Turkey's Wonders: Discover Pamukkale, Ephesus, Cappadocia with Flights from Istanbul Included
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İstanbul

Pamukkale, Ephesus, Cappadocia !!! Three beauties of Turkey. If you would like discover those amazing destinations, this travel package is one of the best Turkey travel itineraries. The connection between the destinations (Istanbul-Pamukkale & Izmir-Cappadocia & Cappadocia to Istanbul) will be with the domestic flights and those flights are included.

Duration: 4 days
Cancellation: 6 days learn more
Highlights

Flight from Istanbul to Denizli - Pamukkale & Hierapolis Tour - Transfer to Kusadasi - Overnight at Kusadasi

Istanbul - The travel services will start with a departure transfer from your hotel to airport. Our driver will meet you at the reception of your hotel (or your AirBnb address if the street of it is available for car parking) and then transfer to airport for your flight from Istanbul to Denizli/Çardak. The pick-up time is between 03.45am and 05.00am for this transfer. This timing depends the scheduled departure time of flight from Istanbul to Denizli/Cardak on your travel date. We will inform you about exact timing after booked your domestic flight ticket(s).

Denizli Çardak Airport - Upon your arrival Denizli/Cardak airport, we will meet you at this airport and then driven to Pamukkale - approx one hour from Denizli Airport.

Pamukkale Natural Park - Pamukkale Natural Park is an UNESCO world heritage site that receives many famous visitors since antiquity, such as the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra, and it is called the “Cotton Castle”.

Hierapolis & Pamukkale - The highlights of Hierapolis tour are Necropolis, Roman Baths, Domitian Gate, Latrina, Oil Factory, Frontinus Street, Agora, Byzantium Gate, Triton Fountain, Cathedral, Apollon Temple, Plutonium, Theater and Antique Pool.

Pamukkale Thermal Pools - After visited the Hierapolis Ancient City, you will take some photos from the nicest corners of Pamukkale. Free time for about 60-75 minutes to explore the natural beauties of Pamukkale, and swim at white travertines (thermal pools) of Pamukkale. Then meet again with your guide, start walking in the middle of travertines from up to down without shoes and socks.

Pamukkale - You will get your lunch in a local restaurant at the Pamukkale town.

Kusadasi - At the end of the Pamukkale Natural Park & Hierapolis Tour, we will transfer you to your hotel in Kusadasi.

Kusadasi Castle - 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 - 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.

What's Included
  • Domestic flight transfers at specified airports
  • Accommodation for 3 nights with breakfast included
  • Option to add a Hot Air Balloon Ride during booking
  • Hotel Pick-up & Drop-off in multiple cities
  • Daily lunch provided
  • 4 Professional guided tours at major historical sites
  • All entrance fees covered for museums, parks, and ruins
  • Licensed professional tour guide
  • Domestic flights within Turkey included
What's Not Included
  • Dinner
  • Drinks
  • Entrance fee of Ancient Pool (Cleopatra’s Pool) in Pamukkale
Additional Information
  • The prices of package are valid for accommodation at the double or triple room. If you would like add accommodation on single room(s) to your booking, there could be supplement cost. There are not going to be any extra cost for bookings of single / solo travelers. They will already accommodate at single room(s).
  • The pre-planned hotels are “Charisma De Luxe Hotel (5stars)” and “Efe Boutique Hotel” in Kusadasi / “Exedra Hotel (De Luxe Cave Boutique)” and “1811 Cave Boutique Hotel (Cave Boutique)” in Cappadocia for your accommodation on this travel. You can choose your hotels while booking. If these hotels (which you preferred) are not available for standard/superior rooms on your travel dates, the tour operator can replace it with an equivalent hotel.
  • The check-in time of the hotels is 02.00pm, and you can not start use your room before this time. This is about the check-in & check-out policies of the hotels.
  • The differences between the package options are about the hotel categories. Tour(s), airport transfer(s) and flight ticket levels will be same for all options.
  • The tour operator will send e-tickets of your domestic flights at six days before your departure date. You will not need the print out copies of the tickets for domestic flights. Your passport and reservation number on the tickets will be enough for check-in to plane.
  • The tour operator can request your some passport details for the bookings of your flight tickets. If you do not share the details which requested by the tour operator, your domestic flight tickets can not bookable.
  • You will have 15kg luggage + 8kg hand bag quota per person for each domestic flight. If you will need more luggage capacity, please inform that to the tour operator. There could be some extra fee for luggage quotas more than 15kg. This is exactly about the policies of airline companies.
  • If your return hotel is different than pick-up hotel, please inform that detail immediately. If you inform that detail after organised your flight tickets, the tour operator can request extra cost because of the distances between the airports and some hotels. If you inform this type changes on service day (last day of your trip), the tour operator do not accept this last minute amending and drop you to your pick-up hotel.
  • If your pick-up / drop-off hotels are inside of airports (IST and SAW airports) the tour operator do not provide any hotel pick-up / drop-off service.
  • Hot air ballooning is a fully weather-dependent activity and the Civil Aviation Authority determines whether the flight will be held. If your flight is cancelled due to inclement weather conditions, you are entitled to a partial refund. In such a case, your refund will be processed by the day after of that trip. Your refund rate will be the difference between options of “included balloon ride” and “excluded balloon ride” for the cancellations of the hot air balloon ride.
  • The Standard Balloon Ride has an One-hour approximately flight duration with 20 to 28 people capacity basket. The flight duration could be 50-55 minutes or 65-70 minutes. This situation depend the weather conditions before landing, and pilots are decide to that within the safety rules of Civil Aviation Authority. Total activity duration is approximately 3 hours.
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
  • The children who 5 years old and under are not allowed to balloon tours.
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults. If you will be 1 adult + 1 child, the tour operator can request & charge the amount of 2 adults.
Location
İstanbul
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 7 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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841hilaryb
Apr 9, 2024
Fez/Encounters guided tour of Turkey - Just come back from amazing 8 days in Turkey booked with Encounters Travel in UK and locally with Fez travel and guide Goksu. What a fantastic and varied country Turkey is. Istanbul is a very clean and safe city. Afterwards we visited Ephesus, Pamukkale, Hierapolis and Cappadocia. Goksu was a great guide - so knowledgeable and he also helped the whole trip run smoothly. We loved our cave hotel - "Gamirasu". April is a perfect time to visit.
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Michelle_j
Oct 24, 2023
A great trip/experience that we would recommend to others! - We had a great experience with our two tour guides: Mehmet in Pamakkule/Ephesus and Suleyman in Cappadocia. Flights & accommodations were easily coordinated and well scheduled. We knew exactly where to go and where to be at specific times. Provided meals were delicious and very filling and the guides provided great recommendations for dinner when requested. This experience was packed with a ton of information and a lot of different sights to see - be prepared for the fast pace and long days!
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Haissam_d
Jun 12, 2022
Magical trip to Turkey - Great professional tour company. I had a great time on this trip and I was very impressed with the tour company. They always arrived on time to pick me up, were very accessible via whatsapp, and were very friendly. My tour guides Orman and Birck were pleasant and had a Turkish diploma in tourism so they knew their stuff. Cappadocia was the highlight of the trip and I recommend you pay extra for the hot air balloon ride. It was magical!
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Julie_z
Feb 25, 2022
Turkey is a beautiful country to visit - I got picked up by tour guide a young lady Arzu and driver on time at the airport. During the 2 -day tour, Arzu was very patient very detailed giving me stories about the places we visited. Trip was smooth and I enjoyed very much ! Plus hotels company booked for me were awesome! Overall it is a wonderful experience and I wish I can go back to Turkey in the future again.
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658salmanf
Oct 15, 2021
Best Tour - This tour exceeded my expectations. It was worth the money. Provided everything as mentioned. Hotels were top class, transfers and tours on time. Rafet, Fayezullah and Samet were our guides. They were professional, knew there job and made the tour way more informative and enjoyable. Highly recommend.
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Stuart_w
Feb 25, 2020
Viator Lotus Travel Pamukkale Ephesus - Rabia was a wonderful guide to Pamukkale and Ephesus. Highly recommended. Very informative and transfers worked well.
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Esteniemandt2019
Oct 25, 2019
Wonderful places to see - Everything was well organised and it was worth it. The tour guides, drivers and just everyone was so friendly and nice.
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Jimson_y
Jul 1, 2019
Great Tour - Visited all the 3 "must do" attractions: Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus. Turkey is more than what we expected.
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Lisa_s
Aug 16, 2021
Positive and negative - We were very excited for this trip. There is so much to see in Turkey. Positively, we enjoyed the sights. All were worth the trip. Our guides on the ground did a great job. Very hospitable and knowledgeable. Hotels were very good. Viator was responsive to emails and questions throughout the tour. Negatively, this is not a trip for an unseasoned travelled. It is a bit tiring over the four days. The fourth day tour was a bit redundant. The farther into Turkey we travelled, the more difficult the communication. We had some difficulties with arranged transport coming back to Istanbul. I did not get helpful responses to my email requests regarding this issue. Overall, amazing sites that were worth any issues we had.
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Barbara_w
Nov 9, 2022
Compressed program, be aware the guide on Day4 could change the itinerary - Be aware this is compressed program including 4 flights, pickup at 4AM on Day1, and then arrive the hotel at 1AM on Day2 night (arrived at Cappadocia airport at 10:30PM, then waited in transfer bus about one hour to fill the bus full, took 1.5+ hours from airport to the cave hotel). Enjoyed Day 1 and Day 2, the guide was knowledgeable and stick with program itinerary; however, the guide for Day 4 was more interested in pottery and carpet stores rather than what were listed in itinerary. We were in the pottery store one hour longer than the itinerary, then the guide decided to skip "Three beauties" -- they are the official symbol of both Urgup and Cappadocia. Suggest you to print out the detail itinerary with time slots, to make sure you get what you have paid for.
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