents of Devon or Cornwall who know their livelihood depends on tourism becoming a little agitated when their county swells several fold in the summer months. Nobody is resentful of that but in truth, and especially towards the end of a season, residents long for their peace and tranquility to return.

 

[Scunner]

Strangely I never got irritated by the influx of many tourists, I quite liked it. But I also enjoyed a sigh of relief when it was all over. I grew to hate the heat of July/August and longed for October and later. The leaving of tourists signaled these days were coming  

[Highlander]

I might agree with you regarding the residents of Devon and Cornwall. But if I decided to move to Devon and Cornwall it would be in the certain knowledge that there would be a tourist season, that my move would not influence that fact and that I would be obliged to embrace it.

Incidentally, Brenda and I moved to the Highlands 40 odd years ago and we are still considered as incomers   

[cheffy]

Compared to most on this site we are relative newcomers, this year our 5 th  year and this was our best year, we stayed at telmessos which is basic and out of the way, we ventured into Calis and Fethiye for night life and great restaurants  and we're not disappointed, it still has a rustic charm and we still have a wish list of things to do.
I guess if you look  at change too deeply you will see cracks that will change the way you see Calis, but as a newcomer I see chalis as  a really fun place to be  with restaurants that aim to please with good old fashioned courtesy  and  a cheery smile,  in some ways I miss the Banter trying to get you in the restaurants,  all you have to do is be polite and tell them maybe next time.
We didn't do the beach but I know there was a lot of criticism of the condition of It, but the locals along with the help of the forum got it sorted,  and how cool was that,  and by the time we had arrived it looked pretty good to us,  and that comerarde is what keeps us coming back, familiar    faces and of course the weather,  perhaps our love of Calis and turkey  is based on our romantic notion that if you are nice to people they are nice back,  and that has certainly been our experience in Calis,  and we cannot wait to come back next year, and respect to all on the forum that continue to answer our questions and make our trips more enjoyable  xx

[raygans]

Well said Cheffy couldn't have put it better ourselves ☺

[WordBird]

I completely understand - and agree with - Menthol's view.

Kaya is much quieter than Fethiye or Hisarönü, for example, but I can still get irritated when the street is blocked by a couple of coach-loads of visitors on a day trip. (Anyone remember the Lilt advert when there are two cars and some chickens and everyone's saying 'Oh no, gridlock'?!  )

Of course, they also boost the economy and I'm lucky that I can hide away at home until they've cleared off. It's not a case of out-and-out resentment; more that we - and Menthol - have taken to this place so completely that we already feel part of its fabric and are protective of it, especially against those who perhaps don't seem to appreciate or love it so much.

That said, I do love people-watching when the visitors are here, especially on the strip in Hisarönü at night....

[barry44544]

Calis..... The Marmite of Turkey.