Kaş Market Days: What to Know Before You Go

A secondary travel guide reports that Kaş’s traditional open-air markets are held on Tuesday and Friday, but the municipality does not currently show that schedule. Treat those days as a useful lead rather than a confirmed timetable, and check the official site before you go.

The Tuesday market is reported on the hill just west of the town centre. The Friday market is reported behind the old bus station, in an open area also used as a car park on other days. The reported schedule is described as year-round, but the municipality has not confirmed it in a current notice.

There is also a municipal listing for a different market in Kalkan. Kaş Municipality says the Kalkan Local Products Market serves the public every Wednesday and Saturday. It is in Kalkan Mahallesi, next to the Family Health Center.

The reported Friday market area is behind Kaş’s old bus station, while the Tuesday market is described as being on the hill just west of the town centre. The Friday location functions as a car park on other days, so you may not see market stalls there outside market hours.

For the Kalkan market, use the Family Health Center as a local reference point: the municipality places the market beside it in Kalkan Mahallesi. This is a separate stop from the reported markets in central Kaş.

If you are building a day on foot around central Kaş, you can pair market browsing with a one-day walking route through Kaş. The market schedule itself is not confirmed by the municipality, so keep plans flexible.

The Kalkan market focuses on local and traditional products. The municipality names Barak kilim, Gömbe tarhana, Margaz grapes, İslamlar tahini and Kaş olive-oil soap among the goods sold there.

Local producers can use the market’s display spaces free of charge to sell their own produce or handicrafts. That gives the market a mix of food and handmade items rather than a focus on produce alone.

For the Friday Kaş market, village-producer, fruit-and-vegetable and gözleme stalls generally take cash. Some larger cheese and olive sellers reportedly accept cards. Payment practices are not confirmed by the municipality, so carrying cash is a practical precaution.

Friday stalls are reported to be set up by about 08:00, with the market winding down around 18:00–19:00 in summer. In winter, packing up starts in the afternoon. These are reported timings, not municipal hours, so avoid relying on them as a fixed schedule.

The Friday market is a short uphill walk from central Kaş, without a specified distance or duration. Dolmuşes from Kalkan and surrounding villages serve the bus-station area, but there is no confirmed current timetable or market-day service change.

If you are staying at Hotel Aysima, a hotel in Kaş, the town centre is about a 6-minute walk away.

The Kalkan market has no confirmed opening hours, parking arrangements, accessibility details or public-holiday exceptions.

You can also plan a separate outing to the coast using this guide to beaches in Kaş.