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Laodicea Tours
Ephesus Tours
Hot Air Balloon Tour in Cappadocia
Ephesus Tours
Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tours

Turkey's Highlights - Pamukkale, Ephesus, Cappadocia Trip & Balloon Ride Option

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8.2 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is RM 7,499 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

This tour is perfect for discover the most popular and important cities and historical heritage areas in 5 days. See the best places of Turkey, the iconic sites of Ephesus, Pamukkale and Cappadocia. We guarantee you will be amazed at the rich history and the diverse landscapes to be found here.

Activity location

  • Istanbul
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Kuşadası
    • Kuşadası, Aydın, Turkiye

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Premium Package
  • Activity duration is 4 days4d4d
  • English

Accommodation: Efe Boutique Hotel in Kusadasi - 1811 Cave Hotel in Cappadocia
Hot Air Balloon Ride: EXCLUDED
Domestic Flights: The tickets for flights of Istanbul to Denizli - Izmir to Cappadocia - Cappadocia to Istanbul are INCLUDED.
Guiding & Tour Language: Tours by professional licenced guides who speaks English.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 4:00
Price details
RM 8,848.23 x 1 AdultRM 8,848.23
Total
Price is RM 8,848.23
De Luxe Package
  • Activity duration is 4 days4d4d
  • English

Accommodation: Charisma De Luxe Hotel in Kusadasi - Exedra Hotel in Cappadocia
Hot Air Balloon Ride: EXCLUDED
Guiding & Tour Language: Tours by professional licenced guides who speaks English.
Domestic Flights: The tickets for flights of Istanbul to Denizli - Izmir to Cappadocia - Cappadocia to Istanbul are INCLUDED.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 4:00
Price details
RM 10,733.53 x 1 AdultRM 10,733.53
Total
Price is RM 10,733.53
Premium Package + Balloon Ride
  • Activity duration is 4 days4d4d
  • English

Accommodation: Efe Boutique Hotel in Kusadasi - 1811 Cave Hotel in Cappadocia
Hot Air Balloon Ride: INCLUDED
Money Back Guarantee: If your balloon ride is cancelled due to poor weather conditions, you will be refunded cost of balloon ride.
Domestic Flights: The tickets for flights of Istanbul to Denizli - Izmir to Cappadocia - Cappadocia to Istanbul are INCLUDED.
Guiding & Tour Language: Tours by professional licenced guides who speaks English.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 4:00
Price details
RM 10,446.74 x 1 AdultRM 10,446.74
Total
Price is RM 10,446.74
De Luxe Package + Balloon Ride
  • Activity duration is 4 days4d4d
  • English

Accommodation: Charisma De Luxe Hotel in Kusadasi - Exedra Hotel in Cappadocia
Hot Air Balloon Ride: INCLUDED
Money Back Guarantee: If your balloon ride is cancelled due to poor weather conditions, you will be refunded cost of balloon ride.
Guiding & Tour Language: Tours by professional licenced guides who speaks English.
Domestic Flights: The tickets for flights of Istanbul to Denizli - Izmir to Cappadocia - Cappadocia to Istanbul are INCLUDED.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 4:00
Price details
RM 12,332.04 x 1 AdultRM 12,332.04
Total
Price is RM 12,332.04

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTransfers at the mentioned airports for domestic flights in the itinerary
  • What's includedWhat's included3 nights hotel accommodation including breakfast
  • What's includedWhat's included3 Guided Tours in Pamukkale, Ephesus, Cappadocia
  • What's includedWhat's includedOutdoor Tour : Hot Air Balloon Ride (Optional - You can add that tour while booking)
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel Pick-up & Drop-off Services in Istanbul, Cappadocia, Kusadasi, Bodrum, Antalya
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance fees of museums, national parks, ruins mentioned in the itinerary
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional tour guide who licenced by Ministry of Culture and Tourism
  • What's includedWhat's includedDomestic Flight Tickets : Istanbul to Denizli - Izmir to Cappadocia - Cappadocia to Istanbul
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedDinner
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedDrinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance fee of Ancient Pool (Cleopatra's Pool) in Pamukkale

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • 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.

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Flight from Istanbul to Denizli - Pamukkale, Hierapolis & Laodicea Tour - Transfer to Kusadasi - Overnight at Kusadasi
  • 10 stops
  • Meals: lunch
  • Accommodation: INCLUDED - You can choose your hotel category and budget. There are different hotel variations at the booking options.
Istanbul
  • 1h
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
  • 1h
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
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
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
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
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
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
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
  • 1h
You will get your lunch in a local restaurant at the Pamukkale town.
Laodicea
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Excavations here have revealed artifacts dating from 3500 BC (Late Chalcolithic) to 3000 BC (Early Bronze Age). The city’s name comes from the Seleucid king Antiochus ii, who named it for his wife Laodike in the 3rd century BC when it wa thriving. Later controlled by the kings of Pergamum, it was willed to the Roman Empire, and thrived again from the 4th to 6th centuries. Its importance then numbered it among the Seven Churches of Revelation.
Kusadasi
  • 2h 45m
At the end of the Pamukkale Natural Park, Hierapolis & Laodicea 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.
Day 2: Ephesus & House of Virgin Mary Tour - Flight from Izmir to Cappadocia - Overnight at Cappadocia
  • 8 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: INCLUDED - You can choose your hotel category and budget. There are different hotel variations at the booking options.
Kusadasi Gazi Begendi Park
  • 15m
After having breakfast, we will pick you up from your hotel and depart for your Ephesus tour. Before drive to Ephesus area, we will stop at the Gazi Begendi Park (Hill) for you can take photos of the amazing Kusadasi Bay. ***Please check out from hotel and take your luggages before departure to Ephesus tour. We will transfer you direct to Izmir airport after the tour.
Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
  • 45m
  • Admission ticket included
Your first visit will be the pilgrimage point claimed to be the last home of the Virgin Mary. Once you arrive there you will be thrilled by the natural beauty that surrounds the monument.
Ancient City of Ephesus
  • 1h 45m
  • Admission ticket included
Your next visit will be the Ephesus Ancient City. Ephesus was one of the most important harbor cities in antique world and also it is mentioned in the book of Revelations as one of the seven churches. Also Celsus Library and theater in Ephesus are the other highlights. You will see the Celcus Library, Temple of Hadrian, Fountain of Trajan, Odeon, Agora, Fountain of Domitian, Hercule Gate, Grand Theater, Nike, Ancient Toilets during tour in this ancient city.
Ephesus Terrace Houses
You will be walking from front of Terrace Houses during your tour and your guide will give information about the Terrace Houses of Ephesus Ancient City. (Pass by without stopping / no visit)
Selcuk
  • 1h
You will get your lunch in a local restaurant at the Selcuk town.
The Temple of Artemis
  • 15m
Another visit of this tour is Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, standing today next to Ephesus ancient city.
Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport
  • 1h
After the Ephesus tour, we will transfer you to Izmir airport for your flight to Kayseri.
Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR)
  • 1h
Upon your arrival Kayseri airport, we will transfer you to your hotel in Cappadocia.
Day 3: Hot Air Balloon Ride (Optional) - Full-day Cappadocia Tour - Overnight at Cappadocia
  • 10 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: INCLUDED - You can choose your hotel category and budget. There are different hotel variations at the booking options.
Cappadocia Tours & Hot Air Balloons
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Hot Air Balloon Ride (Optional - You can add that tour while booking) : Get ready for a wonderful experience unique to Cappadocia! We will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to the balloon site where you will have the opportunity to watch the balloon being prepared for your flight. The flight will be at sunrise time, where your pilot will climb to a comfortable altitude of about 700 to 1000 meters above ground level. It is from this elevation that you will marvel at the beauty of Cappadocia below you. During certain segments of the flight our pilots are also capable of flying as low as 1 meter above the rock formations which will allow you perfect photo taking opportunities. Duration of total activity is approx 3 hours, and total duration of flight is approx 60 minutes. There will be a champagne celebration at end of the flight and you will be presented with a madal, as a souvenir reminder of this magnificent experience. Afterwards, we will drop back you to your hotel.
Urgup
  • 15m
We will pick you up from your hotel on 09.30am-10.00am (Approx) and depar for the Red Tour of Cappadocia. Meet the most famous family of fairy chimneys: Three beauties. These are the official symbol of both Urgup and Cappadocia.
Goreme Open-Air Museum
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Here is the monastery, including the rock cut churches, kitchens, wineries, storages and living rooms left from Anatolian Christians. Goreme Open Air Museum is listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Ortahisar Panorama
  • 15m
The entire town is dominated by the 90-metre-high (300 ft) rock-castle in the centre of the town, which is called Sivrikoya by the inhabitants. It is an extraordinary example of the rock-cut architecture which is typical of the region and served as a refuge from attackers in Byzantine times. You will see all these rock-cut architecture by panoramic visit.
Uchisar Castle
  • 20m
Uchisar rock castle is one of the biggest landmarks of Cappadocia. It is the highest tuff hill in the area with beautiful views of the surrounding valley full of bizarre rock formations. (There are no any visit to rock castle because of the walking difficulties and safety risks on there. You will have a stop for panoramic view to this rock castle and Cappadocia from castle region.)
Goreme
  • 1h
You will take your lunch by a Turkish Kebab Restaurant in Goreme. Also, Vegetarian meals are available in same restaurant.
Avanos Oren Yeri
  • 1h
Avanos is a popular destination because of its attractive old town with cobbled streets, and views over the river. The old city of Avanos, whose name in ancient times was Venessa, overlooks the longest river of Turkey, the Kizilirmak (Red River), which also separates Avanos from the rest of Cappadocia. The most famous historical feature of Avanos, which is still relevant and very visible today, is its production of earthenware pottery; it is also the most economic activity in the town. The ceramic trade in this district and its countless pottery factories date right back to the Hittites, and the ceramic clay from the red silt of the Kizilirmak has always been used.
Devrent Valley
  • 20m
Which is also known as Imagination Valley. Valley contains many animal shaped rocks which are mostly in red colour. Some of the most frequent shapes is like Camel.
Fairy Chimneys
Cappadocia is famous for its unique landforms. The Fairy Chimneys are the most obvious places to visit where these landforms are best seen and the common life of humankind and nature. On this tour, you will have seen many examples of the Fairy Chimneys of Cappadocia.
Cappadocia
  • 30m
At the end of tour, you will be dropped back to your hotel in Cappadocia.
Day 4: Flight Back to Istanbul
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included
Cappadocia
  • 1h
You will be transferred to Cappadocia airport for your flight back to Istanbul.
İstanbul
  • 1h
Upon your arrival Istanbul, we will meet you at the airport and then we will drop you to your hotel in Istanbul. *** The departure time of return flight could be morning or afternoon. After you booked that tour, please inform us your request for the timing of your return flight. If you do not inform us any detail about that, we can book your return flight to any time of day.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESIstanbul
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKuşadası
    • Kuşadası, Aydın, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLESelçuk
    • Selçuk, İzmir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLECappadocia
    • Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEUçhisar
    • Uçhisar, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEÜrgüp
    • Ürgüp, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEİstanbul
    • İstanbul, İstanbul, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEİzmir
    • İzmir, İzmir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEAvanos
    • Avanos, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEOrtahisar
    • 50650, Ortahisar, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEGöreme
    • 50180, Göreme, Nevşehir, Turkiye
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKale Mahallesi
    • 20190, Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkiye

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