Green Canyon · Side
Green Canyon Boat Tour from Side
Quick answer
The Green Canyon boat tour collects guests in Side every day through the summer season — about 26 km by road to the boarding jetty. Adults €33, children 3–11 €20; nothing is paid online, you pay on the tour day.
Side guests have the strangest claim on the Green Canyon: the lake covers the very spring that once fed the ancient town. Dumanlı, the karst spring behind Side's Roman aqueduct, disappeared under roughly 120 metres of water when the Oymapınar reservoir filled — so the emerald water you cruise is, quite literally, the water Side was built on.
- By road
- 26 km
- Drive time
- approx. 40 min
- Departure days
- Every day (summer season)
- Adult
- €33
- Child (3–11)
- €20
Distances and times are free-flow figures, measured with no traffic and no hotel-collection loop — the ride on the day takes longer.
How pickup really works
One coach works a set route through the resort, hotel by hotel — so the exact time is confirmed the day before, once the day's bookings shape the route. Nobody can honestly promise a fixed minute weeks ahead, and we don't. Read the guide →
The practical side is easy: about 26 km and forty free-flow minutes off the coast, with a coach working the resort hotel by hotel every morning of the season. It is one of the shortest transfers on our list, which makes the canyon a half-day-plus outing rather than an expedition — back in Side with the evening still ahead of you.