Pamukkale Tour from Kumköy 2027: Hotel Pickup & Salda Lake

Kumköy is not the old town

Guests often mix the two up. Inside Side's antique peninsula the streets are pedestrian, so guests there meet the coach at a designated meeting point. Kumköy's hotels sit on roads the coach can use, so you are collected at the main entrance of your own hotel.

If you are actually staying among the ruins and harbour lanes, read the Side old town page. For hotels on the other side of town, see the Side page.

Three choices before you book

• The date: Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday, or any day in May and October.
• The version: with the Pamukkale–Hierapolis entrance ticket included, or without it and bought at the gate.
• The party: up to 20 guests on one booking, each in their age band.

Not sure about the version? The with or without ticket page compares them plainly.

Pickup: where, when and how

Where: the hotel's designated pickup point, which means the main entrance. Not the beach exit, not the road outside a side gate.

When: at night. Your exact time is confirmed after booking and sent with your confirmation; this page prints no clock time on purpose. The pickup times page explains how times are arranged along the coast.

How: a coach with your guide on board, whose working language is set by the group and the season: English, German or Russian in general, and Polish especially in high season when groups need it. If anything changes about access to your hotel, you receive a designated meeting point instead, again after booking.

Inland to Lake Salda and Pamukkale

From Kumköy the coach turns away from the sea and climbs over the Taurus. Breakfast is at a stop on the way. Lake Salda follows: water of an almost unreal turquoise, white shores, and time to wander and take pictures; swimming is not part of the stop.

There is then a short stop at a small outlet where onyx, a local decorative stone, is presented. Have a look if you like; buying is entirely optional. After lunch at a restaurant comes Pamukkale itself. Shoes come off for the travertine terraces, and the path continues into Hierapolis, the old spa city with its theatre and long necropolis.

On the way home

Leaving Pamukkale, the coach stops briefly for regional wine, which you may taste or ignore as you please, and then for dinner at a restaurant. After that it is the long run back to Kumköy, arriving late the same night. The day length guide gives an honest feel for the whole day.

Price and payment from Kumköy

One price covers the whole coast. With the ticket: €90 per adult (8+), €70 per child (2–7). Without the ticket: €60 and €40. Babies 0–1 have no seat; they stay on a parent's lap. The gate price, if you skip the ticket, is set by the site administration, so we do not print it. The ticket is the only gap between the fares: tour plus €30 per person.

Optional paid extras, not included in either version: the Cleopatra (Antique) Pool and paragliding over Pamukkale. Current prices are on the price page. You hand over the fare in euros on the tour day; the website takes no payment.

Booking from Kumköy

Book on the booking form, or start on the tour page for an overview. If something comes up, cancel with 48 or more hours to spare and you owe nothing. Staying slightly further west? The Evrenseki and Çolaklı page covers those resorts. Families at the Kumköy resorts can also request a private tour for their own party, price on request.