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Pirate-style tour boat on the turquoise sea off Alanya - Alanya boat trip guide

Alanya Boat Trip Guide (2026): Best Tours, Prices & Tips

A boat trip is the one thing you really shouldn’t skip in Alanya. The coast here is made for it — dramatic sea caves, a castle-topped peninsula, and warm turquoise bays perfect for swimming. Most boats are pirate-themed party cruises, but there’s more choice than the harbour touts let on, from quiet family boats to […]

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Alanya Red Tower and castle over the Mediterranean - best excursions from Alanya

Best Excursions From Alanya, Turkey (2026): 8 Tours Worth Booking

Alanya is one of the best bases on the Turkish Riviera for day trips — you’ve got the sea on one side and the Taurus Mountains rising right behind town, so you can be on a pirate boat in the morning or rafting a mountain canyon by lunchtime. But the strip is crowded with agencies

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Manavgat Waterfall on the river near Side Turkey - Manavgat waterfall and market guide

Manavgat Waterfall & Market: A Local’s 2026 Guide (Tickets, Tips & Tours)

Just 8 km from Side, Manavgat makes an easy half-day out — a wide, thundering waterfall on the river, one of the biggest open-air markets on the coast, and gentle boat trips through the delta. It’s not a dramatic, towering cascade, and parts of it are firmly set up for tourists, so here’s the honest

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Green Canyon Oymapınar lake near Side Turkey - Green Canyon boat trip from Side

Green Canyon Boat Trip From Side (2026): Prices, What to Expect & Best Tours

If you’ve spent a few days on Side’s beaches and fancy something completely different, the Green Canyon boat trip is the one to book. Just 45 minutes inland, the emerald-green waters of the Oymapınar reservoir wind between steep pine-covered cliffs in the Taurus Mountains — it looks more like Southeast Asia than southern Turkey. A

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