Five hundred metres above sea level, close to the quiet villages and local shops of Islamlar and Üzümlü, and a mere twenty minute winding drive north of Kalkan, you’ll find the small community of Kalkan Mountain Villas.
Your villa will give you stunning views over glinting tomato fields to mountain peaks, Patara beach and the Turquoise coast of the Mediterranean, with even Rhodes visible on the clearest day. As the evening breeze cools and the sun gently sets, you can watch the stars above, and look down on the lights below.
Islamlar enjoys an ideal climate of warmth without the heat, and fresh mountain air without the cold. Life is easy with shared connections and facilities, lighted access road, mains services, telephone, broadband, maintenance and if you’re energetic, our private tennis court.
Set among fields and forests of cedar and pine, olive groves, walnut trees and vine, the air is filled with the fragrances of jasmine, lemon and thyme. Small waterfalls, springs and mountain streams provide constant fresh water for Islamlar, giving natural irrigation, and feeding the trout pools that supply the friendly local restaurants.
Kalkan Mountain Villas is set up as a site (pronounced seetay, in Turkish). This is a legally enforceable partnership of all landowners which sets out standards of care and maintenance. It ensures that, for example, all gardens and pools are maintained; your view is not disturbed by unsightly satellite dishes; the tennis court rules are protected and so on. Each villa owner will receive shares in the site and contribute a monthly charge for its upkeep.
The Villas
The prominent Turkish architect Bülent Atak, award-winning international architect Ewan Dryburgh and structural engineer Bayram Karagül have collaborated to create a unique contemporary design - spacious, full of natural light, and specified to the highest quality standards for the most discerning tastes.
Built on a bedrock of limestone and finished using local stonemasons and craftsmen, each villa is individually designed to fit naturally into the landscape. All stone carved from the bedrock is re-used in construction of the villas or boundary walls. Following the contours of the hillside, some villas are built on two levels, others on three.
The architects incorporated the extraordinary views into each villa's design using large, picture-frame windows and sliding doors. You will look out over the Toros mountains during breakfast, see Patara beach from your lounge - and swim toward the Mediterranean in your infinity pool.
Each villa comprises
- Spacious entrance hall
- Open-plan dining room
- Open-plan lounge with fireplace and library
- Fully-fitted open-plan kitchen
- Two master bedrooms, each with its own marble-finished ensuite bathroom, fully fitted with WC and bath
- Two guest bedrooms, each with its own marble-finished ensuite bathroom, fully fitted with WC and shower
- Marble floors throughout, except in the master bedrooms which are hardwood
- Marble-finished ground-floor terrace with generous infinity pool and outside shower
- West-facing balconies on all floors, accessible from living area and bedrooms
- Visitor WC
- Laundry room fitted with automatic washing machine
- Covered private parking space
- Landscaped garden
- Use of tennis court (from 2008)
The three-level villas have a total floor area of 275 sq.m. (2960 sq.ft), the two-level villas have a size of 231 sq.m. (2486 sq.ft). The difference between the two villa types is mainly in the arrangement of bedrooms and balconies. The three-level villas also have an additional visitor WC.
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