Thermal Wonders: 2 Days Tour to Salda Lake, Pamukkale, Laodicea

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Overview

This 3 days Cappadocia trip package is including all roundtrip domestic flight tickets from Istanbul, cave hotel accomodation for two nights, full-day guided tours and airport transfers. You will visit to Devrent valley, Goreme open-air museum, Avanos, rock churches, unique landscape, rock-cut houses of Cappadocia, one of the best underground cities. Do not forget add a hot air balloon ride with discounted price to your booking for an even more unforgettable experience.

What's Included

Breakfast
Lunch
Transfers at the mentioned airports for domestic flights in the itinerary
Round-trip flight tickets from Istanbul to Cappadocia and back
Hotel / Airport pick-up & drop-off services mentioned in itinerary
Hot Air Balloon Ride, ATV Quad Bike Ride
Two-nights stay with breakfast at cave boutique hotel
2 full-day tours by professional tour guides who licenced by Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Entrance fees (Tour guide will have pre-paid tickets to skip lines at museums mentioned itinerary)

Dinner and Drinks
Paraglading Experience in Pamukkale

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Meeting and Pickup

Pickup point

Pickup details

This trip package offer you several pick-up (departure) and drop-off locations for you may create more advantageous travel plans. You may start this trip from Istanbul by plane or with a transfer from Antalya, Fethiye, Marmaris, Bodrum by private car. Also you may connect this trip package to Kusadasi-Ephesus instead of return back to Istanbul at the end of trip. Please check the descriptions for use these beneficial options.

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This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.

What To Expect

Day 1

Flight to Denizli – Semi-Private Tour to Salda Lake - Accommodation at Pamukkale

5 Stops

Day 2

Semi-Private Tour to Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Laodicea – Accommodation at Kusadasi

10 Stops

Pamukkale Natural Park

Pamukkale Turkey, a must-visit destination for Nature and History lovers. For centuries, people have been coming here and going home restful. Today’s guided tour provide you experiences at the white travertenies of Pamukkale and ancient city of Hierapolis which are located in Pamukkale Natural Park.

Admission Ticket Free

Hierapolis & Pamukkale

The highlights of Hierapolis Ancient City are Necropolis, Roman Baths, Domitian Gate, Latrina, Oil Factory, Frontinus Street, Agora, Byzantium Gate, Triton Fountain, Cathedral, Apollon Temple, Plutonium, Theater and Antique Pool. During visits to these ancient ruins, you can take some photos from the nicest corners of the Pamukkale.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Pamukkale Thermal Pools

After visited the Hierapolis Ancient City, you will have free time for about 60-75 minutes to explore the natural beauties of the Pamukkale, and swim at white travertines - thermal pools (or antique pool - Cleopatra’s pool with extra fee). Then meet again with your guide, start walking in the middle of travertines from up to down without shoes and socks.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Cleopatra Pools

Situated above the Pamukkale white travertine pools is one particularly spectacular location fed by the same hot springs. Here you can bath in the same waters in which Cleopatra once swam! A professionally run modern spa facility allows you to enjoy these historical healing waters. Unlike the white water of the lower pools the Antique Pool favored by Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, is pure clear warm water. Once it was surmounted by a Roman Temple to Apollo with ornate roof held up with Doric columns. Imagine how Cleopatra must have experienced this when you imagine it in it's glory day.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Pamukkale

You will stop at a local restaurant for your lunch. Today’s lunch is included during guided tour.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Karahayit

After the lunch, you will have experience traditional handcraft workshop for get lecture about the special stones/metals of Pamukkale.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Laodicea

Excavations here have revealed artifacts dating from 3500 BC (Late Chalcolithic) to 3000 BC (Early Bronze Age). The city’s name comes from the Seleucid king Antiochus ii, who named it for his wife Laodike in the 3rd century BC when it was thriving. Later controlled by the kings of Pergamum, it was willed to the Roman Empire, and thrived again from the 4th to 6th centuries. Its importance then numbered it among the Seven Churches of Revelation.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Kusadasi

After your tour to Pamukkale Natural Park - Hierapolis Ancient City - Laodicea Ancient City, you will be transferred to your hotel in Kusadasi.

2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kusadasi Castle

This small castle is picturesque Byzantine fortress stands on the causeway-connected Guvercin Adasi (Pigeon Island) and has recently been renovated. *** There is no any visit to this place on tour. You can visit there by your own after we dropped you to your hotel in Kusadasi.

Admission Ticket Free

Okuz Mehmet Pasa KervansarayI

This caravanserai was built by the Grand Vizier Okuz Mehmed Pasha to support maritime trade in the region. This historical building is opposite to Kusadasi cruise port. *** There is no any visit to this place on tour. You can visit there by your own after we dropped you to your hotel in Kusadasi.

Admission Ticket Free

Day 3

Semi-Private Tour to Ephesus and Its Surroundings - Flight from Izmir to Istanbul – or Flight from Izmir to Cappadocia

11 Stops

Kuşadası

After enjoying breakfast at your hotel, the tour guide will pick you up around 09:00 AM for a full-day tour to Ephesus and its surroundings. *** At the end of the tour, you will be directly transferred to Izmir Airport for your flight back to Istanbul (or a flight from Izmir to Cappadocia if you prefer connect this trip to Cappadocia. The flight ticket from Izmir to Cappadocia will be included for option of “Diamond Package”). Please remember to check out of your hotel and collect your luggage before heading out for the Ephesus tour.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kusadasi Gazi Begendi Park

Before drive to Ephesus area, you will stop at the Gazi Begendi Park (Hill) for you can take photos of the amazing Kusadasi Bay.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ancient City of Ephesus

Your first visit will be the Ephesus Ancient City. Ephesus was one of the most important harbor cities in antique world and also it is mentioned in the book of Revelations as one of the seven churches. Also Celsus Library and theater in Ephesus are the other highlights. You will see the Celcus Library, Temple of Hadrian, Fountain of Trajan, Odeon, Agora, Fountain of Domitian, Hercule Gate, Grand Theater, Nike, Ancient Toilets and more during tour in this ancient city.

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ephesus Experience Museum

The Ephesus Experience Museum provides an immersive journey into Turkey’s rich cultural and historical heritage. By leveraging cutting-edge display systems and advanced content technologies, it offers visitors a captivating time travel experience that brings the past to life in a profoundly engaging way.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ephesus Terrace Houses

The terrace houses are located on the hill, opposite the Hadrian Temple. Also called as "the houses of rich", important for the reason give us information about family life during the Roman period. They were built according to the Hippodamian plan of the city in which roads transected each other at right angels. *** There is no any visit to this place on tour. The tour guide will provide you information about the history of it and more while passing from in front of this place.

Admission Ticket Free

Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)

Your next visit will be the pilgrimage point claimed to be the last home of the Virgin Mary. Once you arrive there you will be thrilled by the natural beauty that surrounds the monument.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Selcuk

You will stop at a traditional Turkish restaurant for your lunch. Today’s lunch is included during guided tour. After the lunch, you will have experience in a traditional handcraft co-operative for get lecture about the special arts of Turkish villagers.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

The Temple of Artemis

The next stop of your tour will be at the Temple of Artemis which first built during the Archaic period, and one of the Seven Wonders of Ancient World.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport

At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to Izmir airport for your flight to back to Istanbul. (or flight to Kayseri if you preferred connect this trip to Cappadocia district.)

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

İstanbul

Upon your arrival Istanbul, we will meet you at the airport and then you will be transferred to your hotel in Istanbul.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Cappadocia

If you would like connect this trip to Cappadocia district by a flight, you have to book the option of "Diamond Package". The flight ticket from Izmir to Cappadocia, and transfer from Cappadocia airport to your hotel in Cappadocia dsitrict will be include. You will not have any right about the flight ticket for return to Istanbul after you preferred that flight.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
The airport pick-up service is valid for option of "from Airports in Cappadocia". If you do not choose that option while booking, local tour operator do not provide any pick-up service. This service is excluded on other options.

Notice to guests who booked the option of "from Airports in Cappadocia" !!! If your plane will be landing to Cappadocia airports after 08.30am, you can miss some visits of the tour. Because the daily guided tours are starting approximately 09.30am - 10.00am.
Hot air ballooning is a fully weather-dependent activity and the Civil Aviation Authority determines whether the flight will be held. If your flight is cancelled due to inclement weather conditions, you are entitled to a partial refund. In such a case, your refund will be processed by the day after of that trip.
The Standard Balloon Ride has an One-hour approximately flight duration with 20 to 28 people capacity basket. The flight duration could be 50-55 minutes or 65-70 minutes. This situation depend the weather conditions before landing, and pilots are decide to that within the safety rules of Civil Aviation Authority. Total activity duration is approximately 3 hours.
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
This tour is not available for the bookings to children who are 17 years old and under.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers

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Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Thermal Wonders: 2 Days Tour to Salda Lake, Pamukkale, Laodicea?

A: This tour is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded. Read more Apr 2025

Cancellation Policy

This tour is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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