{"id":12683,"date":"2024-09-11T12:12:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T12:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/?post_type=destination&#038;p=12683"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:34:17","slug":"side","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/destination\/side\/","title":{"rendered":"Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A modern beach resort town, and an impressive and well-known ancient Greek-Roman town (in ruins), 75 km east of Antalya on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The picturesque town, on a small peninsula, became a highly popular holiday destination, combining the beautiful sandy beaches, with great tourism infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>In town explore the beautiful ancient town ruins, cafes, fine restaurants, vibrant night life, and souvenir shopping opportunities. These with the great day tour opportunities enables Side to provide a complete vacation package.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by the Greeks in the 7<sup>e<\/sup> century BC the town was occupied since by the Seleucid Empire, the Roman and the Ottoman empire. The ancient city is located on a small peninsula with great Hellenistic and Roman ruins, including the remains of a colossal amphitheatre, an agora, a Byzantine Basilica, and an Impressive Temple of Apollo forming a spectacular sight especially at sunset.<\/p>\n<p>The Roman baths on the site were restored to house a beautiful museum presenting one of the richest archaeological collections in Turkey. In the museum beautiful statues and figures of the Gods and Goddesses of the Greek mythology, and Seljuk Era and Roman Period artefacts.<\/p>\n<p>Several beautiful small coast resort towns Surrounds Side including Kumk\u00f6y and Colakli (Kamelya), Sorgun, Lake Titreyen, Kizilagac, and further west the luxurious Belek Resort, all offering complete resorts facilities, sandy beaches, accommodation, restaurants, cafes, clubs, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>While in town Thetjoy.com recommends enjoying great <strong>day tour<\/strong> opportunities including;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A tour to the close by <a href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/manavgat-waterfall\/\"><strong>Manavgat river and falls<\/strong><\/a> offering river boat tours<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/koprulu-canyon-and-lake-egirdir\/\"><strong>Koprulu Canyon National Park<\/strong><\/a> offering great landscapes and river rafting<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/aspendos\/\"><strong>Aspendos<\/strong><\/a> the ancient Greek-Roman city with its best preserved 155 BC amphitheater<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/attraction\/altinbesik-cave-national-park\/\"><strong>Altinbesik Cave National Park<\/strong><\/a> with its beautiful caves systems, including underground lakes and streams, and huge Stalagmites and Stalactites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A modern beach resort town, and an impressive and well-known ancient Greek-Roman town (in ruins), 75 km east of Antalya on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. 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