Pamukkale Tour from Lara 2027: hotel pickup on the Lara strip

Lara: the resort strip east of the city

Lara is the line of large beach hotels that begins where Antalya's eastern suburbs end and runs on along the shore towards the airport side of the city. For a Pamukkale day it is a convenient place to be: the coach collects you on the hotel road itself, so there is no taxi to arrange and no meeting point to find in the dark.

Further east, the even bigger resort complexes of Kundu have their own page, and the beach hotels west of the city are covered on the Konyaaltı page.

Where to wait, and how the time reaches you

Along the Antalya–Alanya resort coast the coach collects guests from their hotels, and on the Lara strip that means your own. You wait at the hotel's designated pickup point, the main entrance. Many Lara hotels are large, with separate gates for deliveries, staff and the beach, so use the main lobby entrance unless your confirmation says otherwise.

When you book, give us the name of your hotel exactly as it appears on your reservation. Your exact pickup time and location are then confirmed after booking. Wait there a few minutes early, with your phone switched on.

It is a night pickup. We print no clock time on this page because the operator sets the order of hotels for each date; the pickup times page explains how it works.

The day once you leave the strip

Pamukkale lies inland, over the Taurus mountains, so the first stretch is a quiet coach ride while most of Lara is still asleep. The order of the day never changes:

• Breakfast at a breakfast stop on the way (included)
• Lake Salda, the turquoise lake with white shores (included)
• A short stop where local onyx stone products are presented (buying is optional)
• Lunch at a restaurant (included)
• The Pamukkale travertines and the ruins of Hierapolis
• A short stop for regional wine (buying is optional)
• Dinner at a restaurant on the way back (included)
• Back at your Lara hotel the same night, late

Two versions, one price for the whole coast

Guests on the Lara strip pay exactly what guests in Kemer or Alanya pay. The only choice is whether the Pamukkale–Hierapolis entrance ticket is in the price. Packaged, the entrance adds €30 per person to the tour price.

Without the ticket you buy it yourself at the gate. Its price is set by the site administration, so we do not print one. Read the ticket comparison before you choose.

What is included, and what you pay on the day

Both versions include the coach pickup and return, a guide (the language varies with group and season, in general English, German or Russian, and Polish especially at the height of summer depending on groups), breakfast, lunch, dinner and the stop at Lake Salda. The ticket version adds the single Pamukkale–Hierapolis entrance, which covers the white terraces and the ancient city together.

Two extras are optional and never part of the price: a swim in the Cleopatra (Antique) Pool and paragliding over Pamukkale, two paid extras whose current prices are on the price page. Drinks are also extra. No money changes hands online; you hand over the fare in euros when the tour day comes.

A tip for hotel guests on the strip

All-inclusive hotels in Lara often lay out breakfast long after your coach has left. Do not worry about it: breakfast is part of the tour, at a stop on the way. If you want something before you go, ask reception the evening before whether a packed snack is possible.

Bring a light layer for the early coach and for the Taurus crossing, sun cream and a bag for your shoes, because you walk the travertines barefoot. Our what to wear guide has the full list.

Booking from Lara

Choose your date on the booking form. Departures run on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, and every day in May and October. Up to 20 guests fit on one booking, nothing is paid in advance, and the cancellation terms let you cancel free of charge in good time.

Staying in the centre instead? See Antalya city centre or Kaleiçi. Belek, further east again, is also served: see the Belek page. For a family or friends travelling as one party, there is also a private tour with its price on request.