Kusadasi Selcuk to Cappadocia via Pamukkale Tour

Kusadasi Selcuk to Cappadocia via Pamukkale Tour

Day 1: Kusadasi & Selcuk to Cappadocia included Pamukkale Tour
07:30 am – You will be collected right from your hotel in Kusadasi.
08:00 am – You will be collected right from your hotel in Selcuk.
Drive to Pamukkale town. Duration takes about 3 hours. Upon arrival to Pamukkale. We will have lunch and then start to Pamukkale and Hierapolis Ancient City tour.
Pamukkale Tour
We will visit Pamukkale’s white calcium terraces and Hierapolis ancient city, one of the most interesting places in the world, justly famous not only for the entrancing beauty of its unique geological formations but also for its historical remains. Hierapolis Ancient City, the Necropolis (cemetery) of Hierapolis is one of the biggest ancient cemeteries in Anatolia with 1.200 graves, Roman Bath, Domitian Gate, the Main Street, and Byzantine Gate. Calcium Terraces, The terraces were formed by running warm spring water, at a temperature of 35 °C / 102 °F containing calcium bicarbonate.
** Swimming in the ancient spring pool of Pamukkale is possible with an extra charge if you are planning to swim please bring your swimming suites with you.
The tour will end around 4 p.m. At the end of the tour, you will have free time in Pamukkale town center until bus station service time. Service to Denizli bus station for your night bus to Cappadocia.

22:00 pm – Depart from Denizli by overnight bus to Goreme or Urgup (Cappadocia)

Day 2: Arrive in Cappadocia
08:00 am – Upon arrival at Cappadocia bus station. Tour ends.

Note: Also, you can add Cappadocia sightseeing day tours to this program and you can join our guided tours in the Cappadocia region while you are staying.

Optional Cappadocia Day Tour 1:
North of Cappadocia Tour
Your guided tour starts with a visit to the Devrent Valley to see the unique ‘fairy chimneys‘ in the Cappadocia zone. Our next stop will be the Pasabaglari Open Air Museum. You will visit the Pasabag and Monk’s Valley to see the mushroom-shaped pinnacles. After that visit, we are going to drive to the famous Avanos town. Avanos will be also our lunch stop. We will have lunch at the local restaurant. After our lunch, you are going to visit the beautiful Zelve Open Air Museum where the remains of rock-cut churches and Christian settlements date back hundreds of years. Finally towards the end of the south of Cappadocia day tour before returning to your hotel, you are going to visit the natural famous Uchisar Castle.

Optional Cappadocia Day Tour 2:
South of Cappadocia Tour
Meet with your local tour guide and your tourist guide will brief you on the day’s activities. Our tour will begin with a visit to the Red Valley where you will be able to discover the famous rock-cut churches and hike approximately 5 km through the Gulludere Rose Valley. Our next visit point will be Cavusin Village. Cavusin village is very famous for its houses and churches of the Christian Clergymen. We will take a break for lunch at the local restaurant around noon. After the lunch drive to Pigeon Valley and after visiting Pigeon Valley, continue to drive to one of the most famous Ozkonak Underground City. The Christians hid from the armies of Rome and the raids of hostile tribes in these self-sufficient cities in which there were halls for stocks of crops, rooms, kitchens, barns, & ventilation channels.