Pamukkale - Aphrodisias Tour

(min 2 persons)

About Pamukkale

Pamukkale is famous with its white cascades of calcium springs. There are 17 hot water springs in Pamukkale. When the hot spring waters  come up to surface, they loose the carbon dioxide in the water and calcium bicarbonate subsides to shape the beautiful white cascades of Pamukkale. It is a worth to see natural site, an eye candy. You can  walk through Pamukkale and even find a chance to relax in the hot water of ancient pool.

Built just above the hot spring waters of Pamukkale, Hierapolis is a mighty ancient city and one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Hierapolis built in 2.nd century BC by the King of Pergamon then became a Roman City. City was famous with several important sanctuaries and also it was an important trade center. Hierapolis was famous for purple die and cloth making as it is still famous with textile products.

Just out of the city, on the hills, you will find the the place where Saint Philip was martyred. It is still unknown if the Saint Philip here is Philip The Apostle or Philip the Evangelist but this crypt believed to have remain and it is a sacred place.

The city with its Pagan roots and Christian traditions, the remains of Hierapolis is quiet an interesting ancient site if you admire the historical sites and ancient ruins.

About Aphrodisias

Named after Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of Love, Aphrodisias is an ancient city near Geyre village, 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of Denizli. There is a marble quarry near the ancient city and sculptures of Aphrodisias were famous in Roman world. Most of these sculptures are intact and exhibited in Aphrodisias Museum today.

Some highlights of Aphrodisias are The Temple of Aphrodite, Bouleuterion (council house), Sebasteion and The Stadium.

Private Pamukkale, Aphrodisias Tour Program

• 08:30 – Pick up from your hotel and travel to Aphrodisias
• Places to visit in Aphrodisias are Sebasteion, Theater, Agora, Tiberius Portico, Hadrian Baths, Bishop Palace, Aphrodite Temple, Odeon, Stadium, Tetraphylon, Aphrodisias Museum.
• After Aphrodisias you’ll have lunch in a local restaurant. Pamukkale tour begins,
• Places to visit are Hierapolis Antique City, Necropolis, Roman Baths, Domitian Gate, Latrina, Oil Factory, Frontinus Street, Agora, Byzantium Gate, Triton Fountain, Cathedral, Apollon Temple, Plutonium, Theater, Antique Pool and Pamukkale white terraces.
• 16:30 – End of the tour. You’ll be given a ride back to your hotel.

* Note that the tour program can change to fit your needs.