Pamukkale Tour from Mahmutlar & Oba 2027: Hotel Pickup Guide

Four places at the eastern end

All four are on the Alanya-area route. Being at the far eastern end of the Antalya–Alanya corridor means the inland journey to Pamukkale is long, so pickups here come in the night and the day is full.

• Oba, right next to Alanya town, with hotels and plenty of apartments
• Kestel, a quieter beach stretch further on
• Mahmutlar, the large residential resort many long-stay visitors call home
• Kargıcak, the last village on the regular pickup list

Hotels, residences and narrow streets

In a hotel you wait at the main entrance, which is the designated pickup point. Mahmutlar and Oba also have many residential complexes; if yours stands on the main road or a wide street, the coach can stop at its gate. Where a street is narrow or closed to large vehicles, the operator picks a designated meeting point on a wider road close by.

When booking, write the full name of your hotel or complex and its street. The confirmation then tells you exactly where to stand, so you are never left wondering.

Staying in Gazipaşa?

Gazipaşa lies beyond Kargıcak and is on request only. Please do not book it blind: tell us where you are staying and which day appeals via the contact page, and we ask the operator whether the coach can include you and where you would join. If it can, we confirm everything before you book.

How to get your pickup time

There is no clock time on this page. The operator builds the night route from the bookings for each date, and the time for your own hotel or meeting point is sent to you after booking.

For a general picture of the windows on each part of the coast, see the pickup times page. Set your alarm by the time in your confirmation, then try to sleep on the coach: most passengers do.

A full day inland

The coach crosses the Taurus mountains with a guide; the group and the season decide the language, as a rule English, German or Russian, and Polish chiefly in high season. Breakfast is included at a stop on the way. At Lake Salda you walk along the white shore beside unusually blue water; it is a protected area, so the stop is for looking rather than swimming.

Next is a short visit to a small outlet showing local onyx stone, with buying left completely to you, and then lunch at a restaurant. At Pamukkale you go barefoot on the travertines and climb into Hierapolis, the Greco-Roman city on the plateau. On the return a short stop presents regional wine, optional again, before dinner at a restaurant and the long drive back to the eastern resorts, arriving late that night.

If you want to know how the hours feel from this end of the coast, read how long the tour takes.

Prices and booking

Living at the eastern end costs nothing extra: €90 per adult with the entrance ticket and €60 without; €70 or €40 for children aged 2–7; babies aged 0–1 travel on a parent's lap without a seat. Without the ticket you buy the Pamukkale entrance at the gate. The Cleopatra Pool and paragliding are optional paid extras; their current price is on the price page, and the ticket page explains which version to choose. Put simply, the ticket version is the tour plus €30 for each person's entrance.

Book on the booking form for a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday, or any day in May and October. You hand over euros on the day rather than paying the website, and a booking cancelled at least 48 hours ahead is free. The home page has the whole tour at a glance. Long-stay residents visiting with relatives may prefer a private tour, arranged and priced on request.