Barış Pension, Çıralı, Mediterranean Coast, Turkey

Please dont't tell this to too many people: Çıralı for insiders has the best beach of whole Turkish Mediterranean coast. Thanks to its position inside the Tahtalı National Park you won't find any big hotel and even the small pensions are situated discretely under trees and in green gardens.

Çıralı is one of the last ecologic paradises at Mediterranean and an important biotop for Caretta Turtles. Landscape, sea, beach, flora and fauna, culture (Ancient Olympos) here are of incredible beauty... This is how Turkish coast must have been before Antalya, Side, Alanya and others became crowdy tourist spots. If swimming, relaxing in green gardens among hen and enjoying fresh fish are not enough for you, you should go for a walk to nearby Olympos, situated in a scenic gorge, or to Yanartaş - the Eternal Flames.

Among numerous small pensions at Çıralı we preferred BARIŞ PENSION for its cute bungalows (preferably upper wooden floor!), its superb tropical garden and its friendly, relaxed hosts.

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