Further down from Calis, Kargi, with its beautiful beach and the storax trees, is a newly developing site with a number of tourist establishments.
Calis Beach is, a few minutes minutes away from Fethiye by minibus (dolmus). Alternatively, for a change of scene, take the bus into the mountains to Olu Deniz.
The bus station is situated at the back of Fethiye, below the Amyntas tomb. area. You can also hail a water-taxi, usually a small fishing boat, to take you to Calis and Sovalye Island. It is a small resort with hotels, restaurants and bars lining the bacahfront and holiday accomodation stretching back along the road to a little inland village called Gunlukbasi.
The beach itself is a long stretch of sand and shingle and is blessed with a refreshing, cool breeze, usually in the afternoons and evenings which helps to keep the temperature pleasant, even in the height of the summer heat. The breeze also makes the area perfect for most of the summer.
In the evening you can sit at a beachside bar and watch the sunset while you ponder where to have your meal. Although Calis is a small resort it offers a sufficiently wide choice of restaurants to satisfy most tastes.
Pronounced 'chalish', Calis means 'work'. But you won't be doing much of that in this relaxing resort!
 

"You are at the Gates of Paradise" is written on a signpost at the point where you have your first sight of the Belcekiz road. Words fail one when attempting to describe this wonderful natural beauty. You have to see it to believe it. The entrance is masked by huge pine trees on high slopes. The white-pebble beach is reached by a sharp curve of 90 and a curving, curling road leads into a bay which is like an island lake. A fascinating story accompanies this spot.
"A father and son are caught in a storm just off these sharp rocks. The son claims that if they get close to the rocks, they will find a small bay, while the father insists they will smash up if they get any closer. The argument gets heated and the father strikes the son with an oar just as they are about to be ship-wrecked and attempts to steer. Just at that instant the sea turns and churns and indeed there is a small, calm bay." That is why this place is called the Dead Sea, say the fishermen. Even in the worst stormy days, there is not a single ripple in this bay.
Oludeniz and Belcekiz, with its long beach, the pine trees lining the sands, and its ever-changing azure colour, is a world-renowned spot. The season lasts almost ten months. There are numerous camping sites, boarding houses, motels and restaurants. There are regular "dolmus" services to this center of attraction. Two kilometers south of Belcekiz, a camping site is established by the Department of Ministry at Kidrak, where you will enjoy the beach with its pines and nightingales. Again in the south, a road leading over incredibly magnificient sights end up at Faralya (Uzunyurt).

The popular resort of Fethiye is 135 km southeast of Marmaris and boasts an important marina at the head of a beautiful bay strewn with islands. A hill crowned by the ruins of the crusader fortress built by the Knights of Rhodes overlooks the little port. Above the town, (called Telmessos in antiquity), numerous Lycian rock tombs, reproducing the facades of ancient buildings, were cut into the cliff face. The Tomb of Amyntas, which probably dates from the fourth century B.C. is the most remarkable.

This charming town with it's weekly market throughout the season is just a short distance from Calis Beach, transport is either by dolmus or a ride across the bay by water taxi. There are restuarnts and shops in abundance so every member of the family can be accomdated.