My husband and I have been to the Ilhan three times now. The first time we took a late deal with Thomas Cook and the entire trip was a nightmare.

However we got on with things ourselves and found the family friendly and helpful. The dog Hugo... read more

Right next to my favourite beach in whole of Turkey I was looking forward to returning for a second holiday in 10 years. On the highlights side we did have a brilliant unbelievable value trip to Cappadocia although I don’t want to ever get on a bus again... read more

Thomas cook should have warned us this would be the worst holiday of. My life and my partners, get to the resort looks, pretty hotel and very interesting roman ruins fantastic, as they said beach etc. all close by lovely.

Then the nightmare b... read more

We are on are way in a couple of days back to the ilhan in side for the 4th year in a row. We find the hotel charming in character and an excellent location, seconds from the beach, cobbled town and restaurants. I would agree with the comment of the rooms... read more

This was our 1st time in turkey and definitely wont be our last.

The old town of side has everything you could wish for. The hotel was very clean and very friendly. It is worth going just to meet Ahmet and Hogo the dog. Fantastic. We found the ... read more

The Ilhan hotel in Side was a well run family establishment, with friendly staff and generally a friendly easygoing place.

It was central to everything we needed had lovely gardens and the family were very nice. We had a lovely holiday, th... read more

Ideally situated in the centre of side, Hotel Ilhan has a 5th century amphitheatre on one side and a leafy lane stretching to the bayon the other. 3 minutes to the beach (not by thunderbird 1 ) which has a small beach ( grab a place early) alongside a lon... read more

This was booked at the last minute & I wish we’d just taken our chances with the English weather! Neither myself nor my boyfriend had been to Turkey before but everywhere else was booked up, but the travel agent assured us it would be fine, as our 'resort... read more