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Home > Adventures Abroad > Turkey 2006 > Side, 3/28/2006 Most viewed - Side, 3/28/2006 Sinbad at Side644 viewsAfter completing his seventh voyage, Sinbad the Sailor took up residency on the Turquoise Coast and started a business taking tourists on excursions along the shores of the Mediterranean. Basilica642 viewsA notorious heathen shamelessly strolls by the remains of the 5th-century Christian basilica of Side. The Marina Restaurant and Bar632 viewsWine and dine amidst the ruins. The Waterfront at Side616 viewsIn Hellenistic and Roman times Side functioned both as a great commercial entrepot and a pirate base. The silting-up of its harbor beginning around the 6th century AD, coupled with incursions of Taurus Mountain highlanders and later Arab fleets, caused Side to yield its pre-eminence to Antalya. Elouise Mattox at the Temple of Athena611 viewsAthena was the Greek goddess of wisdom. Here a modern-day Athena surveys the ruins of her predecessor's Temple. Main Drag596 viewsWell-placed to ensnare tourists on their way to the beach. Sandie at the Temple of Apollo591 viewsA modern-day Cleopatra lounges in the Mediterranean sunshine, awaiting the arrival of her Mark Antony. Turkish Tattoo Parlor587 viewsEmporium of Body Art. Apparently the fashion for adorning one's body with bizarre designs has caught on just about everywhere. The Amphitheater at Side584 viewsThe Side Amphitheater was ground zero for viewing the spectacle on eclipse day. I shudder to think of how packed the place must have been, and I think our location on the beach at the Kaya Side Hotel must have been much less crowded and more relaxed. Roman Architecture575 viewsIn contrast to the Theater at Aspendos, the Side theater was built in the Roman style rather than the Greek, because in Side there was no Acropolis - the Greeks liked to build their amphitheaters into hillsides. Temples of Athena and Apollo561 viewsAthena and Apollo were the patron deities of Side, and their almost identical twin temples commanded the harbor entrance. Here, Mark Antony first met up with Cleopatra. Sam's Your Uncle556 viewsOne might get the impression that this establishment was catering to American tourists. 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