3 Days Aphrodisias Pamukkale Antalya Tour from Marmaris

3 Days Aphrodisias Pamukkale Antalya Tour from Marmaris

Duration:

3 Days

Departing:

Marmaris

Time:

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Pickup Point:

Marmaris Turkey

Highlights:

Aphrodisias Pamukkale Antalya

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3 Days Aphrodisias Pamukkale Antalya Tour from Marmaris

  • Pick up From Marmaris Hotel or Dalyan Airport
  • Drive to Aphrodisias Ancient City.It will takes around 2.30 hours
  • Aphrodisias Archaeological Museum
    • Aphrodisias Anceint ruins
    • The Ancient Stadium
    • The Temple of Aphrodite
    • Tetrapylon (Monumental Gate)
    • Hadrian Bath
    • Odeon
    • Bishop’s Palace
    • Agora
    • Grand Theatre
    • The House of Archeologist Kenan Erim
  • Open Buffet Local Lunch (Drinks Extra)
  • White Calcium Carbonate Travertines
  • Hierapolis Archaeological Museum
  • Cleopatra’s Pool
  • Hierapolis Ancient City
    • Grand Theatre
    • The Temple of Apollo
    • Nymphaeum (Monumental Fountain)
    • Plutonium
    • Christian Basilica
    • City Gate
    • Necropolis
    • Martyrium of St. Philip
  • Drive to Pamukkale Hotel
  • Drive to Antalya.It takes around 3 hours.
  • Antalya Kaleici (Old Town)and Old Port
  • The Hadrian's Gate
  • Karpuzkaldıran Waterfall
  • Duden Waterfall
  • Tunektepe Cable Car
  • Konya Alti Beach
  • Ataturk Statue and Republic Square
  • Overnight & Lunch in Antalya
  • Antalya old town
  • Antalya Archaeological Museum
  • Aspendos
  • Perge and ancient ruins

Aphrodisias Ruins and Aphrodisias Archaeological Museum

Aphrodisias got its name from the Greek goddess of Love, Aphrodite (Venus), who here has the unique cult image of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias. The city was established next to a marble quarry, which was used extensively in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, and marble sculptors from Aphrodisias gained fame in the Roman world. Aphrodisias was one of the leading cities of the era, surrounded by fertile fields where all kinds of foodstuffs were produced. It also had a thriving wool and cotton industry, highly developed commercial, political, religious, and cultural institutions, a fine arts and crafts tradition, world-renowned schools of philosophy and sculpture, and a large and energetic citizenry.

You will see; Tetra-pylon (Tetra=four; pylon=gate) was the monumental gate of the city. The name tetra-pylon means that it consists of four groups of four columns. The stadium in Aphrodisias is the best preserved of all the ancient stadiums in the Mediterranean region. Located in the northern part of the city, it is 262m long and 59m wide and has a seating capacity of 30,000 people. It consisted of the Odeon and the Episcopal Palace, Agora, Hadrian's Bath, Theatre, Sebastion (Sebastos is the Greek equivalent of Latin Augustus) and a temple dedicated to the cult of Emperor Augustus. The Aphrodisias Museum is one of the most outstanding museums in Western Anatolia.

The monuments of unique value found in the excavations are exhibited here. When the tour ends, it will be Lunch time. Our goal is to help the local economy, whose business has been affected during the Covid-19 period, "Eat out and Help out." At the same time, it is a great oportunity to our guests to taste local dishes in the countryside. After the lunch a short driving to Pamukkale snow white calcium terraces.

Pamukkale-Hierapolis - Snow White Calcium Travertines, Terraces, and Calcium Pools

"Pamukkale translates to 'Cotton Castle'... Once you get here, it's easy to see why. This natural phenomenon; designated a UNESCO Heritage site in 1988, with spectacular white calcium cliffs and beautiful turquoise blue pools is truly a sight to behold. Pamukkale is like an alien landscape, you have never seen anything like it before". Pamukkale or ‘Cotton Castle’ when translated has been drawing tourists from all around the world to its thermal springs for more than 23 centuries. These Tours is one of the top Famous Turkey Trips. The Turkish name refers to the extraordinary surface of the snow-white cliffs, shaped over millennia by the accumulation of calcium deposited by mineral springs. Legend has it that the Cotton Castle formations are solidified cotton (the area’s principal crop) that was left out to dry by giants.

Dripping slowly down a vast mountainside, mineral-rich water foams and collects in bowls that terrace the decline down the mountainside spilling over petrified cascades of stalactites into milky pools below.
These saucer-shaped travertines (or terraces, as they’re also called) wind sideways down the powder-white mountain, providing a stunning contrast to the clear blue sky and green plain below. To protect the unique calcite surface, you are obliged to traverse the area barefoot. Although the terrace pools aren't particularly deep, you can get fully submerged if you want, don’t forget your towel! Don’t worry, if you don't have a bathing suit or towel, you can buy a Turkish Towel, Do not Forget is Cotton’s principal crop.
As a nice suvinour, you can take away to your home. You shouldn’t leave Pamukkale Tour without having a healing dip in the sacred fountain of Cleopatra’s pool.

Cleopatra’s Pool:

A swim in the effervescent waters of Cleopatra’s Pool should be at the top of any Turkey Travel Itinerary. Strewn about the bottom of the crystal-clear pool is an amazing collection of striated columns and capitals, a striking reminder of the pool's pedigree. Cleopatra's Pool has warm clear fizzy water that bubbles from the source of the spring, but these days has now been blocked off to prevent divers from disappearing into its hidden depths. With temperatures of 35C, you can bathe in the natural thermal mud and waters and enjoy the curative effects (both medicinal and beauty) of the water, whıch had previously benefited the ancient Greek and Roman peoples for centuries. This curative water with its Thermo mineral and magnesium, calcium, carbon dioxide, sulfide, and bicarbonate is suitable in many areas as a curative treatment.
Aphrodisias and Pamukkale tour will finish at around 17:00 and then you will be transferred back to your pick-up point at about 20:30.

Antalya Kaleici (Old Town) and Old Port

Antalya Kaleici and its Old Port, Antalya's marina, is inside the castle. Various excursions with yachts are organized here. The rainbow that forms around the sinkhole when it is poured into the sea is one of the beauties worth seeing. Kaleici is the place where the heart of Antalya beats. Smells like history. These structures, which are located in the protected area of ​​the state, allow them to be restored without damaging their historical texture. 

Recommended for those who want to get lost in the charming historic narrow streets of Kaleici, examine the historical houses with bougainvillea, and take beautiful pictures. While visiting the inside of the castle, it's architecture and natural beauty will take you to the past. It is possible to see the wonderful love of nature with the sea here. 

Antalya province is an open-air museum. Wherever you look, one or more historical artifacts come across. While visiting Hadrian's Gate, Cumhuriyet Square, which is located on one of the city's most important streets, you can visit the Castle Gate, Yivli Minaret, Kesik Minare, Antalya's magnificent park, Kara Alioğlu Park, etc. you can see. According to the dates, the world's first United Republic was established in this city. The first settlers here were Turks and Eti, who migrated from Central Asia to the West. In ancient times it was called Pamphylia.

The Hadrian's Gate

Hadrian's Gate, with its three doors, unique structure, and magnificent magnificence, is a great work and brings people to the fullest emotions at night with lights. This Gate is the gateway to Kaleici in Antalya. This is the heart of Antalya; it has a different historical spirit. Enter Kaleici from here and feel that historical texture. Examine historical Greek houses and Roman, Byzantine, and Seljuk buildings. You feel that spirit. This is a different Antalya. Among the top 5 things you should see in Antalya. It is a very beautiful and historical building built for the arrival of Emperor Hadrianus in Antalya. When you enter through the door, you can take a very pleasant walk to the marina.

Karpuzkaldıran Waterfall

The waterfall of Duden Waterfall, pouring into the sea from the Lara coast of Antalya, is a wonderful place of nature. In the spring, the waters increase, there are fish restaurants in the vicinity, there is a playground for children, and you can watch the waterfall from the sea with boat tours. Boats can go up to the waterfall. It pours from a height of 40 meters. With the coolness and perfect nature of the water, it will cool you in a short time.

Duden Waterfall

Antalya is a magnificent city with everything and everywhere. Do you want to see heaven on earth? That heaven is here. Duden Falls is in the very center of the city and is a magnificent natural wonder. With the cascading waters around the green area and caves, you can sit for hours and take thousands of photos.

Tunektepe Cable Car

You can reach Tunektepe with a short cable car ride. It offers you a magnificent view of Antalya. When Antalya is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is the bird's eye view. This journey, which takes you to the highest peak of the slope overlooking the entire Antalya and Kemer road, offers a breathtaking view right next to the sea. Antalya seems to be under your feet. The municipal facility above is very clean, and the prices are average. This place will remind you how magical the city of Antalya is.

Konya Alti Beach

Konyaaltı Beach is one of the two important beaches of Antalya, along with Lara Beach. To the West of the City Center, the 7-kilometer-long beach extending from the Cliffs of the Cliffs to the Antalya Harbor is Konyaaltı Beach. It is a Blue Flag Public Beach. It is 4.5 Kilometers in Length and 70 Meters Wide. Olbia, the port city used by the people of Thermossos who lived in the mountainous area in ancient times, is located on this beach. I don't know how possible it is to find such a beautiful beach in the center of the city. A world-famous beach with the Taurus Mountains on one side and the cliffs and city view on the other. It is beautiful in the winter, in the summer, in the morning, and in the evening.

Ataturk Statue and Republic Square

Republic Square. All official ceremonies are held here. It is a very beautiful square. On the Kaleiçi marina, near the panoramic elevator. Drinking tea in the Tophane on the viewing terrace. You can watch Kaleici and the Marina. Once the Tour comes to an end, we will go to the Antalya Hotel.

Today, after breakfast you will pick up from your Antalya Hotel for your tour. Perge is located 16 km away from Antalya, it is easy to imagine what life was like in this prosperous city with more than 100,000 inhabitants thousands of years ago, the Perge stadium, which had a capacity of 12,000 spectators, has a wall at the back intended to protect the spectators during the bestial and savage fights that took place here. Opposite on the hill, an impressive theater has finely carved reliefs paying homage to Dionysus. Entering through the Roman gate, you will be able to see a great Agora on your right hand.

Continuing ahead, two imposing Hellenistic columns mark the entrance of a long avenue, which leads to Nymphaeum, just behind is the public Roman bath, dating from the 3rd century AD. At the end of the visit of Ancient Perge, we drive to the ruins of ancient Aspendos. Aspendos has the best preserved theater in the Roman world with a capacity of 15,000 people, although a couple of years ago more than 40,000 people have attended to see the show. The theater remains practically the same as when it was built. Apart from the theater, the most interesting monument in Aspendos is the Aqueduct. This brought water from the Isauric Mountains in the North, a tremendous feat of Roman engineering.

What remains of the Aqueduct is an arched structure 15m high and 880m long, the water pipes are made of limestone, and two towers of pressure. The next stop is the Seljuk bridge over the Köprüçay (Eurymedon) which dates back to the 12th century. Still in use, it replaced a 2nd century BC Roman bridge, the remains of which can be seen in the river a few meters to the north. A provisional reconstruction of the Roman bridge, it was 5m wide whose central arch was 9m high above the water, shows that ships could have passed under it on their way to the dockyard. The Seljuk successor bridge was also a true giant. At the end of the tour, your we will drive back to Marmaris.

PS: Please bring your bathing suits and towels.
Note: If you wish, you can extend your tour, or if you request transfer service from us to other cities such as Bodrum, Kusadasi Alacati, Cesme, Denizli, Konya, Cappadocia.

What’s Included?

  • English-speaking tour guide during the tours
  •  2 nights accomodation
  • Transport by Air-Conditioned Vehicle
  • Parking Fees
  • Local taxes and service charges

What’s Not Included?

  • Personal expenses and Gratuities.
  • Lunch (Vegetarian lunch option available upon request)
  • Swimming in Cleopatra Pool is extra

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