Club Patara Prince

The fact that Kalkan has not yet been discovered by hordes of package tourists gives it a sort of exclusivity. Opposite Kalkan in the picturesque bay, Club Patara and Patara Prince offer added exclusivity of a different kind. When the complex was built eight years ago it attracted architectural interest worldwide - and no wonder. As you enter, you immediately notice the extensive use of the local stone and design sympathetic to the shape of the land sometimes going so far as to build around natural rock features. In addition some design echoes local antiquities, the most ambitious of which is a replica of the first century AD Roman triumphal arch that stands in Patara itself some kilometres down the road to the west. Club Patara Prience is ambitiously styled on a Roman town. Walking through the stone arches to the marble- floored Agora built around a fountain is like stepping back in time, but the strange mix of traditional Turkish, reproduction Roman and openly modern works surprisingly, well and belies Club Patara's actual modernity, giving the place a feel as old as the rocks themselves. But it's not only a case of good looks. Club Patara Prince have got the luxury element so perfectly sown up that representatives of the tourist trade flock from all over the world, anxious to see how it's done.