the Guidebook on the city of Side

Side is not simply remarkable resort, it is the centuries-old history full of riddles and secrets. In translation{transfer} Side means "pomegranate" and symbolizes fertility. Here magnificent Клеопатра bathed with Mark Antoniem in the sea, masterpieces of architecture - an ancient theatre on 20 thousand spectators, temples Athenes and Apollo, the Necropolis, the Roman terms where now there is a museum with a bewitching collection of exhibits of antiquity here were created.

The city of Side - the witness of great and awful events of history. It{he} is located on peninsula in 68 km to a southeast from the airport of Antalia. This city in VII century and then represented settlements of the Greek colonists "was born". Later, after capture by pirates, Side became the center работорговли the Southern Mediterranean. Then the most significant epoch in history Side - the period of the Roman sovereignty has come. At this particular time there were great architectural creations of ancient city of Turkey.

The city constantly develops, millions tourists every year come to this heavenly spot. But, despite of all this, Side has kept the uniqueness and with what not сравнимый spirit of history. The ancient theatre with the magnificent arch arches involves tourists with a panorama opening from it{him}: the dark blue sea, ruins of ancient street and the small area, in olden time was{former} невольничьим the market.

You also can visit{attend} swimming bath V of a century nowadays restored and representing a museum where it is possible to admire beautiful statues and valuable subjects of history.