About 75 kilometers east of Antalya, on a small peninsula convenient, the pretty place Side.

Side is singular also in Turkey so rich at historical places: Between the giantful theatre and the Apollon Temple at the port urge itself the animated lanes of a vacation small town with a completely own flair. The beaches approximately around Side, likewise those the eastern far in the Incekum area, are opened with good beach hotels and one of the most popular holidays regions of Turkey.

Worth seeing in Side it is Manavgat river and those antique city Side, which was year-year ago more than thousands. Side was established on a cape handing in the sea and is a city of full history. In the year 1895 Turkish settlers came from Crete and established themselves at the point of the peninsula, at the port and its environment. This settlement is today the core of the city. In Side the new and old quarters are to be differentiated hardly from each other.

In the west there are one between Side and Colaki approximately 30 km long strips with sand beaches and bath possibilities. In the east the beach runs up to the inlet of the Manavgat river.

The boats, which start in Manavgat, drive over the Manavgat river to to the sea. These routes contain usually music, bath possibilities and meals.

Visit the Manavgat waterfall. It is one of the most beautiful waterfall of the area. Likewise the Manavgat dyke lake, the Oymapinar dyke lake and the Aspendos Amphitheater (between Side and Alanya) are worth an in any case attendance.