Daily Pamukkale Tour from Kemer – Cotton Castle & Hierapolis

Pamukkale Day Tour from Kemer — Cotton Castle and the Ancient City of Hierapolis

This Pamukkale day tour from Kemer takes you inland from the Antalya coast to the white travertine terraces known as the Cotton Castle, one of the best-known natural wonders in Turkey, and to the ancient spa city of Hierapolis above them.

Pamukkale is a UNESCO World Heritage site where mineral-rich thermal water has built petrified waterfalls, shallow pools and terraced basins on a cliff almost 200 metres high. Hierapolis, an open-air museum founded by the Attalid kings of Pergamon, holds the ruins of baths, temples and other Greek monuments. During the visit you walk past one of the largest ancient necropolises in Anatolia, with more than 1,200 sarcophagi, then see the Great Theatre, the Tomb of St. Philip, the Roman Baths, the gymnasium used as a museum and the Temple of Apollo.

Lunch is included, and the ancient thermal pool known as Cleopatra Pool can be visited for an extra fee if you wish to swim among the sunken columns. After the sightseeing there is free time to browse Turkish crafts such as leather, textiles, onyx, jewellery and Turkish delight. Offered as a daily excursion from Kemer with hotel pickup and drop-off, it is a long but rewarding day trip, and a private tour can be arranged for families or small groups.