Side (Turkey)

The best holiday I have ever had was in SIDE in turkey, at the time when I went, which was nearly 10 years ago, it was mainly like a land of building sites, but even that being the case, I had a brilliant time. The locals are very very friendly; they made my families stay a brilliant one! Although we did come on a few that were over friendly but you get that everywhere. At every restaurant we visited we were made to feel very comfortable, offered a free drink to start with and the food was amazing and unbelievably dirt cheap, I think the one night my parents paid £20 in total for the four of us to eat, that was including our side orders and our drinks. ...  Read the complete review

Side (pronounced See-da, stress on the first syllable) is a small seaside resort of about 10,000 inhabitants on the south coast of Turkey, the so-called Turkish Riviera, 75 km east of Antalya where the international airport is. We chose a hotel about 3,5 km west of Side for our hols in October, the idea was to not only lie on the beach or swim but also take in the culture the town has to offer. 3,5 km isn't far, I've walked longer distances in my life, but due to a health problem I wasn't able to cover even this distance, so I can tell you that a one-way trip by taxi from our hotel was 7,50 Euro (5,90 GBP, taxi drivers want Euro), a trip by dolmus ...  Read the complete review