Welcome to Blue Paradise Pension

My name is Mehmet and was born here in Cirali, Turkey. For 20 years I ve owned Pension Blue Paradise, and I will never more away from this wonderful place.

Cirali is located 80 km from Antalya and 30 km from Kemer and is located on Turkeys famous Turquoise Coast.The ancient port city of Olympos, established 2200 years ago was located here at one end of the villages 5 km beach. In the hills behind Cirali is the famous site of the Chimera, a place recorded in ancient myths, where a strange fire-breathing creature -The Chimera - lived.Today, the Chimera site is one of the few places on Earth where fire burns from solid rocks.The local name for the site is Yarnatas. The mountains around Cirale have a unique beauty, including towering, nearby Mt. Olympos. And along the beach Caretta turtel lay their eggs each June.During this time, villagers provide protectian each evening tomake sure the turtels succeed in their egg-laying unharmed.

In Cirali, there are very few high-end hotels. Most accommodations are small pension, like Pension Blue Paradise, located either in the village or backing the beach. Like many other pensions, the Pension Blue Paradise provides tasty Mediterranean homecooked meals including fresh fish and natural food and fruit gathered on the property. In fact, surrounding Pension Blue Paradise are mulberry, orange, lemon and dive trees. It is a place where its easy to relax- with flowers and fruit trees outside your windows.

You will sleep with the sound of waves, and the doves and chickens will wake ypu up if you fall asleep in one of our hammocks, or in the summerhouse outdoors under the stars.

From our pension, it is just 100 metres to the warm and aquamarin sea.

For your breakfast, you get our natural food - direct from our garden:honey, jams, vegetables and eggs. After breakfast you can explore the important archeological site nearby. swim in the sea, ride the coast in tour boats or our mountains bikes for local cycling.As well, the famous Lycian Way, one of the worlds great hiking trails, passes our front door.

At dinne, any kind of Mediterranean fish is available, cooked in the manner you like. As well, all kinds of Turkish culinary choises are available, served to you in our garden. You will get to experience Turkish life under our orange and lemon trees, with the ocean nearby and the sky above.

This is a true Blue Paradise.