10 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 $50

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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5.From City of Side: Pamukkale & Hierapolis Day Tour w/ Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★3.4 · 25 reviews · from $62

Travel from Side to Pamukkale and Hierapolis on a guided 15-hour day trip. Walk the white travertine terraces, explore the ancient city, swim in thermal water, and visit Cleopatra Pool. Lunch and hotel pickup are included, but entrance fees cost extra and the drive is long.

“Ogólnie Pamukkale i Hierapolis super, warto odwiedzić, ale cały zamysł wycieczki mógłby być lepszy. 60% czasu spędza się w autokarze, tylko 2h na miejscu i w mojej ocenie niepotrzebna strata czasu na przystanki w sklepach gdzie są zawyżone ceny. Osobiście wolałbym odpuścić te przystanki, a spędzić trochę więcej czasu na miejscu. Tak czy inaczej udany dzień. Posiłki ok, ale bez szału. Przewodnik bardzo w porządku.”

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6.Side Express Pamukkale &Hierapolis Day Trip w/Lunch & Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 22 reviews · 12 to 13 hours (approx.) · from $40Best value

Travel from Side to Pamukkale and Hierapolis on a long guided day trip with hotel pickup, an English-speaking guide, buffet lunch, and three hours to explore. Guide Abdul Kaldir has earned praise for his friendly service. Entrance fees, drinks, breakfast, and Cleopatra’s Pool cost extra.

“The experience of Pamukkale and the site itself was lovely however the transit day was extremely uncomfortable as well as slightly dangerous. Our private transport picked us up from our hotel at 2:50 am and I have to say I feared for my life in the vehicle as the driver was driving extremely fast and dangerous. There was also another party on the transport who also felt the same, when we were looking for safety i.e. seatbelts they were not accessible which also made me even more fearful. After that initial drive we were then transferred onto another bus/vehicle which was extremely cramped and did not provide the best legroom.…”

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7.Full Day Salda + Pamukkale Tour from Side/Manavgat

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 5 reviews · from $46

Leave Side or Manavgat before dawn for Pamukkale’s white travertines, Hierapolis, and optional Cleopatra Pool swim. An English or Russian-speaking guide, breakfast, lunch, insurance, and air-conditioned transport are included. Expect a long 13 to 14-hour day with up to 35 people.

“The best tour ever. Best tour guide and very gentle driver. I forgot thier names. They were really nice and provided all the necessary info about the place. Pamukkale is a very beauriful place”

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8.Pamukkale and Salda Lake

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4 reviews · 12 hours (approx.) · from $65

Leave your Side hotel around 2:00 am for Salda Lake, Pamukkale’s white terraces, Hierapolis, and the optional Cleopatra Ancient Pool. The English-language tour includes guide, transfers, breakfast, lunch, and insurance for up to 15 people. Confirm pickup details with Side Tours Antalya before departure.

“Nice but not good because we were disappointed because there was no water on pamukkale and antigue pool was smelling and dirty!!!”

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9.Side Pamukkale & Hierapolis Day Trip w/Breakfast & Hotel Pickup

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · 14 to 15 hours (approx.) · from $50

Leave Side at 3:30 am for a long but rewarding day at Pamukkale and Hierapolis. You’ll cross the Taurus Mountains, visit the Cotton Castle and ancient ruins, stop at a winery and carpet workshop, and return after dinner. Lunch, transport, guiding, and insurance are included, but entrance fees and breakfast are not.

“The travel guide gave us a lot of information on the topic. We were able to take lots of pictures and the weather was great.”

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10.Pamukkale Tour w/Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 2 reviews · 18 hours (approx.)

Leave Side around 4:00 am for a long but rewarding day at Pamukkale and Hierapolis. You get breakfast, lunch, dinner, an English-speaking guide, and about 3.5 hours on site, including the theater, thermal terraces, and optional Cleopatra Pool swim.

“It started iff with a mix up with the departure time. Originally we were told 5 am but got a call at 3 am that they were waiting for us. We had a good time once we got to Pamukkale, but the bus had some problems and honestly we thought we would not make it. On the uphills it only rode in first gear and even that was problematic. Also, there were too many stops on the way there for tourist trap places. We would have preferred to get to Pamukkale first and then on our way back make those stops. That way we would have avoided the heat and…”

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