Pamukkale Tour from Türkler & Konaklı 2027: Pickup Explained

Staying in a hotel

This is the simple case. Book with the hotel's exact name, and when the time comes, be at its main entrance a few minutes early. That is the designated pickup point the operator uses, so do not wait at a side gate, a car park or the beach entrance.

If the hotel has several blocks or receptions, mention which one you are in when you book. The guide will be looking for you at the front.

Staying in a flat or residence

Konaklı in particular has many apartment complexes and long-stay residences, often on side streets above the coast road. Some of these a coach can reach easily; others sit on lanes too narrow or steep for it.

Write the name of the complex and its street in the booking form. If the coach can stop outside, you wait at the complex entrance; if not, the operator sets a designated meeting point close by. In both cases this comes with your confirmation, and you never have to guess.

The pickup time: confirmed for you, not printed here

Both villages are on the Alanya-area route, which collects guests during the night. The operator sets each hotel's time for the date you travel, so we send yours after booking instead of listing a time on this page.

If you would like to understand the general windows along the coast first, read the pickup times page. On the night itself, go by your confirmation.

Inland to Salda and Pamukkale

With everyone aboard, the coach leaves the coast behind and crosses the Taurus. Your guide's language reflects the group and the season: English, German or Russian in the main, and Polish notably in high season, depending on groups. Breakfast is included at a stop on the way, and then you reach Lake Salda, a protected lake with turquoise water and white beaches that people love to photograph; it is a stop for looking, not swimming.

A short halt follows at a small outlet where local onyx stone is displayed; you are welcome to look and under no obligation to buy. Lunch is at a restaurant. The afternoon is for Pamukkale: you take off your shoes to walk the white travertine terraces, paddle in their shallow pools and explore Hierapolis, the ancient spa city above, with its theatre and necropolis. You can read about it on our Hierapolis page.

On the way back there is a brief stop where regional wine is presented, optional as before, and dinner at a restaurant. Then the coach heads for Türkler and Konaklı, arriving late that night.

Fares and what they leave out

Both fares include the coach, the guide, the three meals and Lake Salda. Not included: drinks, and the optional Cleopatra Pool and paragliding, whose current price is on the price page. Without the ticket you pay the Pamukkale entrance at the gate; we do not quote it, as the site administration sets it. The ticket page compares both versions. Of the higher fares, €30 per person is the part that pays for the entrance.

Where to book

Reserve on the booking form for a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday, or any day in May or October. Euros change hands only on the tour day itself, never online, and dropping out costs nothing until 48 hours before the start. For an overview first, start at the home page. Staying with friends in a residence? Ask for a private tour for your party; the price is on request.