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This pre-planned 2 days travel package is giving you an advantage for memorial experiences about the natural, historical and cultural heritages at the west part of Turkey. Ephesus ancient city rank among Turkey's most remarkable archaeological sites and are essential for any history lover to explore. Pamukkale is a breathtaking combination of natural splendor and deep historical significance. The famous white travertine terraces, created by calcite deposits from thermal springs, are an essential sight to behold. Another spot of this tour is Sirince, This delightful village is close to Selçuk, celebrated for its stunning landscapes, traditional architecture, and renowned local wines.
What's Included
Lunch
Meeting and pickup
Itinerary
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1Istanbul
Departures from Istanbul : The travel services will begin with a transfer from your hotel to the airport. Your driver will meet you at the reception of your hotel or at your Airbnb address if parking is available. You will then be transported to the airport for your flight from Istanbul to Denizli. Upon arrival Denizli Cardak airport, your tour guide and another driver will meet you at the exit gate of the arrival terminal, and then you will start the full-day tour to Pamukkale Natural Park, Hierapolis Ancient City.
3 hours • Admission ticket free -
2Pamukkale
The departures from Antalya, Fethiye, Marmaris, Bodrum of Turkey by car, and Rhodes, Kos Islands of Greece by ferry are available for this trip. You can prefer one of them while make reservation on booking form. After your departure from those cities / islands, you will start the full-day tour to Pamukkale Natural Park, Hierapolis Ancient City.
Admission ticket free -
3Hierapolis & 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 not included -
4Pamukkale 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 -
5Cleopatra 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 not included -
6Pamukkale
You will stop at a local restaurant for your lunch. Today’s lunch is included during guided tour.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
7Karahayit
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 -
8pamukkale tandem paragliding
Pamukkale Paragliding Adventure (Optional Attraction – You can add this attraction to your experiences with extra cost.) : See Pamukkale’s glistening white travertine and ancient Hierapolis, including the enormous theater, from the air on this short-but-sweet paragliding experience with a seasoned pilot. You will race off the edge of a slope about 1,300 feet (400 meters) up, then glide on the breezes over the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
30 minutes • Admission ticket not included -
9Kusadasi
After your tour to Pamukkale Natural Park - Hierapolis Ancient City, you will be transferred to your hotel in Kusadasi.
2 hours 30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Kusadasi 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 -
11Okuz 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 -
12Kuşadası
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 Istanbul or to Cappadocia will be included for both options). Please remember to check out of your hotel and collect your luggage before heading out for the Ephesus tour.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
13Kusadasi 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.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
14Ancient 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 not included -
15Ephesus 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.
20 minutes • Admission ticket not included -
16The 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.
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
17Selcuk
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 -
18Şirince
This pretty old Orthodox village, 12 km away from Ephesus and 30 km from Kusadasi, was once Cirkince ("ugly"). Indeed its habitants gave this name on purpose as they did not want to be bothered by foreigners nor to share the beauty of their village. Still after years, visitors understood that the village was not ugly at all and called it Sirince ("pretty"). As the village is located on the top of a mountain, you will enjoy the impressive wine yards' and peach trees' views on his way. You will find wines made from apples, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, peaches, melons, watermelons, cherries and many other sorts of fruits.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
19Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport
At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to Izmir airport for your flight to back to Istanbul.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
20Istanbul
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 -
21Cappadocia
If you would like to connect this trip to the Cappadocia district, that option will be available for you, and flight ticket from Izmir to Cappadocia will be included instead of the ticket for flight from Izmir to Istanbul.
1 hour 15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
22Goreme
When you arrive at Cappadocia airport, a different driver will greet you at the arrival terminal's exit and take you to the hotel you’ve booked yourself in Göreme or any other town within the Cappadocia region.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Departure to Denizli/Pamukkale – Pamukkale, Hierapolis Tour - Overnight at Kusadasi
Guided Tour to Ephesus and Its Surroundings - Flight from Izmir to Istanbul – or Flight from Izmir to Cappadocia
Additional info
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- The package prices apply to accommodations in double or triple rooms. (with your family / friends) If you wish to add a single room to your booking, there may be an additional fee. However, solo travelers will not incur any extra charges, as they will automatically be assigned to single rooms.
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Additional info
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- The package prices apply to accommodations in double or triple rooms. (with your family / friends) If you wish to add a single room to your booking, there may be an additional fee. However, solo travelers will not incur any extra charges, as they will automatically be assigned to single rooms.
- For your accommodation in Kusadasi during this trip, the pre-planned hotels are "Efe Boutique Hotel" - "Carina Boutique Hotel" - "Charisma De Luxe Hotel." When booking, you can select either one. If these hotels do not have availability for standard or superior rooms on your travel dates, the local tour operator may substitute them with equivalent hotels.
- If you would like to connect this trip to Cappadocia instead of return to Istanbul, this option is available for all booking options. After you preferred flight from Izmir to Cappadocia, you will not have any right about the return flight to Istanbul. Also, the arrival airport transfer will be provided by the local tour operator in Cappadocia.
- If you would like to connect your Greece Travel from Kos and Rhodes Islands of Greece to this tip, this option is available for all booking options. After you preferred departure from Kos or Rhodes Islands, the local tour operator will provide you ferry tickets from these islands instead of flight from Istanbul to Denizli. The hotel pick up service is not available and not include for departures in these islands.
- The local tour operator will email your e-tickets for domestic flights six days prior to your departure. You won’t need to print the tickets for domestic flights. Your passport and the reservation number on the tickets will be sufficient for check-in.
- The local tour operator may request some passport details to book your flight tickets. If you do not provide the requested information, your domestic flight tickets may not be booked and you can not join to this tour. If you do not provide the requested information until 7 days prior to your trip or if you refuse to provide the requested information, you must cancel your reservation. If you do not cancel until 7 days before your departure date, the local tour operator will apply the cancellation and refund policies for this tour.
- You are allowed 15kg luggage + 8kg cabin bag per person for each domestic flight(s). If you need more luggage capacity, please let the local tour operator know. Additional charges may apply for exceeding the 15 kg luggage limit.
- If your return hotel is different than pick-up hotel, please inform that detail immediately. If you inform that detail after organised your flight tickets, the local tour operator can request extra cost because of the distances between the airports and some hotels. If you inform this type changes on service day (last day of your trip), the local tour operator do not accept this last minute amending and drop you to your pick-up hotel.
- The airport transfers in Istanbul are valid for between hotels (or airbnb addresses) and airports of Istanbul. If you would like add an extra stop during these transfer services (like take something from anywhere during transfer), the local tour operator can request extra cost.
- If your pick-up or drop-off point are located inside of the same airport with the departure / return airport, the local tour operator will not provide any hotel pick-up or drop-off services. This is about the traffic procedures of the airports.
- If you give up / cancel to any part of this trip, the local tour operator will apply the cancellation and refund policies for this tour, and you will not have ny refund rate.
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults. If you will be 1 adult + 1 child, the local tour operator can request & charge the amount of 2 adults.
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
- All the information provided above forms part of the terms and conditions for this trip. You have been confirmed your acceptance of these when you book the trip.
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Cancellation Policy
If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 6 full days before the experience’s start time.
- For a 50% refund, you must cancel 2–6 full days before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 2 full days before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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