Embark on a 5-day adventure in Turkey, exploring ancient cities, natural wonders, and experiencing the unique beauty of Cappadocia. Includes accommodation, flights, transfers, and expert guides.
Embark on a 5-day adventure in Turkey, exploring ancient cities, natural wonders, and experiencing the unique beauty of Cappadocia. Includes accommodation, flights, transfers, and expert guides.
Flight from Istanbul to Denizli – Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Laodicea Tour - Overnight at Kusadasi
Istanbul - The travel services will start with a departure transfer. Your driver will pick you up from your hotel in Istanbul and then transfer to airport for your flight from Istanbul to Denizli.
Denizli Çardak Airport - Upon arrival Denizli Cardak…
Flight from Istanbul to Denizli – Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Laodicea Tour - Overnight at Kusadasi
Istanbul - The travel services will start with a departure transfer. Your driver will pick you up from your hotel in Istanbul and then transfer to airport for your flight from Istanbul to Denizli.
Denizli Çardak Airport - Upon arrival Denizli Cardak airport, your tour guide and another driver will meet you at the exit gate of the arrival terminal. After you met with your guide, you will start the full-day tour to Pamukkale, Hierapolis Ancient City, Laodicea Ancient City.
Hierapolis & Pamukkale - The highlights of Hierapolis 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.
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.
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.
Pamukkale - You will stop at a local restaurant for your lunch. Today’s lunch is included during guided tour.
Karahayıt - After the lunch, you will have experience traditional handcraft workshop for get lecture about the special stones/metals of Pamukkale.
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.
pamukkale 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.
Kusadasi - After your Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Laodicea Tour, you will be transferred to your hotel in Kusadasi.
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.
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.
Hot Air Balloon Ride (Included) - Overnight Bus to Denizli
Cappadocia Tours & Hot Air Balloons - Hot Air Balloon Ride (INCLUDED) : Get ready for a wonderful experience unique to Cappadocia! We will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to the balloon site where you will have the opportunity to watch the balloon being prepared for your flight. The flight will be at sunrise time, where your pilot will climb to a comfortable altitude of about 700 to 1000 meters above ground level. It is from this elevation that you will marvel at the beauty of Cappadocia below you. During certain segments of the flight our pilots are also capable of flying as low as 1 meter above the rock formations which will allow you perfect photo taking opportunities. Duration of total activity is approx 3 hours, and total duration of flight is approx 60 minutes. There will be a champagne celebration at end of the flight and you will be presented with a madal, as a souvenir reminder of this magnificent experience. Afterwards, we will drop back you to your hotel.
- Transfers at the mentioned airports for domestic flights in the itinerary
- Flight Tickets: Istanbul to Denizli - Izmir to Istanbul or Izmir to Cappadocia
- XX nights hotel accommodation including breakfast
- Lunch
- Hotel pick-up & drop-off services for each mentioned tour and transfer on itinerary
- Professional tour guide licensed by Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- Transfers at the mentioned airports for domestic flights in the itinerary
- Flight Tickets: Istanbul to Denizli - Izmir to Istanbul or Izmir to Cappadocia
- XX nights hotel accommodation including breakfast
- Lunch
- Hotel pick-up & drop-off services for each mentioned tour and transfer on itinerary
- Professional tour guide licensed by Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- Dinner & Drinks
- Entrance fees of the museums (Your guide will have pre-paid tickets to skip the line.)
- Dinner & Drinks
- Entrance fees of the museums (Your guide will have pre-paid tickets to skip the line.)
Embark on a distinctive five-day journey in Turkey with a meticulously planned travel itinerary. Explore historic cities like Laodicea, Hierapolis and Ephesus, and witness the sheer beauty of Pamukkale and Cappadocia in their entirety. This 5-day tour package includes 4 nights of hotel stay, domestic air tickets from Istanbul to Pamukkale - Izmir to…
Embark on a distinctive five-day journey in Turkey with a meticulously planned travel itinerary. Explore historic cities like Laodicea, Hierapolis and Ephesus, and witness the sheer beauty of Pamukkale and Cappadocia in their entirety. This 5-day tour package includes 4 nights of hotel stay, domestic air tickets from Istanbul to Pamukkale - Izmir to Cappadocia - Cappadocia back to Istanbul, transfers for the stated airports in the travel plan, Entrance fees for museums / national parks / ruins listed in the itinerary, and day tours led by professional tour guides licensed by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism. Make your Cappadocia trip even more memorable by adding a hot air balloon ride to your booking. Grab your chance to avail this activity at reduced rates when you choose this travel package.
- Hotel pick-up (tour departure) timing : The pick-up time is between 03.15am and 04.30am for the departure of this trip package. This timing depends the scheduled departure time of flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia on your travel dates. The local tour operator will inform you about exact timing after they booked your domestic flight tickets.
- Hotel drop-off (return to Istanbul) timing : The departure time of return flight could be morning or afternoon. After you booked that tour, please inform your request for the timing of your return flight to local tour operator. If you do not inform any detail about that, local tour operator can book your return flight to any time of day. After you arrived Istanbul, local tour operator will transfer back you to your hotel in Istanbul. This transfer duration will be approximately one hour.
- The prices of package are valid for accommodation at the double or triple room. If you would like make reservation for single room(s), there could be supplement cost. There are not going to be any extra cost for single / solo travelers. This cost already accounted on price of these travelers.
- The pre-planned hotels are “Exedra Hotel” - “1811 Cave Boutique Hotel” - “Sedirli Konak Boutique Hotel” for your accommodation on this travel. You can choose one of them while booking. If preferred hotel by you is not available for standard/superior rooms on your travel dates, local tour operator can replace it with an equivalent hotel.
- The check-in time of hotels is 02.00pm, and you can not start use your room before this time. This is about the check-in & check-out policies of hotels.
- The differences between the package options are about the hotel categories. Tour(s), airport transfer(s) and flight ticket levels will be same for all options.
- The local tour operator will send e-tickets of your domestic flights at three days before your departure date. You will not need print out copies of the tickets for domestic flights. Your passport and reservation number on the tickets will be enough for check-in to plane.
- The local tour operator can request your some passport details for the bookings of your flight tickets.
- You will have 15kg luggage + 8kg hand bag quota per person for each domestic flight. If you will need more luggage capacity, please inform that to local tour operator. There could be some extra fee for luggage quotas more than 15kg. This is exactly about the policies of airline companies.
- 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, local tour operator can request extra cost because of the distances between airports and some hotels. If you inform this type changes on service day (last day of your trip), local tour operator do not accept this last minute amending and drop you to your pick-up hotel.
- If your pick-up / drop-off hotels are inside of airports (IST and SAW airports) local tour operator do not provide any hotel pick-up / drop-off service.
- 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 5 years old and under.
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.
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.