Pamukkale and Hierapolis
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9 hours (approx.)
Hotel pickup offered
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Offered in: English
Overview
Marvel at the petrified lime cascades of Pamukkale and the ancient city of Hierapolis during this guided day trip from Izmir. This tour not only journeys to the stunning natural wonder of Pamukkale, but will venture to fascinating Roman ruins at Hierapolis built during the 2nd century AD. Here you will see the Theater and the Necropolis, the biggest ancient graveyard in Anatolia.
- Day trip to Pamukkale and Hierapolis from Izmir
- Experience the soothing qualities of Pamukkale, with its thermal spring water and plunging waterfalls
- Visit the Roman city of Hierapolis
- Explore the Apollo Temple
- Lunch included
- English-speaking local guide
- Transport by air-conditioned coach
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Begin your Pamukkale and Hierapolis adventure with a morning pickup from your central Izmir hotel. With your guide, cruise to the mesmerizing natural wonder of Pamukkale. Capture stunning views of water trickling over white petrified limestone tubs. In this fairytale atmosphere, learn from your guide how calcium-rich thermal water continues to cascade down the hillside leaving precipitates in the form of cataracts, stalactites, and basins.
Listen as your guide explains how Romans use to plunge into these waters to enrich their bodies with its therapeutic powers. Continue to Hierapolis, the ancient Roman city perched on a plateau formed over centuries by sedimentary limestone rock. Learn about the huge temples that resided here and how Stephanus of Byzantium helped form the city’s real name which translates to "sacred city."
Next, enjoy the ancient grandeur of the Apollo Temple, the Theatre and the 4th-century basilica - Nymphaeum. Then, finish your tour with a relaxing ride back to your Izmir hotel.
Listen as your guide explains how Romans use to plunge into these waters to enrich their bodies with its therapeutic powers. Continue to Hierapolis, the ancient Roman city perched on a plateau formed over centuries by sedimentary limestone rock. Learn about the huge temples that resided here and how Stephanus of Byzantium helped form the city’s real name which translates to "sacred city."
Next, enjoy the ancient grandeur of the Apollo Temple, the Theatre and the 4th-century basilica - Nymphaeum. Then, finish your tour with a relaxing ride back to your Izmir hotel.
Itinerary
In the morning you will leave Izmir behind and drive to Pamukkale. This amazing place is a beautiful and spectacular natural site, unique in the world with its fairylike, dazzling white, petrified lime cascades. There you will see the thermal spring water laden with calcareous salt, plunging down the mountain side which has created this natural formation of stalactites, cataracts and basins. The thermal water has been used since the Roman period for its therapeutic powers.
Duration: 3 hours
Admission Ticket Free
Next you will visit the Roman city of Hierapolis, which is not located not on earth or rock, but on solid limestone layers formed by limestone water that flowed for centuries over this raised level plateau. The name means "sacred city", and according to Stephanus of Byzantium the city was given this name because of the large number of temples it contained.
Duration: 1 hour
Admission Ticket Included
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