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Pamukkale Day Tour from Selcuk
1 day
About this activity
In the morning you will be collected from your hotel by a private air conditioned mini bus. Your local professional guide will be on board and will welcome you and start to give you some information as you head onto the World Heritage Listed site of Pamukkale and Hierapolis. On arrival you will be served a delicious lunch before heading off to visit the sites themselves.
Pamukkale was once a very important town for the Romans. The waters in and around Pamukkale contain many minerals and what they believed to be healing ailments. The build up of these minerals over the years has formed what is known as the Cotton Castle in Turkish, and what you see today is the water mineral deposits that have cascaded down the mountain that give the impression of a frozen waterfall. Your guide will take you for a walk along the travertines whilst giving you some further information into this amazing site. You will also be given free time to go and discover more for yourself.
Hierapolis was an ancient Roman City built for people to come to retire to and spend their last years, in what they believed was healing waters. It became quite a popular spa retreat and when you visit the Necropolis you will see the mixture of tombs that are found here from over the many years. The ruins are also very well known throughout Turkey for the impressive amphitheater that is said to the the steepest in the country and very well preserved. You will walk down the streets of Hierapolis whilst being given the full history to give you a real appreciation and look into what life was like back then.
On completion of your day tour you will return to Selcuk and be dropped to your accommodation.
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Pamukkale was once a very important town for the Romans. The waters in and around Pamukkale contain many minerals and what they believed to be healing ailments. The build up of these minerals over the years has formed what is known as the Cotton Castle in Turkish, and what you see today is the water mineral deposits that have cascaded down the mountain that give the impression of a frozen waterfall. Your guide will take you for a walk along the travertines whilst giving you some further information into this amazing site. You will also be given free time to go and discover more for yourself.
Hierapolis was an ancient Roman City built for people to come to retire to and spend their last years, in what they believed was healing waters. It became quite a popular spa retreat and when you visit the Necropolis you will see the mixture of tombs that are found here from over the many years. The ruins are also very well known throughout Turkey for the impressive amphitheater that is said to the the steepest in the country and very well preserved. You will walk down the streets of Hierapolis whilst being given the full history to give you a real appreciation and look into what life was like back then.
On completion of your day tour you will return to Selcuk and be dropped to your accommodation.
Included
- All taxes, fees and handling charges
- Fuel surcharge
- Lunch
- Local guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Entry/Admission - Pamukkale Thermal Pools
Not included
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Drinks
- Gratuities
Additional
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Infants must sit on laps
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Infant meals not included
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
70%
Aquatic
15%
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This tour was disappointing. The one benefit was that tourism is really slow in Turkey right now June 2017 so it was less crowded than it probably could have been I can't imagine what this would be like during a busy time, Blech!. The calcium terraces are very visibly worn by the volume of people visiting them, so they don't look as striking as the photos suggest. I think the water source is also diminishing, so the flow has slowed and shrunken the pooling area. Hieropolis was a neat site, and is all in the same place as the cotton castle. The guide that I had for this tour contributed to its disappointment. He was nice, but clearly not excited about being there that day maybe just an off day for him, who knows?, so he hardly told us anything interesting that we couldn't have just read on a sign. All in all, the sign was not worth the length of the trip and expense to get there.
Awesome Tour!! It was a great service, I was picked up on time from my hotel in Selcuk in the morning and dropped back in the evening, the Pamukkale day tour was a full day excursion. Well organised and with a fantastic guide, very friendly and knowledgeable! Also the group wasnt too large so I had plenty of opportunities to ask questions about the places and take photos. The free buffet lunch was GREAT. Pamukkale was simply amazing! Definitely my favourite place in Turkey, the natural pools are stunning and we all had time to dip into the thermal calcium pools. The tour included a walk around the Hierapolis ruins, the spa city and museum were really interesting. There are even thermal spa pools with ancient artifacts at the bottom! These werent included in the tour but we had free time to go for a swim. I would definitely recommend the tour with this company to anyone wanting to visit Pamukkale and Hierapolis!!
Picked up right outside my hotel ,excellent tour guide ,funny and excellent atmosphere ,great group of people on the tour bus ,stopped for buffet style lunch on the way ,shown in a shop how marble is made into ornaments and then drove to pamukkale ,amazing sight to see,well worth the long drive