EPHESUS & PAMUKKALE TOUR PACKAGE

This is a 2 day tour package from Istanbul to visit Ephesus and Pamukkale. The tour include return flight tickets, 2 full day tours with lunch, 4 star hotel stay and all land transport. The tour is available through the whole year.

This is a 2 day tour package from Istanbul to visit Ephesus and Pamukkale. The tour include return flight tickets, 2 full day tours with lunch, 4 star hotel stay and all land transport. The tour is available through the whole year. The tours are in English with small groups at sites. The tours including visits to Ephesus ancient city, Diana Temple, House of Virgin Mary, Isa Bey Mosque, Pamukkale Travertines and Hierapolis ancient city . 

Day 1: Ephesus Ancient City and Virgin Mary’s House Tour: You will be picked up from your hotel in Sultanahmet or Taksim at 04:15 to be transferred to Istanbul  Airport to take 07:00 flight to Izmir. Upon your arrival, you will be greeted and transferred to Ephesus to meet with your guide and the rest of the group for full-day Ephesus Ancient City Tour. You will visit to EPHESUS which is known to be the Commercial, the Religious and the Social Center of Antiquity, and one of the Highlights of any Visit in Turkey. Ephesus is probably the best combination of Greek, Roman and Byzantine civilisations. You will visit the Fountains of Trajan, Polio, the Temples of Hadrian and Domition, the Library of Celcius, Bouloterion and the Great Theatre with a capacity of 24.000 spectators. After lunch, you will drive to Temple of Artemis (Diana), than drive to the House of the Virgin Mary. After the tour, you will be transferred to Kusadasi and drop-off at your hotel. Accommodation in Kusadasi. (lunch on the tour)

Day 2: Pamukkale Travertenies and Hierapolis Ancient City Tour: You will be picked up from your hotel at around 08:00 for the tour of Pamukkale Travertenies and Hierapolis Ancient City, which is the center of natural thermal spring waters with healing properties. Due to the chemical properties in the water, pure white colored travertines and stepped water terraces have been created on the mountain slope. It is for its resemblance to cotton piles that it is called “Cotton Castle” in Turkish. Then Visit the travertines and the ancient city of Hierapolis which has the biggest Nekropol with 1200 gravestones in Anatolia. Also, The Sacred Pool is one of the highlights of the site (entrance is 10 Euro per person extra self-payment). There shallow thermal waters ripple over a wonderful scattering of ancient roman ruins that lie beneath. After the tour, you will be transferred to Denizli Airport to take 19:00 flight to Istanbul. Upon your arrival, you will be greeted and transferred to your hotel in Sultanahmet/Taksim area.

Price
540 EUR per person.  If you are a single traveller, there will be a 25% single supplement surcharge.

Tour Price Includes
1 night’s BB accommodation in double/twin room at a 4* or equivalent accommodation in Kusadasi

2 full-day regular group tours w/ professional gudiance in English

Istanbul-Izmir, Denizli-Istanbul flight tickets

Airport transfers

Entrance fees to the sites visited

Lunch during the tours (except drinks)

Local transportation w/ A/C vehicles

Tour Price Excludes
Personal expenses
Dinner
Tips (optional)