Turkey's Wonders - Pamukkale, Ephesus, Cappadocia Travel from-to Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey
- 4 days (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Uncover Turkey’s most iconic archaeological and natural wonders on a 3-night small-group tour from Istanbul. Enjoy a worry-free experience with domestic flights, accommodations, hotel pickup, skip-the-line access, and expert-guided tours all included. Marvel at Pamukkale’s gleaming travertine terraces, walk through the legendary ruins of ancient Ephesus, and explore Cappadocia’s fairy chimneys and dramatic landscapes. For an unforgettable finale, opt for a sunrise hot air balloon ride over Cappadocia.
- Hotel pickup and domestic flights from Istanbul included
- Skip-the-line access at key sites for a smoother visit
- Explore Pamukkale, Ephesus, and Cappadocia on guided day tours
- Includes hotels and many meals, plus optional Cappadocia hot air balloon ride
What's Included
- 3 nights hotel accommodation including breakfast
- Domestic flight tickets : Istanbul to Denizli - Izmir to Cappadocia - Cappadocia to Istanbul
- Hotel pick-up & drop-off services in Istanbul, Cappadocia, Kusadasi
- 4 Semi-Private guided tours in Pamukkale, Ephesus, Cappadocia
- Hot Air Balloon Ride (Optional - You can add that tour while booking)
- Professional tour guide who licenced by Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- Entrance fees of museums, national parks, ruins mentioned in the itinerary
- Transfers at the mentioned airports for domestic flights in the itinerary
- Breakfast (3)Breakfast
- Lunch (4)Lunch
- Dinner & Drinks
- Entrance fee of Ancient Pool (Cleopatra's Pool) in Pamukkale
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.
Operating hours.4:00 am
Itinerary
Day 1
Flight from Istanbul to Denizli - Pamukkale & Hierapolis Tour - Transfer to Kusadasi - Overnight at Kusadasi
11 Stops
1
Istanbul
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
2
Denizli Çardak Airport
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
3
Hierapolis & Pamukkale
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
4
Pamukkale Thermal Pools
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
5
Cleopatra Pools
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
6
Pamukkale
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
7
Karahayit
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
8
pamukkale tandem paragliding
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
9
Kusadasi
2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Kusadasi Castle (Pass By)
Okuz Mehmet Pasa KervansarayI (Pass By)
Accommodation: Included: When booking the tour, you have right to select your desired hotel category from a range of available choices.
Meals: Lunch
Day 2
Ephesus & House of Virgin Mary Tour - Flight from Izmir to Cappadocia - Overnight at Cappadocia
8 Stops
1
Kusadasi Gazi Begendi Park
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
The House of the Virgin Mary
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
3
Ephesus Ancient City
1 hour 45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Ephesus Terrace Houses (Pass By)
4
Selçuk
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
5
The Temple of Artemis
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
6
Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
7
Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR)
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Accommodation: Included: When booking the tour, you have right to select your desired hotel category from a range of available choices.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 3
Hot Air Balloon Ride (Optional) - Full-day Cappadocia Tour - Overnight at Cappadocia
11 Stops
1
Cappadocia Balloon Tour
3 hours • Admission Ticket Included
2
Urgup
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Goreme National Park (Pass By)
3
Goreme Open Air Museum
1 hour 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
4
TokalI Church
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
5
Ortahisar
40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
6
Avanos Oren Yeri
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
7
Uchisar Castle
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
8
Devrent Valley
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Fairy Chimneys (Pass By)
9
Cappadocia
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Accommodation: Included: When booking the tour, you have right to select your desired hotel category from a range of available choices.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 4
Full-day Cappadocia Tour - Flight Back to Istanbul
7 Stops
1
Keslik Monastery
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
2
Sobesos Ancient City
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
3
Uchisar
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
4
Pigeon Valley
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Kaymakli Underground City
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
6
Cappadocia
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
7
Istanbul
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Accommodation: Not included
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Not recommended for travelers who has claustrophobia
- The local tour operator can request your some passport details for the bookings of your flight tickets. If you do not share the details, your domestic flight tickets can not bookable.
- The local tour operator will send e-tickets of your domestic flights at six days before your departure date. You will not need the print out copies of the tickets for domestic flights. Your passport and reservation number on the tickets will be enough for check-in to plane. Please note that, the local tour operator will not do check-in because of the personal preferences of the guests.
- You will have 15kg luggage + 8kg hand bag quota per person for each domestic flight. If you will need more luggage capacity, please inform that to the local tour operator. There could be some extra fee for luggage quotas more than 15kg.
- If you do connect any flight which arranged by your own to departure/return flight of this travel package, you may have a risk about miss one of them. This risk is about the delay/cancellation by airlines companies. We do not suggest that to safety of your booking. If there is any glitch because of this type arrangements by you, the local tour operator is not going to be responsible.
- If your return hotel is different than pick-up hotel, please inform that detail immediately. If you inform that detail after organised your flight tickets, the local tour operator can request extra cost because of the distances between the airports and some hotels. If you inform this type changes on service day (last day of your trip), the local tour operator do not confirm this last minute amending and drop you to your pick-up hotel.
- The prices of package are valid for accommodation at the double or triple room. If you would like add accommodation on single room(s) to your booking, there could be supplement cost. There are not going to be any extra cost for bookings of single / solo travelers. They will already accommodate at single room.
- ACCOMMODATION EXPERIENCES : The pre-planned hotels are "Yunak Evleri Hotel", "Zeydem Suites Cave Hotel", "1811 Cave Hotel" in Cappadocia and "Charisma De Luxe Hotel", "Carina Boutique Hotel", "Efe Boutique Hotel" for your accommodation on this travel package. You may choose your hotel category while booking. If these hotels (which you preferred) are not available for standard/superior rooms on your travel dates, the local tour operator can replace it with an equivalent hotel.
- SEMI-PRIVATE TOURS : The guided daily tours of this trip package, limited to a maximum of 10 guests per group, provide an in-depth exploration of Cappadocia’s ancient sites and breathtaking landscapes.
- MONEY BACK GUARANTEE ! : Hot air ballooning is a fully weather-dependent activity and the Civil Aviation Authority determines whether the flight will be held. If your flight is cancelled due to inclement weather conditions, you are entitled to a partial refund. In such a case, your refund will be processed by the day after of that trip. Your refund rate will be the difference between options of "Standard Package" and "Optimal Package" for the cancellations of the hot air balloon ride.
- Hot Air Balloon Ride will be in “Standard Category”. This category ride has an One-hour approximately flight duration with 20 to 28 people capacity basket. The flight duration could be 50-55 minutes or 65-70 minutes. This situation depend the weather conditions before landing, and pilots are decide to that within the safety rules of Civil Aviation Authority. Total activity duration is approximately 3 hours.
- If you did not add Hot Air Balloon Ride to your booking for this trip package, you can not get any service for hot air balloon ride which advertised/offered at the paragpraph of the descriptions.
- If your pick-up / drop-off hotels are inside of airports (IST and SAW airports) the local tour operator do not provide any hotel pick-up / drop-off service in Istanbul.
- If you do not use any service or give up join to activities / tours / airport transfers, that's meaning is going to be last minute cancellation. Because of that, there is not going to be any refund for that.
- If you would like change your scheduled domestic flight(s) after organised them, the local tour operator can request new flight ticket cost. The flight tickets can not refundable after organized.
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults. If you will be 1 adult + 1 child, the local tour operator can request & charge the amount of 2 adults.
- The children who 5 years old and under are not allowed to balloon tours.
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 6 days in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.4
based on 18 reviews
Joyce_F, Nov 2025
The tour was outstanding. Excellent guides, comfortable lodging, comfortable transportation. We saw as much as we could absorb.
Rohina_V, Dec 2024
The first part of the Tour was Pamukkale & Ephesus. The Tour Guide Mr Mehmat & the the driver were at the airport on time to give a warm welcome.
The Hierapolis & Pamukkale Thermal Ponds were beautiful to experience & Mr Mehmat ensured a good explanation of each place & monument. All locations along the bus route were also being informed about. The night halt at Efe Hotel along the sea side at Kuşadasi was a good surprise & comfortable stay. The wonders of Ephesus was heartwarming especially the 3D Museum is an astonishing experience- a must see.
The tour to Pamukkale, Ephesus was very well managed meticulously planned to cover the important historical places. The stay at the Efe Hotel was indeed a cherry on the cake because of its sea side location. Mr Mehmet was curteous, cheerful & be extremely knowledgeable of the history and its chronological importance. His willingness to answer our questions made this tour an interactive and enriching experience. His photography skills helped us capture some beautiful memories.
The second part of trip was Cappadocia.
The tour to Capadocia was very well organised and managed for the duration of the visit. The stay in the Cave Hotel 1811 was an extremely beautiful and comfortable experience. The host were generous enough to look after us for even a small requirement.
Ms Fatima during the tour of Cappadocia was found to be extremely confident and knowledgeable of the historical places planned during the visit. The gp was also given adequate time to visit the site and clarify any queries. The lady was generous and kind and was very friendly with the group. The lady knows her job and conducted the tour with utmost spirit.
Overall an excellent experience thanks to the trip being well laid out & organised- whether the flight bookings, accommodations or touring.
Freesia Travels did an amazing job with providing comfortable travel, good guides & drivers.
Thank you
Response from Host, Feb 2025
Dear Guest,
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience!! The whole team puts a lot of work to make sure everything goes as smooth as possible :) They will love to know how much you enjoyed on our tour.
Thank you so much for you recommendation!
Kind Regards
alisegarris, Nov 2024
This was a great tour, saw a lot of amazing sites. Everything was well organized and ran smoothly. Highly recommend
Response from Host, Feb 2025
Dear Guest,
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience!! The whole team puts a lot of work to make sure everything goes as smooth as possible :) They will love to know how much you enjoyed on our tour.
Thank you so much for you recommendation!
Kind Regards
srgv778c84, Aug 2024
The whole experience was bad. We will put in a hotel in Cappadocia where the temperature was above hundred degree Fahrenheit without any air conditioning. Also, the hotel at Kusadasi was on a busy road with the room over the top of the road, which was very very noisy and loud I had paid for the premium package and was supposed to get a 4 or 5 star hotel. The only good thing was the driver and the guides they were real nice and knowledgeable. I think I should be reimbursed for the quality of the hotels. This is not the first time that I have used Viator, but this definitely will be the last time.
Michelle_J, Oct 2023
We had a great experience with our two tour guides: Mehmet in Pamakkule/Ephesus and Suleyman in Cappadocia. Flights & accommodations were easily coordinated and well scheduled. We knew exactly where to go and where to be at specific times. Provided meals were delicious and very filling and the guides provided great recommendations for dinner when requested. This experience was packed with a ton of information and a lot of different sights to see - be prepared for the fast pace and long days!
Response from Host, Jan 2024
Dear Guest,
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience!! The whole team puts a lot of work to make sure everything goes as smooth as possible :) They will love to know how much you enjoyed on our tour.
Thank you so much for you recommendation!
Kind Regards
Barbara_W, Nov 2022
Be aware this is compressed program including 4 flights, pickup at 4AM on Day1, and then arrive the hotel at 1AM on Day2 night (arrived at Cappadocia airport at 10:30PM, then waited in transfer bus about one hour to fill the bus full, took 1.5+ hours from airport to the cave hotel).
Enjoyed Day 1 and Day 2, the guide was knowledgeable and stick with program itinerary; however, the guide for Day 4 was more interested in pottery and carpet stores rather than what were listed in itinerary. We were in the pottery store one hour longer than the itinerary, then the guide decided to skip "Three beauties" -- they are the official symbol of both Urgup and Cappadocia. Suggest you to print out the detail itinerary with time slots, to make sure you get what you have paid for.
Haissam_D, Jun 2022
Great professional tour company. I had a great time on this trip and I was very impressed with the tour company. They always arrived on time to pick me up, were very accessible via whatsapp, and were very friendly. My tour guides Orman and Birck were pleasant and had a Turkish diploma in tourism so they knew their stuff.
Cappadocia was the highlight of the trip and I recommend you pay extra for the hot air balloon ride. It was magical!
Julie_Z, Feb 2022
I got picked up by tour guide a young lady Arzu and driver on time at the airport. During the 2 -day tour, Arzu was very patient very detailed giving me stories about the places we visited. Trip was smooth and I enjoyed very much ! Plus hotels company booked for me were awesome! Overall it is a wonderful experience and I wish I can go back to Turkey in the future again.
Lisa_S, Aug 2021
We were very excited for this trip. There is so much to see in Turkey. Positively, we enjoyed the sights. All were worth the trip. Our guides on the ground did a great job. Very hospitable and knowledgeable. Hotels were very good. Viator was responsive to emails and questions throughout the tour. Negatively, this is not a trip for an unseasoned travelled. It is a bit tiring over the four days. The fourth day tour was a bit redundant. The farther into Turkey we travelled, the more difficult the communication. We had some difficulties with arranged transport coming back to Istanbul. I did not get helpful responses to my email requests regarding this issue. Overall, amazing sites that were worth any issues we had.
Stuart_W, Feb 2020
Rabia was a wonderful guide to Pamukkale and Ephesus. Highly recommended. Very informative and transfers worked well.
esteniemandt2019, Oct 2019
Everything was well organised and it was worth it. The tour guides, drivers and just everyone was so friendly and nice.
Jimson_Y, Jul 2019
Visited all the 3 "must do" attractions: Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus.
Turkey is more than what we expected.
DavidMartins_Z, Aug 2024
Visitas a cidade antiga de Ephesus, Pamukalle terraços foram os melhores momentos. A guia foi muito o atenciosa e conhecedora de toda a história. As acomodações de transportes muito confortáveis e seguro. Agradeço pelo excelente serviço. Memorável!
josepablo_b, Dec 2019
Todo perfecto a no ser por el día de Pamukkale. Nos tuvieron esperando en un pueblo fantasma más de dos horas. El encargado, un tipo malencarado y desagradable no sabía dar explicaciones. Y todo ello en un local apestoso. Nada recomendable
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