Shopping in Kumkoy. Kumkoy, Türkiye - beach holiday in the village

KUMKOY...(SIDE DISTRICT) Kumkoy is a small resort in Turkey, located three km. from the city of Side and is practically its suburb. Kumkoy is especially popular among young people. This typical Mediterranean Turkish resort is famous among travelers for its clean sandy beaches, modern hotels, but most importantly - great parties. And this does not mean the entertainment venues of the city of Side, which can be reached on foot in 30 minutes. Kumkoy itself is considered one of the most lively places on the coast. Night clubs and discos are mostly located in the center of the village. Here life is in full swing and in full swing until the morning (until 6-7 o’clock). So, if you want a relaxing holiday, it’s better to book a hotel on the outskirts. Perhaps the only negative that a discerning tourist can note in Kumkoy is nature. There is no lush vegetation, dense forests, or picturesque outskirts. Yes, it’s not necessary: ​​that’s not why they come here...

How to get there As already mentioned, only three kilometers separate Kumkoy from the well-known noisy and cheerful Side. If you don’t want to walk to Side, you can always take a taxi or public transport (dolmushi travel from morning to night every 15-20 minutes, the fare is 2-3 liras). From Antalya International Airport to Kumkoy it is approximately 60-70 km, so the transfer usually takes no more than an hour.

Hotels in Kumkoy Due to the fact that Kumkoy is mainly visited by young people who love entertainment and parties, and who, as a rule, do not have particularly thick wallets, most hotels here are designed for the average budget. The following hotels are especially popular: Cesars Resort 5*, Paloma Beach Resort 4* and the Melas HV-1 club. The most expensive and fashionable hotels are already located within the city of Side (for example, Asteria Side 5 * and Sunrise Queen 5 *). They have large and well-equipped areas and high-quality service, although, unfortunately, they do not “match” similar hotels in Kundu or Sorgun.

Beaches of Kumkoy The beaches of Kumkoy are very clean, sandy, with a gentle and level entrance to the water. The wonderful beaches of Kumkoy would be perfect for families with children. But it is too noisy and crowded for a family holiday. Therefore, many families prefer quieter resorts (for example, Colakli - it is calm, quiet and has magnificent sandy beaches). Of course, a large variety of water sports awaits you on the beach in Kumkoy.

Entertainment, excursions and attractions Since Kumkoy is located only three km. from Side, then all the attractions and entertainment of this city can be safely attributed to it. There are many discos in Side that are open until the morning. Among them, Oxyde is one of the best discos in the city, where dancing can be combined with swimming in the pools.

The disco is located on the road to the city beach "Nympheon". Oxid is stylized as an ancient fortress and offers not only swimming pools, but also foam parties, and dancing in two open-air halls. In Kumkoy itself there are also many discos and bars open all night. For example, Nympheon - located near the city beach; Appolo Club - located right by the harbor, near the temple; Lighthouse Disco Cafe - every evening from 9 pm it turns into one of the most incendiary disco spots in the resort. While vacationing in Kumkoy, you will have the opportunity to visit the world-famous sights of Side.

The Sensimar Side Resort & Spa 5* hotel is located on the Mediterranean coast, 7 km from the city of Side, in the resort area of ​​Kumkoy and 50 m from its own sandy beach. This is a luxurious hotel, with exquisitely decorated rooms in rich and warm colors. The hotel has two beautiful swimming pools, along which there are comfortable places for a relaxing holiday. The hotel's modern spa offers a wide range of beauty and massage treatments. Lovers of active

Sensimar Side Resort & Spa 5*

The Side Mare Resort And Spa 5* hotel is located on the Mediterranean coast, in the resort village of Kumkoy, 500 m from its own sandy beach. This is a modern, comfortable hotel, with cozy rooms furnished with light furniture. The area is vast, with several swimming pools, water slides and sports fields. A spa center and massage parlor are available for guests' use. Good conditions for relaxation have been created for younger guests and there is a mini-club. The airport is 65 km away.

Oleander 5*

Sensimar Side Resort & Spa 5*

Hotel Oleander 5* is located on the Mediterranean coast, on the outskirts of the city of Side, in the resort area of ​​Kumkoy and 100 meters from its own sandy beach. This is a modern, comfortable hotel, with spacious, elegantly decorated rooms equipped with all necessary amenities. On the vast and well-kept grounds of the hotel there is a beautiful flowering garden, there are two large swimming pools, one of them with water slides. For young guests of the hotel there is a mini-club equipped with a variety of interesting exercise equipment.

Primasol Hane Garden Hotel 4*

Sensimar Side Resort & Spa 5*

Hotel PrimaSol Hane Garden 4* is located on the Mediterranean coast, 8 km from the city of Side, in the resort area of ​​Kumkoy and 250 m from its own sandy beach. This is a pleasant, comfortable hotel, the territory of which is divided into three parts, connected by special passages. The hotel rooms are spacious and decorated in a modern style. For a relaxing holiday, the hotel has two large swimming pools with sun terraces, and a separate pool with water slides. Good

Kaya Apart

Sensimar Side Resort & Spa 5*

Kaya Apart Hotel is located on the Mediterranean coast, 6 km from the city of Side, in the resort area of ​​Kumkoy and 400 m from the public sandy beach. This is a quiet small hotel, with spacious rooms equipped with a kitchenette and all the necessary amenities. Guests can relax by the pool or sit in the bar. The road to the beach will take no more than 5 minutes. There is a shop next to the hotel and a local market across the road. The airport is 65 km away.

Merve Sun Hotel & Spa 4*

Sensimar Side Resort & Spa 5*

The Merve Sun Hotel & Spa 4* is located on the Mediterranean coast of the Antalya Riviera, in the resort area of ​​Kumkoy. Located 600 meters from the Mediterranean coast. This is a modern hotel, with spacious, bright rooms decorated with wooden furniture and pastel colours. The hotel's spa center is available to guests. Young guests can play on a playground specially equipped for them. Antalya Airport is 65 km away.

Helios 3*

Sensimar Side Resort & Spa 5*

Hotel Helios 3* is located on the Mediterranean coast, 6 km from the city of Side, in the resort village of Kumkoy and 600 m from its own sandy beach. This is a small, quiet hotel, with spacious, bright rooms and a small cozy area with swimming pools for adults and small hotel guests. Guests can enjoy a relaxing massage or visit a traditional Turkish bath. The airport is 65 km away.

When you enter the word “Kumkoy”, Google and Yandex maps display an incomprehensible village; it has nothing to do with the resort described in the article.

Reference! So that the reader does not have any confusion, it is worth starting with the fact that in Turkey there are two places called Kumkoy: the first of them is a tiny village 20 km east of Antalya, and the second is a resort area near the city of Side. It is the second village that we will talk about.

Kumkoy is a resort area along the beach of the same name in the western part of Side, 3 km from the center. Geographically, it belongs to the village of Ilica, but travel agencies and local residents have been around for a long time.

This area stretches along the beach for 1.5 km, its borders lie between the Side Royal Paradise Hotel in the west and the Nova Park Hotel in the east.

Kumkoy is an exclusively hotel village, there are no residential buildings in it. On its territory there are hotels of all classes and price categories, a chic and well-maintained sandy beach, a promenade and landscaped parks with shady plants, flower beds and fountains. Only there are no water parks.

Note! Some travel websites claim that Kumkoy is one of the centers. They say that young people from all over the area come here, and the noise of dozens of nightclubs does not subside until the morning. In fact, this is erroneous information.

Of course, there are discos here, but only on the territory of some hotels, not as separate establishments. There are also no bars or disco clubs here.. Therefore, Kumkoy is a completely quiet place where tourists who prefer a relaxing holiday like to settle.

Advice! As for discos, guests of Kumkoy go to Side for them if for some reason they are not having parties in their hotels.

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How to get there?

Getting to the village is very easy.

By plane

A good way to buy cheap air tickets is on the largest search engine in Russia, aviasales.ru.

Antalya International Airport is located 50 km from Kumkoy, serving direct and connecting flights from a number of Russian cities.

The cost of one-way air tickets there is extremely low - from 15,000 rubles.

From Antalya

If you decide not to spend $70 or more on a taxi ride to Kumkoy, then you should do this:

• At Antalya airport we take bus No. 600 to the bus station (Otogari Bus) for 4 liras. You can also take the Havas bus - 10 liras;
• at the bus station we take a bus ticket to Side, approximately 20 to 30 liras;
• at the Side bus station we take a minibus (they are called “dolmus” in Turkey) to Kumkoy for 3.5 liras.

REFERENCE! The optimal way to travel in terms of price + speed is a transfer from the hotel where you decide to stay. Many of them offer travel from Antalya to Kumkoy for only $20-30.

Tours and packages

You can look at prices on Level.Travel and buy a ticket online. The tour price includes: airfare, transfer from the airport to the hotel and back, accommodation and meals at the hotel and medical insurance.

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Nova Park Hotel 5*

"Nova Park 5*" Türkiye, Kumkoy, Side is a single-building hotel located on the first line in the eastern part of the village, 200 meters from the sea. The hotel has its own section of the beach.

• outdoor swimming pool with water slides;
• Turkish bath, sauna, massage rooms, hydromassage baths;
• fitness room;
• 2 restaurants (buffet and menu) and 1 bar;
• garden with children's playground and tables.

Serenis Hotel 5*

Serenis 5* Kumkoy, Side, Türkiye- a single-building hotel located on the eastern outskirts of the village. The distance to the sea is 500 m. There are umbrellas and sun loungers on its own section of the beach.

On its territory there are the following infrastructure facilities:

• outdoor swimming pool;
• indoor swimming pool;
• spa and fitness room;
• children's leisure club;
• 2 restaurants and 1 pool bar;
• disco club;
• bicycles for rent;
• tennis court.

Merve Sun Hotel & SPA 4*

“Merve Sun Hotel 4*” Turkey, Kumkoy, Side - a single-building hotel located across the road from “Nova Park”. Next to it there are several shops, boutiques and souvenir shops, a hypermarket, restaurants and a pharmacy. Its own section of the beach is 200 meters from the hotel.

On its territory there are the following infrastructure facilities:

• outdoor swimming pool with 2 water slides;
• spa center with hammam, sauna, beauty and massage rooms and physiotherapy;
• 1 restaurant;
• 1 pool bar;
• children's leisure club;
• playground for children.

Caesars Hotel Side 5*

"Cesars Resort 5*" Türkiye, Kumkoy, Side- a hotel complex located on the first line, in the central part of the village. The distance from the residential buildings to the sea is only 10 m. The beach of the complex is equipped with canopies.

On its territory there are the following infrastructure facilities:

• 3 open-air swimming pools (the middle pool is equipped with a complex of water slides);
• on-site garden with tennis court, basketball court, children's play area and amphitheater for nightly shows;
• spa and cosmetology center with a full range of services;
• 1 restaurant and 2 bars.

Side Kum Hotel 5*

“Sidekum Hotel 5*” Türkiye, Kumkoy, Side- a single-building hotel located on the second line, in the eastern part of the village. The distance to the sea is 300 m. Nearby there is a street with shops and boutiques, a shopping center and several restaurants and cafes.

On its territory there are the following infrastructure facilities:

• 2 outdoor swimming pools (adults and children);
• spa center, cosmetology center, fitness center, sauna, hammam;
• buffet restaurant and 2 bars (by the pool and on the beach);
• garden on site.

Beaches

The main beach, after which the area takes its name, so good that even the residents of Side, as well as tourists from neighboring villages, go there to swim.

It is wide, long, straight as an arrow, clean and covered with fine sand, which is periodically combed and trimmed with a rake by “scourge boys” - employees of nearby hotels. Sun loungers, canopies, changing rooms, showers and bars are installed throughout. The entrance to the water is gentle and long. There are no stones at the bottom, but sometimes you come across large and smooth boulders that are not capable of injuring your legs.

Where to go and what to see?

They don’t have Kumka (or rather Ilik) in Side. It is only a 10-15 minute drive from the village by dolmus.

Amphitheater

Well-preserved Roman amphitheater for 20,000 spectators, built in the 2nd century AD. During the Roman Empire, bloody gladiatorial fights and baiting of animals were held here, and during the Byzantine era, an open-air church was organized on its territory, where local and visiting Christian leaders preached.

Coordinates: 36.768086, 31.390157. Entrance - 20 liras.

Ancient city of Side

The ancient city of Side is an open-air museum. It is an architectural complex consisting of ancient buildings of various purposes and eras, mainly from the time of the Roman Empire.

On its territory you can look at the following objects:

• the remains of the fortress wall in various states of preservation in certain areas;
• the aforementioned amphitheater;
• colonnade and remains of mosaic masonry in the agora square (market square, the place where government officials, merchants and other similar figures met);
• gates to the city and a triumphal arch in honor of the emperors: Titus and Vespasian;
• remains of a temple complex dedicated to Dionysus;
• walls and colonnade of a Byzantine hospital;
• the well-preserved sanctuary of the Nymphaeum (dedicated to the nymphs);
• 2nd century fountain;
• foundations and fragments of walls of residential buildings and outbuildings.

Note! Next to the open-air museum is Biyuk Beach, where you can cool off after wandering among the ruins for many hours.

Coordinates: 36.768981, 31.390740. Entrance - 3 lira.

Temple of Apollo

Half a kilometer west of the amphitheater there is another open-air museum - the remains of the colonnade of the Temple of Apollo and the ancient Roman theater. Little remains of the temple complex, but even these ruins, which have survived to this day, can amaze the imagination.

Coordinates: 36.764259, 31.386543. Entrance - 3 lira.

REFERENCE! On the embankment to the east of the temple you can see the ruins of the Roman men's baths and the Ottoman Hammam.

Side Bazaar

Side Bazaar is a typical Middle Eastern market located in the old quarters opposite the amphitheater. Here tourists can buy all sorts of things and try themselves in the art of bargaining. In addition to cheap seasonal vegetables and fruits, dried fruits, spices and sweets, souvenirs and clothes from unknown or counterfeit manufacturers, you can find reasonably priced real leather goods and carpets here.

Coordinates: 36.767780, 31.389486.

Waterfall and river Manavgat

In the northeast of Side, almost touching it, there is a large city called, an amazingly beautiful river flows through it, which originates in the Taurus Mountains in the north. In the picturesque meadows and gardens outside the city, this river makes several winding turns and plunges into, which is the main local attraction.

Coordinates: 36.813209, 31.453683.

Entertainment and excursions

There is not much entertainment in Kumkoy. However, tourists will have something to occupy themselves in between sunbathing on the beach and staying in hotels.

All local entertainment is centered on the beach. The choice is quite standard for any seaside resort: banana boat ride, parasailing, canoeing, catamaran, jet ski or motorboat ride.

Prices vary - from 10 & (for a banana ride) to 55 $ - for a parachute flight over water. You can also order diving with an instructor for a price starting from $45.

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In the center of the village and on some of its streets there are offices of tour operators, where you can book a one-day tour around the surrounding area, or a 1-3 day tour around, or to Central Anatolia.

Most popular local tours:

• tour of the ancient ruins of Side;
• boat trip or motor ship along the Manavgat River to the waterfall;
• rafting on the Manavgat River;
• trip to Seleucia (Libra) - well-preserved ruins of the ancient city;
• - ruins of an ancient city with a well-preserved amphitheater.

You can also take an independent trip to the Nashira water park, which is located in the eastern part of Side. Entrance - $30.

• "Bistro 2000 Steak House & Sports Bar"- Mexican restaurant, steakhouse, pizzeria. Coordinates: 36.800931, 31.363605;
• "La Perla"- restaurant serving European and Mediterranean cuisine. There is a vegetarian menu. Coordinates: 36.802687, 31.361558;
• "Kimyon"- an elite restaurant serving Turkish and Mediterranean cuisine. Coordinates: 36.803460, 31.363531.