Side Turkish Hamam

Why people book the hamam early in a Side holiday

Side is a beach week, and the hamam is the easiest thing on it to keep putting off. Do it the other way round: the kese scrub and the foam wash are the part of the trip you want behind you, not left for the morning of the flight home.

There is a practical reason too. The Side strip is long, and the hamam session is short — 2.5 to 3 hours including both drives. It fits into a morning or an afternoon without giving up a day, which is not true of the boat trips and the canyon tours that fill the rest of the excursion board.

Where we collect you in Side

The pickup covers the resort areas along the Side coast, not just the old town: Side itself, Kumköy, Evrenseki, Çolaklı, Titreyengöl, Sorgun, Kızılağaç, Gündoğdu and Kızılot. If your hotel is in any of those, the round-trip transfer is in the price.

However far along the strip your hotel is, the drive is already inside the 2.5–3 hours. What we will not do is print a pickup time on this page: it depends on your hotel and on how the session fills, so we confirm it with you before the day on the number you give us.

Staying outside those areas — up towards Manavgat town, or past Kızılot? Message us before you book and we will tell you honestly whether we can reach you.

What the €20 actually buys

The whole sequence, not an entrance ticket. You are given a peştemal, a towel and slippers, you use the sauna and the steam room, you lie on the heated marble, an attendant scrubs you down with the kese mitt, washes you through with soap foam, and finishes with a relaxing oil and aroma massage. Local insurance is included, and so is the transfer both ways.

What it does not buy: drinks, a longer or upgraded massage, clay and aroma masks, facial treatments, or photographs. Those are all real, all offered at the hamam, and all paid there. We do not print prices for them because we have no verified price list — ask before you agree, and nothing will surprise you.

Side, Alanya, Belek or Antalya — does the region change the hamam?

Not the programme. All four regions run the same sequence and the same inclusions. Belek and Antalya are €25, Side and Alanya €20: the fare belongs to the region, not to the programme.

Book the region your hotel is in. A guest staying in Side who books an Antalya session pays more and spends longer in a vehicle for exactly the same programme.

First time?

Two things surprise people, and both are normal. The first is how much comes off during the kese — that grey roll on your arm is dead skin, and everybody's does it. The second is that you keep your swimwear on the whole time; nobody is naked, and a same-gender attendant can be requested when you book.

If you would rather read the whole thing through first, the step-by-step walks from the hotel pickup to the towel at the end, and the health page is honest about who should not go.