One of the best known places has become Çirali in the inland and abroad at the Turkish Riviera.

Çirali is world famous for the Chimaera, Lycia's eternal fire is an extraordinary natural phenomenon, and for its beautiful beaches that provides nesting grounds to sea turtles.

Çirali has a large sandy beach, extending for about three kilometers. It is one of the few protected beaches where the loggerhead sea turtles Caretta-Caretta lay their eggs. The Caretta-Caretta turtle can reach 1.2 meters in length with a weight of about 100 kg. It has become protected as an endangered species in the Mediterranean Sea. As one walks towards the Akdere creek and the Olympos site, the wide sandy beach covered with pine trees, turns into a pebble beach.

Ç irali is actually a small hamlet belonging to the village of Ulupinar that is located on the mighty Tahtali Dag (Mountain with wood). At the village of Ulupinar, next to a 250 year old water mill and amidst the waterfalls of the Ulupinar river, there is a very nice restaurant: Ulupinar Degirmen ve Selale Restaurant (Ulupinar Mill & Waterfall Restaurant), serving delicious Turkish food such as fresh trout, filled mushrooms and of course the ever present raki.

Çirali is located at a distance of 70 km from Antalya and only 30 km of the package-tourist resort Kemer. Fortunately, as it is in between two environmentally protected areas, namely the archeological site of Olympos to the south and a nature preserve to the north, Çirali sets for Turkey the pace to ecotourism and organic agriculture.

Facilities
Restaurant
Car Parking
Internet
Tours/Travel Desk
Currency Exchange
24 hour hot showers
No curfew
Air Conditioning
Safety deposit
24 hour reception
Credit cards accepted