Ephesus & Pamukkale Tours

Ephesus & Pamukkale

Few combinations capture Turkey's classical heritage like Ephesus and Pamukkale. Ephesus was one of the greatest cities of the ancient Mediterranean, capital of Roman Asia and home to the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Today its marble main street still leads past the soaring façade of the Library of Celsus, a Great Theatre that seated 25,000, the Terrace Houses and the House of the Virgin Mary, a peaceful pilgrimage site nearby.

A short journey inland brings you to Pamukkale, the "cotton castle" — a hillside of dazzling white travertine terraces formed by calcium-rich thermal springs. Above them lie the ruins of the spa city of Hierapolis, where you can swim among toppled marble columns in Cleopatra's Antique Pool. Our Ephesus & Pamukkale tours run as easy 1- or 2-day trips by flight from Istanbul, and slot perfectly into longer Turkey itineraries.