Flight to Denizli – Salda Lake Tour - Accommodation at Pamukkale

Istanbul - Begin your Western Turkey adventure with a convenient transfer to the airport. The driver will collect you from your hotel or Airbnb reception, provided parking is available. From there, you’ll be transported to the airport for your flight to Denizli.

Denizli Çardak Airport - Upon arrival at Denizli/Cardak airport, your tour guide and another driver will greet you at the arrival terminal exit gate, and your Salda Lake tour will commence.

Salda Lake - The main attraction is the stunning scenery, featuring white sand and various shades of blue water, rich in magnesium sulfate. Don’t forget your camera to capture these memories. Sandals are recommended due to the coarse gravelly sand. The lake is encircled by mountains and only one village, ensuring its pristine condition.

Pamukkale - After visiting the breathtaking Salda Lake, you will be transferred to your Thermal Hotel in Pamukkale. The thermal hotel offers a chance to rejuvenate both physically and emotionally. Enjoy your stay today.

Pamukkale Tandem Paragliding - Pamukkale Paragliding Adventure (Optional Attraction – You can add this experience for an additional cost): Witness Pamukkale’s dazzling white travertine and ancient Hierapolis, including the grand theater, from above on this brief yet exhilarating paragliding experience with an experienced pilot. You’ll take off from a slope about 1,300 feet (400 meters) high, then glide over the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Laodicea Tour – Flight Back to Istanbul or Transfer to Kusadasi / Ephesus District by Car

Pamukkale Natural Park - Pamukkale, Turkey, is a must-visit for nature and history enthusiasts. For centuries, visitors have left feeling refreshed. Today’s guided tour offers experiences at the white travertines of Pamukkale and the ancient city of Hierapolis, located in Pamukkale Natural Park.

Hierapolis & Pamukkale - Highlights of the Hierapolis Ancient City include the Necropolis, Roman Baths, Domitian Gate, Latrina, Oil Factory, Frontinus Street, Agora, Byzantium Gate, Triton Fountain, Cathedral, Apollon Temple, Plutonium, Theater, and Antique Pool. Capture photos from the most picturesque spots in Pamukkale during your visit to these ancient ruins.

Pamukkale Thermal Pools - After exploring the Hierapolis Ancient City, enjoy 60-75 minutes of free time to discover the natural beauty of Pamukkale and swim in the white travertines - thermal pools (or the antique pool - Cleopatra’s pool for an extra fee). Then, reunite with your guide and walk barefoot from the top to the bottom of the travertines.

Cleopatra Pools - Above the Pamukkale white travertine pools lies a particularly stunning location fed by the same hot springs. Here, you can bathe in the same waters Cleopatra once enjoyed! A professionally managed modern spa facility allows you to experience these historic healing waters. Unlike the white water of the lower pools, the Antique Pool favored by Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, is pure, clear, warm water. It was once topped by a Roman Temple to Apollo with an ornate roof supported by Doric columns. Imagine Cleopatra’s experience in its glory days.

Pamukkale - Enjoy a meal at a local restaurant, with today’s lunch included in the guided tour.

Karahayit - After lunch, participate in a traditional handicraft workshop to learn about the special stones and metals of Pamukkale.

Laodicea - Excavations here have uncovered artifacts dating from 3500 BC (Late Chalcolithic) to 3000 BC (Early Bronze Age). The city’s name originates from the Seleucid king Antiochus II, who named it after his wife Laodike in the 3rd century BC when it was flourishing. Later controlled by the kings of Pergamum, it was bequeathed to the Roman Empire and thrived again from the 4th to 6th centuries. Its significance placed it among the Seven Churches of Revelation.

İstanbul - Choose to return to Istanbul by flight or connect this trip to the Kusadasi/Ephesus district by car at the tour’s conclusion. If you opt to return to Istanbul, you will be transferred to Denizli airport for your flight back. Upon arrival in Istanbul, your driver will be ready to meet you and take you to your hotel.

Kusadasi - If you decide to connect this trip to the Kusadasi/Ephesus district, you will be transferred to your hotel in Kusadasi by car at the end of today’s tour. If you choose this service (transfer from Pamukkale to your hotel in Kusadasi), the return flight ticket to Istanbul and airport transfer to your hotel in Istanbul will be replaced with the Kusadasi transfer service. You will not be entitled to return services to Istanbul. End of Services.

Kusadasi Castle - This charming Byzantine fortress stands on the causeway-connected Guvercin Adasi (Pigeon Island) and has recently been renovated. * This location is not included in the tour. You can visit it on your own after being dropped off at your hotel in Kusadasi.

Okuz Mehmet Pasa KervansarayI - This caravanserai was constructed by the Grand Vizier Okuz Mehmed Pasha to support maritime trade in the region. This historical building is located opposite the Kusadasi cruise port. * This location is not included in the tour. You can visit it on your own after being dropped off at your hotel in Kusadasi.

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

• Dinner & Drinks

Looking to experience the best of Turkey’s natural splendors? This four-day travel package, beginning and concluding in Istanbul, allows you to indulge in two enchanting activities - Camel Safari and Hot Air Balloon Ride in Cappadocia. The tour also includes a visit to the stunning white thermal pools of Pamukkale on the final day. Your journey to Cappadocia and Pamukkale over these 4 days will feature a hot air balloon ride, camel safari, 3 nights’ hotel stay, domestic air transfers from Istanbul to Cappadocia and Pamukkale to Istanbul, transfers at the airports mentioned in the itinerary, a bus ticket from Cappadocia to Pamukkale, entrance fees to museums, national parks, and ancient ruins mentioned in the itinerary, and the services of professional tour guides authorized by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism for the duration of the day tours.

• The prices of package are valid for accommodation at the double or triple room. If you would like add accommodation on single room(s) to your booking, there could be supplement cost. There are not going to be any extra cost for bookings of single / solo travelers. They will already accommodate at single room(s).
• The pre-planned hotels are “Sedirli Konak Hotel” - “1811 Cave Boutique Hotel” for your accommodation on this travel package. You can choose one of them during reservation. If these hotels (which you preferred) are not available for standard/superior rooms on your travel dates, local tour operator can replace it with an equivalent hotel. IMPORTANT NOTE (SUGGESTION) 1811 Cave Hotel is a historical building and it doesn’t have AC in rooms because of that. If you travel in July-August, we highly suggest you make booking to option of Classic Package.
• The check-in time of the 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 the 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.
• Local tour operator will send e-tickets of your domestic flights at three days before your departure date. You will not need the print out copies of the tickets for domestic flights. Your passport, and reservation number on the tickets will be enough for get your boarding cards from the desks of airline companies.
• Local tour operator can request your some passport details for the bookings of your flight tickets. If you do not share the details which requested by local tour operator, your domestic flight tickets can not bookable.
• 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 the 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.
• If you do not use any service or give up join to activities / tours / airport transfers, that’s meaning is going to be last minute cancellation. Because of that, there is not going to be any refund for that.
• 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 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.