Pamukkale Small Group Day Tour from Kusadasi or Selcuk
Selçuk, Turkey
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 1 day
Enjoy this day trip to Pamukkale which is the center of natural thermal spring waters with healing properties. Due to the chemical properties in the water, pure white colored travertines and stepped water terraces have been created on the mountain slope. It is for its resemblance to cotton piles that it is called "Cotton Castle" in Turkish. Visit the travertines and the Ancient City of Hierapolis which has the biggest Nekropol with 1200 gravestones in Anatolia. The sacred pool also is one of the highlights of the site. There shallow thermal waters ripple over a wonderful scattering of ancient roman ruins which lie beneath. Transfer back to your hotel after the tour.
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Enjoy this day trip to Pamukkale which is the center of natural thermal spring waters with healing properties. Due to the chemical properties in the water, pure white colored travertines and stepped water terraces have been created on the mountain slope. It is for its resemblance to cotton piles that it is called "Cotton Castle" in Turkish. Visit the travertines and the Ancient City of Hierapolis which has the biggest Nekropol with 1200 gravestones in Anatolia. The sacred pool also is one of the highlights of the site. There shallow thermal waters ripple over a wonderful scattering of ancient roman ruins which lie beneath. Transfer back to your hotel after the tour.After you are picked up from either your Kusadasi or Selcuk accommodation, board an air-conditioned minibus and being your 3.5 hour drive to Pamukkale. On arrival, at approx. at 12:00 PM, you will have open buffet lunch. After lunch, the guided tour of Pamukkale will start and you will be able to visit the ancient city of Hierapolis, Necropolis,Theatre, Roman Bath, Agora, Travertines, and Pamukkale Natural Lake and Park.
When you are finished with your lunch, pay a visit to the red springs in the nearby village of Karahayit. The group will then enter Hierapolis from the North Gate, visiting the Necropolis, Bath and Basilica, Frontinius Gate, Frontinius Street, Latrina, Northern Byzantine Gate, Fountain of the Tritons and the Temple of Apollon.
Afterwards, meet your guide the designated meet-up point and start your tour. The ancient Greco-Roman city of Hierapolis, now a UNESCO World Heritage site, as well as Pamukkale's famous white travertines (calcium pools) have been used as a spa since the 2nd century BCE. Many people have traveled great distances to soothe their ailments or retire here. You will be given free time to swim in the Cleopatra Antique Thermal Pool (admission fee extra) and will finish the Hierapolis portion of the tour with a visit to the large and well-preserved Theatre.
The tour will be finished at 4:00 PM, then you drive back to Kusadasi-Selcuk, and where you will be dropped back at your hotel.
When you are finished with your lunch, pay a visit to the red springs in the nearby village of Karahayit. The group will then enter Hierapolis from the North Gate, visiting the Necropolis, Bath and Basilica, Frontinius Gate, Frontinius Street, Latrina, Northern Byzantine Gate, Fountain of the Tritons and the Temple of Apollon.
Afterwards, meet your guide the designated meet-up point and start your tour. The ancient Greco-Roman city of Hierapolis, now a UNESCO World Heritage site, as well as Pamukkale's famous white travertines (calcium pools) have been used as a spa since the 2nd century BCE. Many people have traveled great distances to soothe their ailments or retire here. You will be given free time to swim in the Cleopatra Antique Thermal Pool (admission fee extra) and will finish the Hierapolis portion of the tour with a visit to the large and well-preserved Theatre.
The tour will be finished at 4:00 PM, then you drive back to Kusadasi-Selcuk, and where you will be dropped back at your hotel.
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