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Suluada Island Boat Trip from Side

Quick answer

Staying in the old town puts you last on the Suluada Island Boat Trip round: pickup reaches the centre after every coastal resort, so breakfast is unhurried and the walk to your hotel door is all the travelling you do before the boat. Full-day boat trip to Suluada, the "Maldives of Turkey": white pebble beach, glass-clear turquoise coves, swimming stops and lunch on board. Morning hotel pickup, afternoon return. Booking is confirmed instantly, you pay on the boat on the day, and cancellation is free up to 24 hours before.

Suluada Island Boat Trip from Side

Your pickup from Side

Guests in the centre are collected last, once the coastal hotels are aboard. You are met at your hotel entrance rather than at the harbour, which matters here — the streets inside the walls are pedestrian, and the minibus comes to the nearest point it can reach. The return, in the afternoon or evening, works the same way.

  • Meeting point is usually your hotel's main entrance or security gate.
  • Your exact pickup time is confirmed the day before the tour.

What Side is like

This is a working resort built inside a Roman city: a peninsula about a kilometre long and four hundred metres across, with the tour harbour at its southern tip and the Temple of Apollo standing on the waterfront beside it. The theatre and the museum in the old Agora bath are a walk from most hotels, so a day on the water begins and ends on foot.

About the Suluada Island Boat Trip

Suluada is called the "Maldives of Turkey" for a reason: a white pebble beach and turquoise coves with glass-clear water. This full-day boat trip includes hotel pickup, swimming stops and lunch served on board.

Tour programme

  1. Morning pickup from your hotel
  2. Transfer to the departure point and boarding
  3. Cruise towards Suluada Island
  4. Swimming stops in glass-clear turquoise coves
  5. Lunch served on the boat
  6. Free time at Suluada's white pebble beach
  7. Return cruise and afternoon drop-off at your hotel

Drinks are not included in the price; they are sold on board. Please note there is very little shade on the island, so sun cream and a hat are essential.

Book online with instant confirmation and pay on the boat on the day of the tour. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure.

Included

  • Swimming stops in turquoise bays
  • Lunch on board
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Frequently asked

What time is hotel pickup from Side?

Last of all. The round finishes in the centre, so the old-town hotels are the final collection before the boats leave and you have the longest morning of anyone on the coast. The exact time depends on the day's route and is confirmed with you the evening before.

Where do the boats depart from?

It depends on the boat. Coastal trips sail from the harbour at the tip of the peninsula, a short walk down the main street; river cruises leave from a pier on the lower Manavgat river instead, and the included transfer covers that leg. Your confirmation names the point your boat uses.

Do I pay in advance?

No. Booking is confirmed instantly and you pay on the boat on the day, in cash or by card. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before.

What time does the tour start?

You are picked up from your hotel in the morning; the exact time depends on your hotel's location.

How long does the Suluada boat trip last?

It is a full-day tour: morning pickup and return to your hotel in the afternoon.

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