4 Side Hot Springs Tours Worth Getting Wet For

1.From City of Side: Pamukkale & Hierapolis Day Trip w/ Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 297 reviews · 15 hours · from $59Our pick

Travel from Side to Pamukkale and Hierapolis in an air-conditioned bus, with a guide such as Kaan, Apo, Kadir, or Inci. Explore Roman ruins, walk across the white travertines, and swim at Cleopatra’s Pool for an added fee. Lunch, hotel transfers, and insurance are included.

“Kaan - our tour guide, was excellent he had lots of knowledge on the history of the area. The organisation of the trip was really good, lots of travelling but breaks are scheduled in to help break up the day. The Roman city was the highlight of our trip. The hot springs are also very scenic and great for photos”

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2.Pamukkale Hot Air Balloon Flight w/Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 74 reviews · 16 hours · from $59

Set out around midnight from Side or Alanya for Pamukkale. Fly above the white terraces at sunrise, toast your landing with champagne, explore Hierapolis and Cleopatra’s Pool, then eat a buffet lunch. Guides such as Apo and Ercan are praised for their care and clear explanations.

“This really was an amazing trip! Ercan is a fantastic guide - very competent, knowledgeable, patient and approachable. The trip was well organized. Ercan told interesting stories and facts about the place, showed the group around but also left enough time for everybody to explore parts of Pamukkale on their own. On our way back Ercan created a playlist with the group‘s favorite songs - very nice idea! Thank you!”

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3.Side Pamukkale Day Trip & Sala Lake Visit w/Meals & Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 42 reviews · 14 to 15 hours (approx.) · from $50Best value

Travel from Side to Salda Lake and Pamukkale by air-conditioned coach, with hotel pickup, a guide, breakfast and lunch listed as included. See the white travertines, Hierapolis, Cleopatra’s Pool, and turquoise Salda Lake, but prepare for a very long day and extra entrance fees.

“The tour operator Payless Turizm. breakfast was was not included as advertised. We had to pay additional for this. Did not visit the sala lake at all instead a winery was added to the tour at 9am and an Onyx jewellery store was added at 4:30 - this in total added 2-3 hours to the trip and we did. It get back to our hotel until 20:30, after a 3:30 am pick up. While fairly friendly and social, our tour guides final words were telling us he had a customer from the day before filed a complaint of a sexual nature in so he may not have a job tomorrow.…”

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4.Pamukkale and Hierapolis Full-day Guided Tour from Side

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 35 reviews · 15 hours (approx.) · from $75

Leave Side before sunrise for Pamukkale’s white travertines and the ancient city of Hierapolis. You’ll have a guide, local lunch, hotel pickup, and the option to pay extra for Cleopatra’s Pool. Expect a long 300-kilometer drive each way and a very full day.

“Pamukkale namely Hierapolis is a wonderful place, definitely a must do for anyone in the area. Cleopatras pool is definitely worth the entry fee. You could spend easily 2 days on this site exploring all it has to offer. Our guide was lovely, I did feel for her though, as we had a number of inconsiderate tour members that would be late for meeting up, for instance she would say we can stay here for half an hour, and some people would take 45 minutes + to get back on the coach! We probably wasted an hour and a half waiting for these inconsiderate people! Not the guides fault at…”

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