Kimera Lounge Hotel

Original holiday planned was 4 days on a boat tour around Gocek then 6 nights at the wakeboard park Hip-Notics. Both my sons injured themselves just before our holiday so we had to change our plans last minute. Where could we go between Gocek and Antalya? A bit of a google search and looking at maps, led me to a couple of blogs on Cirali and onto Kimera Lounge. So pleased we booked here. We had an absolutely fantastic stay and totally embraced the chilled out vibe of Cirali. We stayed in a two bedroom bungalow that was plenty big enough. The pool is a great size and the beach is just across the road. My husband and I enjoyed a morning swim before breakfast every day, the sea is blissfully calm first thing. The staff were excellent and extremely helpful in particular Farkun. We ate breakfast and a number of lunches at the hotel. We didn't eat dinner as it was above our budget and there are plenty of places to eat at in town (Cirali restaurant right in the centre of town was probably our favourite, Azur on the beach good in the evening too, most of our dinners with wine came to around £50 for all 4 of us). The lunches we had in the hotel were excellent so I can imagine that dinner would be good too. Lots of families staying in August with mainly young children, which meant we could relax when our two teen sons played with a ball in the pool (no adult only vibes here). We all used the spa (they offer treatments to over 12's) and the prices for treatments are affordable. The peeling & foam experience was amazing. Highly recommend. We wanted to do the canyoning and visit the restaurants with booths in the water but the rivers were all completely dry. We did visit the natural flames of Chimaera and did a days scuba with Olympos Diving. There is not much to see in the way of fish in this area but the underwater topography is pretty amazing. We hired bikes from eco-bike for the duration of our stay and we loved that too. ''Smile more, ride a bike in Cirali'' is eco-bikes moto and I couldn't agree more, loved pootling about the area on my blue bike with basket! We were worried that this area might be too quiet for this active family but boy we were wrong, we totally embraced relaxing and loved that this area is completely undeveloped. 100% recommend. Oh and there are no sunbed hoggers here...unlike our experience in Antalya! Sunbeds would be available what ever the time of day.