Rent a car Side

Rent a car Side

    75 km from Antalya. 7 km from Manavgat. Side, about 400 m. width and 1 km. in the form of a peninsula in length. The name 'Side' means 'Pomegranate' in Anatolian language. This feature and information obtained from some inscriptions in the sage shows that the history of Side dates back to the Hittites. However, it is said that Side, one of the oldest settlements in Anatolia, was founded before VII century. During the Anatolian history, Side has gone through the same stages as other Pamphylia cities. Greeks VII century. during the migrations they came to Side. According to the inscriptions at hand, they spoke a language specific to the city until the 3rd century. This language, which is still not fully understood, is Indo-European. Side came under the sovereignty of Lydians in the first half of VI century and Persians in 547-546. Developing city under Persian rule. 334 'was delivered to Alexander.