Private Full-Day Pamukkale Sightseeing Tour

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1. You will drive to Pamukkale village which takes about 3 hours by car on a private luxurious vehicle with AC. Pamukkale is one of the most important natural beauties in Turkey. Pamukkale means "cotton castle" and the name of Pamukkale comes from white calcium terraces. Pamukkale is very important for tourists because of its historical sites of Hierapolis Ancient city, Calcium Terraces and Mineral Water Spring Pool, also called Cleopatra Pool. You can get in the little White pools and take best pictures in Pamukkale while walking through the travertine without shoes, slippers and socks.

   2 h

2. After driving, you will start walking in the city Hierapolis which was founded on this site in the 2nd century B.C. "Hierapolis" means "sacred city", and according to Stephanus of Byzantium the city was given this name because of the large number of temples it contained. Today, the theatre, the Apollo temple, and the necropolis are the most important places to see in Hierapolis. Comfortable shoes recommended.

   1 h

3. Your guide will give you some free time for swimming in the Cleopatra pool, which is optional and you need to have swimming suit in here. It is an antique pool with a hot spring full of minerals. When it is too crowded some of our guests don't want to swim. If you don't swim, you dont have to pay the entrance fee.

   30 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Selçuk

• Its from-price is 26% below the median of the 55 day trips we list in Selçuk.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 17 of 55.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Selçuk

Selçuk is a small Aegean town beside ancient Ephesus, with a hilltop fortress, a lone column of the Temple of Artemis and a hill village nearby.

Selçuk is a small town in İzmir Province, about three kilometres from the ruins of Ephesus, one of the great cities of the Roman east, with the Library of Celsus, a huge theatre and streets lined with columns. In Selçuk itself a single column marks the site of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. The Basilica of St John stands on Ayasuluk Hill below a Byzantine fortress, and the İsa Bey Mosque dates from 1375.

Top-ranked sights in Selçuk: Ephesus (Efes), Temple of Artemis (Artemision), House of the Virgin Mary (Meryem Ana Evi).

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