Pamukkale Tour from Side 2027: Hotel Pickup & Salda Lake

Side resort hotels, and where the neighbours are

This page is for guests in the resort and beach hotels of Side itself, outside the walls of the antique peninsula. The villages around Side each have a page of their own, because their roads and hotels differ:

• West of town: Kumköy, Evrenseki and Çolaklı and Gündoğdu
• Inside the old walls: Side old town
• East, towards Manavgat: Sorgun and Titreyengöl, then Kızılağaç and Kızılot

Staying in Okurcalar or beyond, towards Alanya? See the Okurcalar page or the Alanya page.

Hotel pickup or meeting point: the Side difference

Along the Antalya–Alanya resort coast the coach picks guests up at their hotels. Only where vehicles cannot go, in narrow lanes or pedestrian-only quarters, does a nearby meeting point take the hotel's place, and you learn the exact time and spot after booking.

Side is the place where that distinction matters most. The resort hotels around the town sit on proper roads, so you are collected at your hotel's designated pickup point, the main entrance. The antique peninsula, with its pedestrian streets and old town guesthouses, is a different story: a coach cannot get in, so guests there receive a meeting point after booking.

Your pickup time

It is a night pickup. The operator sets the order of hotels for each date and does not give each resort its own minute, so we never print a clock time for a Side hotel. Once you have booked, we confirm the time and place for your own hotel; the pickup times page explains how this works along the coast.

Be ready at the main entrance a little before that time, with a charged phone. If your hotel is small, or shares its name with another one nearby, add the street when you book so there is no confusion.

From Side to the travertines: the order of the day

Once everyone is on board, the coach heads inland and climbs over the Taurus mountains. Here is what follows, in the order the operator runs it:

• Breakfast stop on the way, included
• Lake Salda, with its turquoise water and white shores
• A short stop where local onyx stone products are presented; buying is optional
• Lunch at a restaurant, included
• The white travertine terraces of Pamukkale and the ancient city of Hierapolis
• A short stop for regional wine, with no obligation to buy
• Dinner at a restaurant on the return, included
• Drop-off at your Side hotel late the same night

Prices from Side: the same as everywhere

There is no Side surcharge and no Side discount. One price covers the whole coast, from Tekirova to Alanya, and only the entrance ticket makes a difference. The ticket column is the tour plus €30 per person for the entrance, for children as well as adults.

If you pick the version without the ticket, you buy the Pamukkale–Hierapolis entrance yourself at the gate. We do not quote that gate price, because the site administration sets it and it changes. More on the price page.

Included, optional and paid on the day

Both versions cover coach transport from and back to your hotel, a guide (group and season settle the language: mostly English, German or Russian, with Polish above all in high season), breakfast, lunch, dinner and the Lake Salda stop. The ticket version also includes the one Pamukkale–Hierapolis entrance, which opens both the terraces and the ruins.

Optional on the day: the Cleopatra (Antique) Pool, if you would like to swim among the sunken columns, and a paragliding flight over Pamukkale. Both are paid extras whose current prices are on the tour page. Drinks are not included. You pay for the tour in euros on the day, with nothing paid online.

How to book from Side

Pick a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday, or any day in May and October, on the booking form. Enter your hotel, add your guests, and we send the confirmation, followed by your pickup time.

Wondering how the long day feels? Read how long the tour takes and our frank view on whether the trip is worth it before you decide. Private groups and families can ask for a private tour quote; just send guests, hotel and date.