Begonville Hotel in Side

Loved staying here. Free wifi, AC, slightly hard mattresses, but not painful at all. Very nice staff - speak limited english but not hard to communicate with, so long as you have google translate to hand. Nice rooms so long as you can deal with slightly old furniture. A few bugs but no big problem, recommend ear plugs for sleeping. Good breakfast, good tea. Very pretty. Cats, tortoises. Incredible location to stay, very close to the sea, the ancient theatre, etc. Would 100% go again. (If you aren't too attached to it, the cats love the meat that comes with breakfast)

We liked it a lot. Right in the middle of the old town of Side. The harbor, restaurants, and sights are all within easy walking distance. Mustafa, our landlord, was very nice and helped us with our needs. The rooms are very simple and outdated, but adequate. The garden is beautiful. A kettle would have been nice. Since breakfast is only served from 9 a.m. in a nearby restaurant and the cafes aren't open before then, there is no way to make coffee or tea. We missed that. There is also no supermarket in the old town. For that, you have to walk or drive to new Side. We felt comfortable there. We also paid a pretty reasonable price.

I stayed at Begonville Pasiyon with my family. Its location is excellent, it is close to three sandy beaches and many places to eat. The room was clean and equipped with air conditioning. There is a beautiful garden where you can sit and relax, breakfast is served in a restaurant close to the beach. Mustafa was very kind during our stay. From the moment we arrived, he was always aware of what we needed. We had arranged our transport for our return, but he called them to check that it was confirmed. Most shops accept Turkish Lira and Euros.

Lovely quaint quiet place with beautiful garden just one tip check with transfer driver that you state location and tell them you are staying at Antique Side there are 2 Begonville Pansions one is a hotel about 2km away. Found the place to be paradise lovely buffet breakfast served off site at Moonlight Restaurant a short walk away overlooking the sea no pool but you can swim everyday in the beautiful blue sea sandy beach you can walk around historical site where there are digs and restoration works taking place the accommodation was clean plenty of hot water for showers clean towels cotton bedding Maya is a lovely housekeeper/cleaner she is there daily and Mustafa the manager is a star ⭐️ he’s on site every day a lovely very welcoming funny hosts he looks after guests I definitely recommend 🤩🤩🤩

There was no hot water in the room the day we stayed

Very basic and tired rooms, but clean bedding and towels. Staff very friendly and breakfast was ok. Ideal location right in the old centre. I would stay there again.

There appears to be such confusion online, between THIS accomodation, which is "Begonville Pansion" in the old town, and the Begonville Apartments, which is outside the old town, as people are talking about reception areas, and TV in the rooms, NEITHER of which Begonville Pansion has! When you get to Turkey, make sure you have your phone ready to go, as, when you arrive at the Begonville Pansion, you'll need to be able to ring them so they can come and meet you.There is NO reception desk, and no permanent person on site. You may be luck and arrive during the day and bump into the cleaner who will check you in ..but if you arrive at a silly hour, like we did,with phone not sorted, we weren't able to contact anyone to be checked in.We arrived at around 5.30 in the morning, so just sat and chilled in their lovely garden until someone arrived at about 6.30am. It's NOT a normal hotel, so either have your phone sorted so you can call them and advise of your arrival so they can let you in, OR get the transfer bus driver to call them when he drops you off. The transfer company initially tried dropping as off at the Begonville Apartments hotel.....wrong place, and this will likely happen to you, as it's seemingly a common error. Hotel was basic, very rustic, free WiFi. Bathroom had shower cubical, toilet, sink. A good 50% of the time there was no hot water. Needed to have a bit more tlc with the upkeep, as towel ring had come off the wall bracket, and was left on window sill. Fresh towels, fresh bedding, bed not uncomfortable, and an air con unit, which unfortunately the "swinging" vanes function had broken, and was wedged open with a bit of cardboard, and what looked like a used tissue. Our room was on the street side (as apposed to the back garden of the property). It was pretty noisy, as not only noises from the street just outside, but pumping music can be heard loudly coming from a lot of the big beachfront bars/restaurants. A few people have said the noise stops by 12....DO NOT believe this! Most of the normal street noises, yes, as most of the shops and restaurants close at midnight...BUT the bigger seafront places keep going till around 3.30am.....and you do REALLY hear this! Altogether, a quaint ,rustic little hotel, which we loved, and sitting out in the garden in the evenings was lovely! The restaurant next door (as you face the hotel, restaurant is in the right), is a fantastic places to eat, very very friendly, excellent food, good choice, nice atmosphere, and we were given many complimentary salads and coffees. When it's time to come home, the transfer company will text you and tell you when to be standing outside the hotel waiting...but, as before make sure they come to the correct hotel, as that you give them the address at which they need to collect....we did that, and the person STILL said they were coming to the Begonville Apartments to collect us...we gave them the correct address, and they replied "it's the same hotel"...to which we r

+ Right in the centre of the Old Side, everything is very close and easy walking distance. The various beaches are also very easy walking distances. Loads of bars, restaurants, shops within easy reach.
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