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Aegean Essence : 2 Days Travel to Pamukkale, Ephesus, Kusadasi

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Aegean Essence : 2 Days Travel to Pamukkale, Ephesus, Kusadasi

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Silver Package

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Accommodation: Carina Boutique Hotel in Kusadasi
Departures: from Istanbul by flight and from Antalya, Fethiye, Marmaris, Bodrum by private car
Flight Tickets: INCLUDED - Istanbul to Denizli and Izmir to Istanbul. OR Izmir to Cappadocia if preffer connect this trip to Cappadocia
Daily Tour Level: The guided daily tours of this travel package will be organized as a semi-private tour, with a maximum of 10 guests per group
Starting points:
Antalya, Türkiye
Bodrum, Muğla, Türkiye
Fethiye, Muğla, Türkiye
Istanbul, İstanbul, Türkiye
Marmaris, Muğla, Türkiye
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Gold Package

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Accommodation: Charisma De Luxe Hotel in Kusadasi
Departures: from Istanbul by flight and from Antalya, Fethiye, Marmaris, Bodrum by private car
Flight Tickets: INCLUDED - Istanbul to Denizli and Izmir to Istanbul. OR Izmir to Cappadocia if preffer connect this trip to Cappadocia
Daily Tour Level: The guided daily tours of this travel package will be organized as a semi-private tour, with a maximum of 10 guests per group
Starting points:
Antalya, Türkiye
Bodrum, Muğla, Türkiye
Fethiye, Muğla, Türkiye
Istanbul, İstanbul, Türkiye
Marmaris, Muğla, Türkiye
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AUD 2,499.29

Bronze Package

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Accommodation: Carina Boutique Hotel in Kusadasi
Departures: from Denizli airport and hotels in Pamukkale by private car
Flight Tickets: EXCLUDED
Daily Tour Level: The guided daily tours of this travel package will be organized as a semi-private tour, with a maximum of 10 guests per group
Starting points:
Denizli Çardak Airport, Cumhuriyet, 15 Temmuz Demokrasi Şehitleri Bulvarı No: 9, 01170 Çardak/Denizli, Türkiye
Pamukkale, 20190 Pamukkale/Denizli, Türkiye
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Highlights

Experience the best of Western Turkey in two unforgettable days. Start with the natural wonders of Pamukkale and the ancient ruins of Hierapolis, where thermal waters and Roman history meet. Then head to Ephesus, one of the most impressive ancient cities, featuring the Library of Celsus and Great Theater. Explore the charming hillside village of Şirince, known for its traditional houses and local wines. Stay overnight in Kuşadası, a coastal town offering comfort and easy access.


⭐️ ADVANTAGE OF CONNECTING THIS TRIP TO CAPPADOCIA : This travel package also provides a smooth travel connection to Cappadocia, perfect for those continuing their adventure.


⭐️ SEMI-PRIVATE GUIDED TOURS (UP TO 10 GUESTS): This travel package provides daily guided tours with a guarantee of no more than 10 guests per group, providing a personalized and thorough exploration of historical sites and stunning landscapes.

Itinerary

Departure from Your Hotel to Pamukkale / Semi-Private Tour to Pamukkale, Hierapolis / Overnight at Kusadasi
  • Istanbul

    Admission Ticket Free
    Departures from Istanbul (Available for all booking options except the Bronze Package) : The services of this travel package will begin with a transfer from your hotel (or at your Airbnb address if parking is available) to the airport. Your driver will meet you at your pick up place and then transfer to the airport for your flight from Istanbul to Denizli. Upon arrival Denizli Cardak airport, your tour guide and another driver will meet you at the exit gate of the arrival terminal, and then you will start today’s semi-private guided tour.
  • Pamukkale

    Admission Ticket Free
    Departures from Antalya, Fethiye, Marmaris, Bodrum (Available for all booking options except the Bronze Package) : The services of this travel package will begin with a private transfer from your hotel (or at your Airbnb address if parking is available) to the Pamukkale Natural Park. Upon arrival, your tour guide and another driver will meet you and then you will start today’s semi-private guided tour.
  • Denizli Çardak Airport

    Admission Ticket Free
    Departures from Denizli Cardak Airport (Available for Bronze Package option): Your tour guide and another driver will meet you at the exit gate of the arrival terminal in Denizli Cardak airport, and then you will start today’s semi-private guided tour.
  • Pamukkale Natural Park

    Admission Ticket Free
    Pamukkale Natural Park, a must-visit destination for Nature and History lovers. For centuries, people have been coming here and going home restful. This natural park provide you experiences at the white travertenies of Pamukkale, Cleopatra Pools and ancient city of Hierapolis which are located in Pamukkale Natural Park.
  • Hierapolis & Pamukkale

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not Included
    The highlights of the Hierapolis Ancient City are 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

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    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, continue to the restaurant for lunch.
  • Cleopatra Pools

    30 minsAdmission Ticket Not Included
    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

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    You will stop at a local restaurant for your lunch. Today’s lunch is included during guided tour. After the lunch, you will have experience traditional handcraft workshop for get lecture about the special stones/metals of Pamukkale.
  • pamukkale tandem paragliding

    20 minsAdmission Ticket Not Included
    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

    2 hours 30 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    After today’s semi-private guided tour in Pamukkale district, you will be transferred to your hotel in Kusadasi.
  • Kusadasi Castle

    Admission Ticket Free
    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

    Admission Ticket Free
    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.
  • Accommodations
    INCLUDED - There are different hotel variations on this tour package. You can choose your hotel category while booking.
    Food And Drinks
    Lunch - You will take your lunch at a local restaurant during tour.
Semi-Private Tour to Ephesus Ancient City and Its Surroundings / Flight Back to Istanbul or Connection to Cappadocia
  • Kuşadası

    10 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    After enjoying breakfast at your hotel, the tour guide will pick you up around 09:00am for a full-day tour to Ephesus and its surroundings.
  • Ancient City of Ephesus

    1 hours 45 minsAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Ephesus was one of the most important harbor cities in antique world and also it is mentioned in the book of Revelations as one of the seven churches. Also Celsus Library and theater in Ephesus are the other highlights. You will see and visit the Celsus Library, Temple of Hadrian, the fountain of Trajan, Grand Theater, Hercules Gate, Odeon, Ancient Toilets and many important historical buildings in this UNESCO-listed ancient city.
  • Ephesus Experience Museum

    20 minsAdmission Ticket Not Included
    Ephesus Experience Museum, where you will travel back in time and immerse yourself in the mystical atmosphere of the ancient world. With innovative approach of this amazing museum, we offer an entirely mesmerizing experience where time breaks free from its static confines and dances in perpetual motion, bringing historical artifacts to life and presenting interactive visual spectacles that will leave an indelible imprint on your memory.
  • Ephesus Terrace Houses

    Admission Ticket Free
    You will be walking from front of Terrace Houses during your tour, and your guide will provide information about the Terrace Houses of Ephesus Ancient City. (There will not be any visit to this place during guided tour.)
  • Selcuk

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    You will stop at a traditional Turkish restaurant for your lunch. Today’s lunch is included during guided tour. After the lunch, you will have experience in a traditional handcraft co-operative for get lecture about the special arts of Turkish villagers.
  • Sirince Koyu

    2 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    This pretty old Orthodox village, 12 km away from Ephesus and 30 km from Kusadasi, was once Cirkince ("ugly"). Indeed its habitants gave this name on purpose as they did not want to be bothered by foreigners nor to share the beauty of their village. Still after years, visitors understood that the village was not ugly at all and called it Sirince ("pretty"). As the village is located on the top of a mountain, you will enjoy the impressive wine yards' and peach trees' views on his way. You will find wines made from apples, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, peaches, melons, watermelons, cherries and many other sorts of fruits.
  • The Temple of Artemis

    20 minsAdmission Ticket Free
    Another visit of this tour is Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, standing today next to Ephesus ancient city.
  • Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to Izmir airport for your flight to Istanbul or Cappadocia.
  • İstanbul

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Upon your arrival at the airport in Istanbul, your driver will be waiting to meet you and transfer you to your hotel. (If you preferred flight to Istanbul.)
  • Cappadocia

    1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free
    Upon your arrival at the airport in Cappadocia, your driver will be waiting to meet you and transfer you to your hotel in Goreme or Urgup, Uchisar, Cavusin, Avanos, Ortahisar. (If you preferred flight to Cappadocia.)
  • Food And Drinks
    Breakfast - Breakfast is served in the hotel from 08:00am until 10:00am.
    Lunch - You will take your lunch at a local restaurant during tour.

What's included

INCLUDED

Advantage of connecting this trip to Cappadocia by plane (Except Bronze Package)
Hotel / Airport pick-up & drop-off services
Semi-private guided tours with a maximum of 10 guests per group
Lunch (2)
If you preffer start from Antalya, Fethiye, Marmaris, Bodrum, pick-up transfer by private car
1 night hotel accommodation including breakfast
Breakfast
Domestic flights: Istanbul → Denizli, Izmir → Istanbul or Izmir → Cappadocia (Except Bronze Package)

NOT INCLUDED

Dinner and Drinks
Paraglading Experience in Pamukkale

Additional information

Must Know
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Good To Know
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Public transportation options are available nearby
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults. If you will be 1 adult + 1 child, the local tour operator can request & charge the amount of 2 adults.
The package prices apply to accommodations in double or triple rooms. (with your family / friends) If you wish to add a single room to your booking, there may be an additional fee. However, solo travelers will not incur any extra charges, as they will automatically be assigned to single rooms.
For your accommodation in Kusadasi during this trip, the pre-planned hotels are "Carina Boutique Hotel" - "Charisma De Luxe Hotel." When booking, you can select either one. If these hotels do not have availability for standard or superior rooms on your travel dates, the local tour operator may substitute them with equivalent hotels.
⭐️ ADVANTAGE OF CONNECTING YOUR TRIP TO CAPPADOCIA : If you would like to connect this trip to Cappadocia instead of return to Istanbul, this option is available for all booking options except the "Bronze Package". Also, the arrival airport transfer will be provided by the local tour operator in Cappadocia. If you preffer connect this trip to Cappadocia, you will not have any 3rd flight ticket right (from Cappadocia to Istanbul).
SILVER PACKAGE & GOLD PACKAGE : These booking options includes pick-up from Istanbul Airports, Bodrum Airport, Antalya Airport or hotels in Istanbul, Antalya, Fethiye, Marmaris, Bodrum, and drop-off at Istanbul Airports or hotels in Istanbul, Cappadocia. Please note that maximum 2-ways flights are included on this trip package. The valid flights are Istanbul to Denizli, Izmir to Istanbul, or Izmir to Cappadocia. The flight of Istanbul to Denizli will be excluded and you will get a transfer by private car to Pamukkale district for departure, if you preffer start this trip from Bodrum Airport, Antalya Airport or hotels in Antalya, Fethiye, Marmaris, Bodrum.
BRONZE PACKAGE : This booking option includes pick-up from Denizli Airport or hotels in Pamukkale/Karahayit, and drop-off at Izmir Airport or hotels in Izmir, Selcuk, or Kusadasi. Please note that flights and transfers in Istanbul are excluded. This option allows you to seamlessly connect this trip package with your independent travel itinerary.
SEMI-PRIVATE GUIDED TOURS: This tour operator offers daily guided tours during this travel package with groups capped at 10 guests, allowing for an intimate and detailed exploration of historic sites and stunning sceneries.
The local tour operator will email your e-tickets for domestic flights three days prior to your departure. You won’t need to print the tickets for domestic flights. Your passport and the reservation number on the tickets will be sufficient for check-in.
The local tour operator may request some passport details to book your flight tickets. If you do not provide the requested information, your domestic flight tickets may not be booked and you can not join to this tour. If you do not provide the requested information until 4 days prior to your trip or if you refuse to provide the requested information, you should cancel your reservation. Otherwise, the local tour operator may apply the cancellation and refund policies for this tour because of the necessary missed details on booking.
You are allowed 15kg luggage + 8kg cabin bag per person for each domestic flights. If you need more luggage capacity, please let the local tour operator know. Additional charges may apply for exceeding the 15 kg luggage limit.
Airport transfers in Istanbul are valid between hotels or Airbnb addresses and Istanbul airports. If you request an additional stop during the transfer service (such as picking up something from any location en route), the local tour operator reserves the right to charge an extra fee.
If your pick-up or drop-off point are located inside of the same airport with the departure / return airport, the local tour operator will not provide any hotel pick-up or drop-off services. This is about the traffic procedures of the airport managments.
Pick-up and drop-off times indicated in the tour descriptions are approximate and subject to change by about +/- 45 minutes due to seasonal and flight timing variations on your travel dates.
If you choose to cancel or skip any part of this travel package, please note that the local tour operator will apply the standard cancellation and refund policy. As a result, no refunds will be issued for any service which cancelled or skipped by you.
All the information provided above forms part of the terms and conditions for this travel package. You have been confirmed your acceptance of these when you book the travel package. The local tour operator clearly specifies the details in the program, explanations, and reservation options, and is responsible only for the services indicated. That's why, please read those details while booking this travel package.

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