Side Sun Hotel
6 reviews
July 10, 2023
Nice hotel! Small rooms . Beach towels are given once for free, the next time they are exchanged for euros! The kitchen is delicious!
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August 24, 2021
Hello! We stayed at this hotel in August 2021, the hotel was chosen by rating. The hotel mostly had reviews from foreigners. From the first minutes of arrival at the hotel, everyone began to like everything, even the non-Russian-speaking staff, cheerfully explained with the help of a telephone translator.We got a room with a side view of the sea, although the voucher had a view of the surrounding area (perhaps the chocolate "Alyonka" helped). The hotel's contingent is mainly foreigners (Germans, Albanians) and a few Russians, which was a big plus. The food at the hotel is at the highest level. Lunches and dinners are always varied. Once a week, Turkish night and national cuisine are served for dinner. Once a week there was a seafood dinner (squid in batter, king prawns, fish of various species, mussels). There was also one dinner with rolls of various kinds. And so every day for breakfast they offer dried apricots, dried figs and Turkish delight with onions of several types. A wide variety of fruits (apples, melons, watermelons, peaches, plums, grapes) are displayed at each meal. We don't drink, so we can't say anything about alcohol , but people drank something. There is an opportunity to eat in an air-conditioned room or on a terrace overlooking the sea.🌊 Also on the account of nutrition ... There are several bars on site: Lobby (hotel lobby), pool bar (bar stools are located right in the pool), beach bar, which was very convenient! Going to lunch without changing clothes, right in swimsuits. This bar also serves delicious donuts and Viennese waffles from 16 to 17, and awesome ice cream from 15 to 17. Sanitizers are also hanging everywhere in the dining room, bars and in general on the territory of the hotel, and disposable gloves and masks are lying at the entrance to the bar and dining room. The staff is very friendly, responsive, smiling. Many people speak Russian in bars and canteens. Rooms are cleaned daily, towels were changed every day. The refrigerator with water is replenished daily. There are also 3 swimming pools on the territory of the hotel: 1 indoor on the (-5) floor and 2 outdoor (one of which has 3 slides, both children and adults ride). There are daytime and evening animations. The animator girls speak Russian. During the day: volleyball,aqua aerobics,yoga,darts (at the beach bar), children's animation at the mini club. In the evening, animation on the pool stage and dancing on the dining room terrace. The beach is sandy, the entrance to the water is gentle. Towels, deck chairs, mattresses -everything is free of charge. WiFi is available throughout the territory, in the dining room, bars and on the beach. The safe is paid (2€/day). Excellent location of the hotel:
~ 2 steps to the sea on one side and 2 steps to the main street on the other side with numerous shops, supermarkets and pharmacies, there are also transport stops.
~ if you go to the beach facing the sea, then there is a river with large turtles on the right 15-20 minutes walk away.
~ and on the left, 1.5 hours walk along the embankment - antique Side (seven minutes to the embankment along the sea along the beach) You can return to the hotel along the same route or take a local bus (dolmusha) with the inscription Kumka (the name of the hotel area) and tell your hotel. The fare is 4,50 TL or 1 $ .....1$≈ 8,6 TL , that is, in dollars, the fare is almost twice as expensive!!!
We made a big mistake by going on a free tour to a textile factory! Prices are twice as expensive as in the shops on the main street near the hotel. Nobody bought anything... All the outraged returned back. We didn't take any excursions at the hotel, we went everywhere ourselves! The guide offered an excursion to the Ancient Side for 2500 rubles per person! And our trip per person cost $ 2 (round trip), while we were in no hurry, walked by ourselves and took pictures. They just did not enter the amphitheater for a fee (about 1000-2000 rubles per person). We went to Manavgat to the waterfall ourselves , the entrance is also paid, it costs ≈ 7 TL per person (about 63 rubles ). We went to Waikiki in Manavgat. Prices for goods are cheaper than in shops on the streets and 2 times cheaper than in Russia. Towels, T-shirts, jeans -bought there. Churchkhela was seen in Side near the hotel for $ 15 per kilogram, and bought in Manavgat for $ 6 per kilogram, tasted the same, scored on goodies.
I really enjoyed the rest! The hotel is gorgeous. The hotel has some advantages! There are no disadvantages! We recommend this hotel to everyone! You won 't regret it !
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September 5, 2023
The hotel is not big. The sea is wonderful. 200 meters to the sea.
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November 2, 2019
Special thanks to the travel company "Sapphire" (Sapphire-Travel.ru ), who organized this wonderful vacation for us.
Hotel
The hotel has radically changed my attitude towards Turkish holidays. Thanks to tourists from Russia and Ukraine, I have formed an opinion about Turkey as some kind of second-rate resort. However, last year I was able to see this for myself. However, this time…
At first, we were a little surprised when, upon arrival at the hotel, only the two of us got off the bus - they took buses to the last hotel! I was alarmed that they were greeted at the reception in German. Soon, however, everything became clear – this is a hotel for Germans! Everything is in German – signs, announcements, staff, vacationers. Everyone is correct, polite, and helpful. Vacationers greet each other, even if they don't know each other. There is almost no smoking on the beach and in bars. Sunbeds are still "booked", but there is a request from the administration not to do this before seven in the morning. There are no drunks.
After taking a closer look and looking around, we came to the conclusion that this is a hotel for Germans of about 50+. Accordingly, young people have nothing to do, there is no entertainment for them. But it's not bad for families with young children.
Ignorance of the language does not free you from rest. Gradually it became clear that:
- In addition to the free cocktails listed in the wine list, there is always free beer in the bar.
- If you are offered a "drink" at lunch / dinner, it does not mean that for money. According to the contingent, boys and girls bring drinks during meals, because the venerable age of some vacationers allows them to get only to the table, and standing in line for drinks is too extreme.
- Germans are willing to tip, Russian misers look indecent.
- In restaurants (I can't even call it a dining room), they take a little food, they don't push, they don't put everything in plastic bags, they don't figure out who took the first table.
About the language. It turned out that after cleaning up, you can find Russian-speaking Germans, as a rule, our former ones, who communicate with great eagerness, missing the Russian language in branded packaging.
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The room is clean, cleaning is regular. There is a kettle and a set of tea bags, all sorts of tricks in the bathroom, like nail files. We got room 310 – not the best location, because it faced the bandstand of the neighboring hotel, where entertainment rumbled until 23 o'clock. But as soon as the balcony door was closed, excellent sound insulation worked. However, for some reason it immediately became stuffy. Stuffiness in the room arose even in the evening at a depressing rate. The air conditioner helped, but the air flow was somehow arranged in such a way that it immediately hit the face. Therefore, they tolerated the air conditioner until the 23rd, then I opened the balcony door. The tulle curtain must be pulled – there are mosquitoes.
Territory
The territory of the hotel is small and everything is located very compactly. One of the obvious amenities is a restaurant twenty meters from the beach: you can have lunch without observing the dress code. By the way, no one ever goes to the restaurant in the main building in bathing suits, slates and with bare bellies.
There are three swimming pools on the territory (one with slides, one with a paddling pool and one near the bar), two bars, one restaurant, two toilets (M and W), a playground for the youngest, table tennis. With animators - darts, shooting range, beach fun and children's parties. Everything is in German!
Meal
Oh, the food! It's better to see it once. Even better, to eat. And more than once. Turkey has expensive meat, but the hotel takes revenge with fish. Red fish is... just like our bread. I will not list everything – it is impossible. Therefore, it is recommended to take the same salads by a tablespoon – only they can make up a third of the lunch. It is not accepted to put food in pockets and bags.
By the way, about "not accepted". The very atmosphere of the holiday is such that you want to match it. It feels like you're somewhere in Europe. Although I suspect that this would not stop some of our "tourists", so it's good that there is a language barrier. Which is really a barrier. As a filter.
Beach
The beach is clean, not that big, but there are just places for everyone from the hotel. Places are "booked" with towels rather because they are bored by the campaign or just liked specific deck chairs. They are free, with mattresses. Beach towels are free, change them at least every day.
The boy delivers vitamin cocktails, but this is for the money. Some give tips to the boy who brings the mattresses. The Germans, what will you take from them…
Surprisingly dense sand. Therefore, a lot of people take a promenade along the water's edge. To the left, to Side - 4 kilometers, to the right, to the river with turtles – 1.8 km. But you can go further. It is quite convenient to run, sports, and Nordic walking.
The neighboring beach is from the "Russian" hotel. You can feel the difference. For example, a German will never bring music with him to sound the sunbeds within a radius of fifty meters. The Germans hardly smoke and don't bury anything in the sand.
Biting flies appear around 16 o'clock.
Sea
The entrance to the sea is very gentle. A depth of one meter seventy is reached no earlier than seventy meters. In principle, it does not bother – it allows people to disperse over a large area, and not crowd near the shore. And it's safe for the kids to play in the waves near the shore.
Fish have been biting in the sea since 16 o'clock. It is very noticeable, sometimes to the point of skin damage. Therefore, it is not recommended to stand up to your neck in water at this time. It seems that by the evening, the animals have an all-inclusive dinner.
Street
In the evening, you can effectively walk only along the street. As always, there are only shops. Prices are in euros. German is not only a hotel, but also a quarter. It is noteworthy that most indicate the same price in both euros and dollars, but take everything at all. You can even pay with a Sberbank ruble card.
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November 26, 2018
I really liked the hotel, excellent room stock, the kitchen is gorgeous, the staff is polite. Russian Russian songs were lacking in children's animation (there were none, but there were Russian children). Thank you.
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February 24, 2020
Nice hotel, I recommend it
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