Cirali
Travel Blogs from Cirali, Turkey
Sort by Newest Best first
Hiking the Lycian Way
... a cool way to end a hike We met Chris G and Carey back at the hotel and got back in the Fiat for the 2 hour drive to Cirali. This was the craziest drive so far with sheer drops down the cliffs into the water and crazy hairpin turns. We finally made it to ...
Flashback to Cambodia
When I was in Kampot, Cambodia my blog entries were short and included mainly epiphanies that enlightened my blissful time there. On one of my adventures there, unknown to me, I met another writer. Here is what he wrote about our meeting: ...
Tree Houses near Mt. Olympos
We are now living in these small tree huts just for the night, it's up in the mountains so it's quite cool. In the evening we went to Kimera to see the natural flames flaring from the mountain, quite spectacular. Gotta run, Take ...
Perge and Antalya
... at the museum, it was 4pm - too late for any further exploration of the city. However we did need a money machine (Turkey is the direct opposite of the cashless society - with income tax at extortionate levels, everyone wants cash!!). Unfortunately we ...
Happy Ramadan
... clubs.......a reasonable amount of beach chairs.....no watersports........and you guessed it as a result no dickheads! Cirali is a joy..............a close to perfect retreat........only pure squeaky white sand could complete it........but perhaps ...
Ancient myths, ancient ruins
... – Olympos appeared to be nothing more than a narrow gravel road of pensions and guesthouses. We had booked accommodation in nearby Cirali, situated on the other side of the hills from Olympos. With all of our bags there was no way that we were ...
Suddenly, Turkey!
... practice solar gazing. “We have sunrises and moonrises”, answered Pinar, the owner of Myland Nature Otel in Çirali, Turkey, and shortly after that I booked my flight. What waited for me in Çirali was literally a manifestation of the dream I ...
I'm on a boat.....
Boat day started later, around 10:30 AM (this is a late start for our group, code named Super Discombobulated) and we hopped on a van for the 1 minute ride to the beach that we could have easily walked to. Here, we were shuttled to the mother ship ...
Olympus Flames
Cirali is just up from a place called Olympus... So what i hear ya say.. Well behind Cirali there is a mountain called Mt Olympus and it is the home of the eternal flame... Yep there is flames coming straight out of the rocks. We headed up after dark for ...
Another Sloth Out Day
... seem while lying by the pool and trying to camouflage the tourist tan), Chris for more reading now he's found and interesting book on Turkey. Also at the pool were a couple of Swiss families who are staying here - 2 mums and 3 really nice young kids ...
Mountain Passes and Spectacular Scenery
Off this morning headed to Antalya, then around the coast to a little village called Cirali (its got the squiggle, so its pronounced Chiralee). Back down to Denizli then up the first of the mountain passes we would conquer today. The scenery on this ...
A Day on a Boat
... staying at the hotel over dinner last night. One couple had just been on a day's boat trip around some of the coast west of Cirali and really enjoyed it, and the other couple had organised to do it today. So we decided to join them. We got picked up ...
Roast Turkey (Part 2)
... well, next time. We then returned to the hotel, checked out and began our four hour trip along the "Lycian Coast" to Cirali. This leg of the trip (map) took in some of the most spectacular coastline I have ever seen (Lee: Thailand meets ...
Charming garden village by the sea
HE SAID: It is difficult to leave my favorite seaside town (Kalkan) in all of Turkey, but I was excited to go to a new place, Cirali. We turned off the main road and followed a somewhat paved road for another 20 minutes through tons of green trees ...
Will water put out the eternal flame?
... mass tourist boats reassuring us our decision to go private. Afterward we visited Myra which has some of the most impressive ancient ruins in Turkey. Then we got to our hotel; www.villa-monte.com in Cirali which I have to admit I was nervous about it ...
Cirali Nearly as good as NZ. Nearly.
... . It is on par with the Americans on tour in its oddities and complete lack of respect for local customs. Turkey is a secular society , accepting of other religions and personal interpretations of their own dominant Islamic faith. They do not seem ...
a beach stop at Cirali and the Chimaera
... let our food settle we checked out the other animals that were in the place then hopped on the bus for the short drive to Cirali. Our hotel was pretty basic but we did not mind at all -- the beach nearby was great and we headed there straight ...
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
... I hear about how good it was in the seventies when the hippy trail arched its way through Asia. The hippy trail never left Cirali on the Mediterranean coast. This sleepy little enclave at the intersection of two dirt tracks consists a few cats, plenty of ...
Day 13 Antalya to Cirali via Perge
... arrived in Cirali in the late afternoon and first thing we did was go down for a swim in the Medditerranean. I loved the beach at Cirali. It is mostly a pebble beach, but that means you don't get sediment from sand that clouds the water. The water is warm ...
Day 14 - Cirali
Besides the beach and the pool the only thing we did all day was walk down to the end of the beach for a morning visit to the ruins of Olympos. ...
Day 15 - Cirali - another strenuous day
Another strenuous day: beach, pool, beach, pool, beach, pool. In the evening we hiked up to see the Chimaera. We came down just before dark, and were glad we did because there is lots of loose, slippery rocks. You need a flashlight even at dusk. Make ...
Getting Down with the Deep Blue
~Yellow to all my friends~ Today was a good-ish day. I say ish because I feel and hurt my arm. I fell on the side walk, I am such a klutz! Other wise ...
Blue Cruise
... women, seems to revolve around a mixture of Bollywood and Daniel O'Donnell in his prime so we couldnt have done much damage to be fair. Have to say that this was probably the highlight of the Turkey trip although Olimpos itself was a very close ...
Ancient Legands and Fire Breathing Mountains
~Yellow to all my friends~ I am sorry we have not gotten our blog updated in a few days. We have been sooo busy lately, and we have one bar of WiFi from a small ...
Cooking in Cirali
... some apricots. Refreshed with a shower, went back on the internet to upload more photos. About 6pm we headed out for a walk around Cirali village – a circuit of about 6km. There was a trail (part of the Lycian Way) at the far end leading off to the ...
Castles of Stone, Mountains of Fire and Tomatos!
... rich in history, but it is also rich in natural resources and wonders (and tomatoes!). The other truly remakable thing about Turkey is it's people. Everyone we have talked to (with the exception of the reception team in Dalyan) has been so ...
One day by the beach - Adrasan and Olympos
... ; You will have to pay a small fee to go to the beach. The second road starts a litlle further on the Antalya road ("Cirali-Chimera" sign), and leads to the village of Cirali and to the left side of the beach. From Cirali a track leads to Chimera (10 ...
The Incredibles?!
... London. Hopefully the hotel in London will have wi-fi! I hope to also record some of my final thoughts about Turkey - especially about the wonderful Turkish people. I want to get it written before we get home and life starts off again. ...
Sort by Newest Best first

