The Romantic Road To Cirali Part Three… The Village

Olympos Turkey June 2009, originally uploaded by Fun Lilliy.

There are many means of transportation to Cirali. Arranged pickups, car hire, taxis, and buses. I recommend when it is your first visit to a city in Turkey to let your hotel arrange for your transportation. If you are arriving after a long tiring flight seeing the man with the sign at the arrival doors past customs will be a blessing. The hotels in Cirali can arrange for your pickup from Antalya airport and sometimes also from Dalaman airport. All you have to do is communicate directly with the management via email or telephone giving them your flight arrival information, and they will do the rest. The price is usually in euros, very reasonable, and fixed. It might be at times slightly higher than a regular taxi. The benefit of it is that you will be greeted once you claim your luggage and taken directly to your hotel. Sometimes it is even better than prices of a regular taxi as some drivers increase the prices for tourist.

If you didn’t see Antalya before then don’t miss out. Stay a night or two and do the surrounding tours to the historic sights and the falls. If you don’t like group tours then rent a car for a day, drive to them your self, and explore. Driving in Antalya can be a bet challenging because there are no clear signs of the smaller inner city street names at some intersections and you might get lost. If you do, always have the telephone number of your hotel at hand and call them for directions. When you are traveling out of Antalya to Cirali the signs are much clearer because you will be using main roads.

The scenic car ride to your destination from Antalya is a must enjoy. It is very refreshing with the green mountains on you right side and the turquoise blue Mediterranean sea on your left. Other ways of transport for the budget travelers is taking the bus that runs between Antalya and Fethiye which will drop you off 1 km further uphill from the turn off to Cirali at a roadside restaurant off the main highway from there take a minibus to Cirali in the Beydaglari Sahil National Park.

The road down is very curvy and a bet bumpy, but from time to time you will see clearings between the hills and the trees down the mountain side and glimpses of the sea peaking in between. Stop safely to take some photos whenever you can. When you reach the end of the hill you will be greeted by the small inns and cabin hotels on both sides of the roads hidden by trees. If you go further there will be a small bridge over a dry river in the summer on your left. Turn left and drive on passing the many small shops selling all sorts of beach required items, food, and drinks. At the end of this road you will reach the beach front that is guarded by the mountains.

Once you have settled in your hotel and you want to enjoy the day in the sun you will be able to rent a sun bed and umbrella right on the beach. Many of the hotels have deals for their guests to use a certain restaurant for your beach requirements, accesses to showers, and parking area for your car. They also lend you bicycles complimentary of the hotel to ride to the beach. If you like walking it is around 10 minutes from most hotels in the area.

The many beach side restaurants are great places to hide from the sun at its peak hours around noon where you can sit back, have lunch, and cool off with cold drinks. At night many offer entertainment with music and Turkish songs that add to the charm of the clear starry night and the nice salty sea air as you soak in the romantic atmosphere.

Cirali is a very laid back village. You can really relax and forget the busting crowded city on the run feel. Time moves slowly and its all about sitting back on your sun chair or swinging on a hammock in the garden watching the clouds pass by, listing to the roaster crowing, and noticing the chickens with their chicks running around the restaurants or the hotel garden. There, doing absolutely nothing is all you have to do …

Related Previous Posts:
The Romantic Road to Cirali Part One… Finding it!
The Romantic Road To Cirali Part Two… The Beach Video

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