Side was once idyllic, a traditional Turkish Mediterranean village amid marble Roman ruins on 2 km of unspoiled beach just an hour (65 km) east of Antalya or west of Alanya. Tourism arrived with a vengeance in the 1980s, however, and today tourists, both Turks and foreigners, come for the perfect white sand beaches, the seaside restaurants and bars, the variety of lodgings and the impressive Hellenistic and Roman ruins. (Location: Side)

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