Private Pamukkale Tour
Duration: FULL DAY TOUR
Start-Finish: 07;00 - 19;00
Accommodation: PROVİDED ON REQUEST
Date:
Min-Max Group: 1-44
Tour price: PLEASE ASK FOR A QUOTE
Full day programme so early departure ay 07:00 recommended.
We will have breakfast stop in Mugla.
3.5 Hours journey along the scenic route of Milas and Mugla will take us to Denizli - Pamukkale so called Cotton Castles and ancient city of Hierapolis. Visit to spring waters of White cotton castes, visit to ancient city of Hierapolis with its many amazing sites of Amphitheatre, cemetary, city walls, library. We will have lunch in Pamukkale.
We will start our return journey around 17;30.
refreshment stops en route is planned.
This is a private tour a very experienced official guide and luxury AC coach will be organised.
The ancient city of Hierapolis was founded by Pergamum, probably Eumenes II, in the 2C BC. Hierapolis is believed to derive its name from Hiera, the wife of Telephus, both being legendary ancestors of kings of Pergamum. Hierapolis was also interpreted by some as the "holy city". All the surviving ruins of the city except the foundations of the Apollo Temple date back from the Imperial Roman period.
We will arrive from the North Gate of Pamukkale (Hierapolis).
You will see the Necropolis (cemetery) of Hierapolis which is one of the biggest ancient cemeteries in Anatolia with 1.200 graves, Roman Bath, Domitian Gate, the Main Street, Byzantian Gate. Then, you walk to the natural warm water terraceswhich were formed by running warm spring water, at a temperature of 35 C / 102 F containing calcium bicarbonate. When the water loses its carbon dioxide it leaves limestone deposits. These are of different colors and shapes in the form of terraces with pools, overhanging surfaces and fascinating stalactite formations. Pamukkale, that means "cotton castle" in Turkish, takes its name from these formations.
If you like, you will also be able to swim in The Ancient Pool which is also called Cleopatras Pool (extra entrance fee).
A little further away from Pamukkale, near Karahayit village is another thermal spring, Kirmizi Su (the Red Water) with warmer water but less carbon dioxide gas, where the running water creates a reddish effect different than the white cotton terraces of Pamukkale
