MAJESTY CLUB OASIS BEACH LOCATED IN KONAKLI /
ALANYA. HOTEL IS 110KM FROM ANTALYA AIRPORT,
120KM FROM ANTALYA, 1 HOUR TO SIDE, 12 KM AWAY
FROM ALANYA.
SIDE
SIDE IS TO BE REACHED BY TURNING RIGHT 3 KM
BEFORE MANAVGAT ON THE ANTALYA- ALANYA HIGHWAY.
THE EXACT DATE OF ITS FOUNDING IS NOT KNOWN. IN
THE LANGUAGE OF ANATOLIA, *SIDE* MEANS
POMEGRANATE. **FROM INSCRIPTIONS IT APPEARS THAT
SIDE DATES BACK TO THE HITTITES. THE CITY WAS
CONSTRUCTED ON A PENINSULA AND WAS A HELLENISTIC
AND ROMAN TOWN, PROTECTED BY CITY AND SEA WALLS.
ONE*S ATTENTION IS PARTICULARLY DRAWN TO THE CITY
GATES AND WALLS, AS WELL AS THE MANY REMAINS OF
AQUEDUCTS WHICH BROUGHT WATER FROM THE TAUROS
MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY. THE
OLD BATHS HAVE BEEN RESTORED AND TURNED INTO A
MUSEUM, IN WHICH ARE EXHIBITED SOME OF THE
STATUES AND ART TREASURES FOUND IN SIDE. ONE OF
ITS MOST IMPORTANT BUILDINGS IS ITS 15000
SPECTATOR THEATRE. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS
ROMAN THEATRE AND OTHER ANTIQUE THEATRES IN THE
REGION IS THAT IT IS NOT BUILT AGAINST A
HILLSIDE. THE 2 STOREY THEATRE, BUILT ON A SERIES
OF ARCHES, IS 20 M HIGH. THE ORCHESTRA AND STAGE
ARE IN A STATE OF RUIN. RAINWATER CHANNELS RUN
UNDER THE THEATRE. SIDE HAS COLONNADED STREETS, A
TRIUMPHAL ARCH, HARBOUR, BATHS, FOUNTAINS,
CISTERNS, AQUADUCTS, TEMPLES AND A AGORA.
*************************************************
MANAVGAT WATERFALL AWAY 3 KM AT NORTH OF
MANAVGAT.
*************************************************
KOPRULU KANYON NATIONAL PARK IS IN THE MANAVGAT
DISTRICT OF THE ANTALYA PROVINCE. THE ROAD ALONG
THE COAST FROM ANTALYA TO MANAVGAT THEN PASSES
THROUGH TASAGIL AND BESKONAK.
*************************************************
SIDE MUSEUM - HAMAM OF THE ANTIC AGORA, REMAINING
FROM 5TH AND 6TH CENTURY A. D., AGAINST THE
AGORA, WHICH BELONGS TO ROMAN PERIOD, IS RESTORED
ON 1960 / 61, AND TURNED INTO A MUSEUM.
*************************************************
ASPENDOS
AFTER PASSING SERIK ON THE ANTALYA-ALANYA
HIGHWAY, YOU TURN
MAJESTY CLUB OASIS BEACH LOCATED IN KONAKLI /
ALANYA. HOTEL IS 110KM FROM ANTALYA AIRPORT,
120KM FROM ANTALYA,12 KM AWAY FROM ALANYA. FOLLOW
THE EXIT SIGN FROM AIRPORT AND TURN LEFT TO THE
HIGHWAY. FOLLOW THE ALANYA SIGN. WHEN YOU ARRIVE
TO KONAKLI / ALANYA FOLLOW THE HOTEL SIGN.
