Pamukkale Tour from Kaleiçi 2027: Meeting Point Pickup & Salda Lake

Why no coach reaches your guesthouse

The boutique hotels and pensions of Kaleiçi sit on lanes laid out long before engines existed. Many are pedestrian only, some are stepped, and few would let a coach turn round. Hotel-door pickup is simply not possible here, and we will not promise it.

What you get instead is a convenient designated meeting point. We do not publish it on this page. It reaches you personally after booking, alongside your pickup time, so the details you act on are the ones confirmed for your date.

Your night, step by step

• After booking: the meeting point and your pickup time arrive by message.
• The day before: walk the route to the meeting point once while it is light, so you know the way in the dark.
• Tell your host you are leaving in the night; small guesthouses often lock the front door.
• On the night: set off a little early. The lanes are quiet and the stones uneven, so wear proper shoes and use your phone torch.
• At the meeting point: wait where your message says, phone switched on, until the coach arrives.
• Late the same night: the same coach brings you back to the old town, ready for the short walk home.

No clock time is printed here. How times are set along the coast is on the pickup times page.

Where the day takes you

Once you are aboard, the coach heads inland over the Taurus mountains. Breakfast comes at a stop on the way, and the first sight is Lake Salda: turquoise water against a white shore, a place for a walk and photographs rather than a swim.

A short stop follows where local onyx is shown, a decorative stone worked in the area, in a small outlet; looking costs nothing and buying is up to you. After lunch at a restaurant you reach Pamukkale, where you take your shoes off for the white travertine terraces and climb up into Hierapolis, the Greco-Roman spa city with its theatre and necropolis.

On the way back there is a brief stop for regional wine, with no obligation to buy, and dinner at a restaurant. The itinerary guide describes each stop in more detail.

What it costs from the old town

Kaleiçi pays the coast-wide price. With the Pamukkale–Hierapolis entrance ticket included, it is €90 for anyone aged 8 or over and €70 for children aged 2–7. Without the ticket it is €60 and €40. In both, a baby aged 0–1 needs no seat and stays on a parent's lap. The difference between the two is the entrance: €30 per person, on top of the tour.

If you pick the version without the ticket, you buy the entrance at the gate yourself; we do not print its price because the site administration sets and changes it. The with or without ticket page lays out the difference honestly.

Small things that help old-town guests

Pack light. You walk to the meeting point and back, so a small day bag beats a large one. Put in a bag for your shoes, sun cream, a hat and a warm layer for the night and the mountain road.

The Cleopatra (Antique) Pool and paragliding over Pamukkale are optional paid extras, not part of either version; check the price page for their current price. If you want to swim, bring swimwear, because the pool is the only place to do so. Our what to wear guide covers the rest.

Booking from Kaleiçi

Choose your date and version on the booking form, or read the tour overview first. The coach runs on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, and daily in May and October. Settle up in euros on the day itself; a change of plan is free of cost provided you let us know at least 48 hours before the coach sets off.

Staying just outside the walls? The Antalya city centre page covers hotels the coach can reach directly, and the Konyaaltı page covers the western beach. Couples and small parties in the old town can also ask for a private tour; we answer with a price on request.