One of the most spectacular places I've ever seen. It's presence is simply amazing and from all angles. Walking up has to be done on bare feet which is actually very pleasant. The hot springs with the milky turquoise water looks surreal, but my feet were so soft afterwards. Would highly recommend a day trip here and the hot air balloon experience was out of this world!

Great place in nature to visit these travertine terraces. I parked in the upper car park. Walked around the ancient city and the amphitheatre first then went to the terraces. Great views over the town and the distant mountains. It was nice to walk bare foot in the thermal spring water on some of the terraces. The thermal spring water is very regulated now so only some of the terraces have water in them.

Totally worth a visit. We were there at 7am from the south entrance. There were people but few. The best looking pools are off limit to the visitors. Only pictures can be clicked next to them. City of Heliopolis is a good place to visit as well.

This place is breathtakingly beautiful. With the rolling hills in the background and fluffy clouds in the distance, ancient ruins surrounding the area, you are transported to another realm it seems. The water is lukewarm and the pools are clean and clear. Water is just knee high so it’s a pleasure to just wade around and get your feet wet. Some areas were closed off for cleaning. Quite a few photographers available to take memorable pics. Be sure to take a dip in Cleopatra’s pool. Water temperature is a little hotter. You can literally smell and taste the minerals in the water. The bottom of the pool is filled with loose pebbles and columns that collapsed in ancient times. Excellent setup for swimming with lockers and changing rooms easily accessible at a cost of 130 Turkish Lira. Most importantly, don’t forget to take a walk through the poppy fields up to Hades gate.

Not what it was. You may have seen pictures from the past. It has since lost its natural water flow. However saying that I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Absolutely beautiful. The south gate currently opens at 0630. Go early before the crowds. We'll worth getting up early.

Amazing place ! Easy to drive from Antalya or you can book a tour with the companies. The parking was easy and safe for 15Lira only. I saw the pictures before going but the experience was so much more amazing!! Beautiful white views with blue water, amazing stepping ponds. A bit too crowded mostly in the mid afternoon. its better to go early if you want to get some pictures with less crowd in it. The whole walk up was not too tiring but at some points hard on the foot as you're not allowed to wear shoes on the reserve. Still if you take multiple short breaks, it becomes easier. All in all a 5 star experience ! Totally recommended!

Second time visiting it and it’s worth. Good view and easy access. Can drive to upper South Gate, has car parking and in walking distance to both travertines and antique ruins. Prices and quality of food and drinks are not good though. I visited in March, it was freezing and pumping to many places wasn’t active, better visit warmer times

It's a great place. But you need to walk barefoot. Anyway, it's a great feeling walking on clay. There are two entries. U can use both. Up there is Cleopatra antique pool, museum, and antique city. You can eat also there but expensive. And down there some Chinese, Japanese, and Indian restaurants. If you come here at midday there is a queue but earlier in the morning no wait.

This was an amazing experience. The water feel great however, I do wish there was more of it. I would recommend going in the springtime and not summer. Don’t forget to explore the ruins and bring your own stuff so you don’t have to pay for overpriced water and snacks. I also recommend you start your day early. There are multiple entrances and its very easy to get in from all sides.

We drove 3.5 hours to visit this place. Initially we were afraid that this place would not live up to our expectations, as the pictures looked so incredible. The site rents electric golf carts to make transport around this huge areal easier. There are also great swimming opportunities, in addition to all the sights. Highly recommended.

The opening hours here start at 6:30 in the morning. I recommend arriving before sunrise as it is incredibly beautiful. During the midday hours, the sun can be quite blinding, especially when it shines on the white areas of the mountains, almost blinding. Nonetheless, the scenery is unforgettable. Remember to bring sunglasses.

Well worth a visit to this ancient site.might take you a bit of travel time.But the.mineral pools are extra. It's a large scale site so a fair bit of walking is required. The Mineral/salt pools are an amazing and scenic view of nature itself. But take extreme care, it's very slippery to walk on. And nice sunset caps it off.

Great place, there were about 5 empty pools of water, the water wasn't that warm. Entry is expensive for non turkish citizens! 700 TL I reckon save it for the off season, there was over 1000 people here in the last week of August, and it was Jam packed. I parked on the Northern entry, big mistake, the walk to the white pools was 30 minutes. There is a small mini bus that drives from the north entry to the white pools, and it was about 30tl for the 5 min ride.

Amazing miracle of the nature. You can’t see things like this on another place. Unique formations and water. The bottom in the water is clay and people often put it on their bodies. Our visit(on saturday) was so crowded we couldn’t get past each other. 700 turkish lira per person for entrance but first you have to wait around 30 minutes in the queue. I recommend visiting in the early hours of the day. It was boiling hot and even the winds were warm.

Beautiful and full of history . The pools were not as full as most pictures but that maybe because of time of year and little rain fall. The ruins are very interesting . Wear good walking shoes and be aware you must be barefoot on the travertines ..

The images which you must have seen earlier online, now the water in many of those areas has dried up. Some sections are still beautiful but not every inch. If your visiting in the summer remember to go there early in the morning. This place has two entrances. The north entrance opens at 8 am the south entrance which is a liitle far away from city centre opens at 6 am. You can see the hot air balloons from here if you visit before 7 am. There is an entry ticket of 700 TL per person which includes the travertines, appolo theater & the remains of the old city. If you visit early in the morning its not too crowded & you can take good photos. Its not wheelchair accessible. Do not wear shoes wear slippers instead as you have to remove any footwear before stepping on the white surface so it would be easier to carry them.

An amazing experience (minus the crowds). Walking with shoes is not allowed on the travertines, so please, don't try to cheat! As the effects of global warming reach these natural wonders' areas, more of the small pools are drying up and some sections are starting to chip off. Please, take care when you visit, so our generations can enjoy too... Enter from the bottom entrance and walk up to the top to experience the whole area! At the top, you can enjoy a museum and the Cleopatra pool - separate entrance with a few but so worth the experience! You can pick up your belongings for a small refundable fee. Highly recommend a late afternoon visit to watch the sunset. Amazing!

Very extraordinary. Shame though that price for foreigners is 700 TL and free for locals. Not very crowded out of season (November's Monday), especially if you use lower entrance. Bring warm socks (and swimsuit for Cleopathra pool), as we were allowed to walk in them and then remove them before entering hot springs section.

Must visit spot when in Turkey. Enter from the South Gates as that is the top entrance. Parking also available if you drive there yourself. Herapolis ruins are also visible and accessible. The thermal pools were amazing. Recommend walking down to the furthest pool to avoid some crowds.

Amazing place. We have been in January, we entered from the village gate and the water down was cold. So you need to go up barefoot to find a warm source of water ) I think January is a nice time to visit as there are not so many tourists. Especially, after travertines it is so nice to swim in Cleopatra pool when the air is +12 and water inside the pool around 40-50 Celsius.

Great experience. Care should be taken as it can be slippery. Sad to see so many people ignore instructions on not to wear footwear and damage this beautiful natural formation..

Nice but ruined by too many people visiting this place. Water is not filed in all terraces and first ones are no longer white as it used to be. It's very slippery to walk around. The Cleopatra pool was nice with hot thermal water to get some rest and the amphitheatre is well preserved.

Amazing experience! A must-see during a Turkey visit. Walking up the cotton castle, you have to remove your shoes, and you can feel the water coming down the hill. Reaching the top, you have a giant Hierapolis antique city.

This is definitely somewhere to experience. We came here in 2016, so great to visit again. Plenty to see, walk around ... and experience. Take a bathing costume - amazing ! Given its out of season, there were still a lot of tourists, but plenty of space to wander and get a good feel of this unique place.

Had a very decent experience there. There's nothing much left to see it now. The place is very crowded. Do not go for paragliding there. It's not worth the hype. You can find better places for paragliding

So worth visiting, must go if you’re having a trip there. Do visit in the early morning to avoid the crowd, you can experience the the silence and beauty of the place much better We stay in the hotel nearby the night before and enter from main entrance at 8:30. Also heard that you can enter from South Gate at 6:30 but not sure if it’s right or not. It’s not that much people at 8:30 but become much crowed after around 9:30am It’s very cold to walk barefoot in nov (especially early morning) so probably better to visit in summer time, you can also get warmer to get your foot into the warm water flowing in the little “river” too

This place was amazing, spent 5 hours there. There is a lot to see. Toilets are clean and there is entry fee. If your a Turkish citizen buy a museum card which will only cost you 60tl. Take your swimming costume with you if you would like to enter cleopatras pool. Separate fee for the pool.

Great place to visit but mega busy! More so on the parking and around the limestone part. still plenty of room to get away from people if you want. Food and drink expensive and make sure to bring a hat!

Overall it was a nice place to go to, however; like most tourist attractions in Turkey, there were a lot of fellow tourists. The water terraces were running dry, was told by the locals that this is the long term trend. It may be that they are taking too much water from the local aquifers thus reducing the water for the terraces. A looming disaster as a result of a booming tourist industry.

What a place. We arrived quite early so pretty much no one was there. The entrance fee is quite cheap. You do have to walk bear footed which does hurt a little but if you dip your feat in water it stops. The walk up is not too long and offers plenty of views of half filled pools. Once you get to the top you can see the main viewing point. Everything looks like snow and it looks quite cool in pictures.

Use your Museum Pass to beat the queues, you can just scan it at the barrier yourself. You'll need to take your shoes off to enter the salt flats, I'd recommend wearing a swimsuit or shorts. The North Entrance opens at 6:30, and even then there are a dozen or more people waiting (you'll get a nice view of hot air balloons). We were the only ones with the museum pass so we avoided any queues thankfully. If you want to avoid the massive hordes of tour groups, which start to arrive as early as 7:45AM, you should spend the night beforehand in Pamukkale and come at 6:30AM. For pictures without people, head straight to the springs and view the rest later (I spent some time wandering around first and wish I went directly here). Also... TAKE YOUR PURSE/WALLET WITH YOU!! There were only a few people, so I stupidly left my purse by my shoes... You can easily spend a good half-hour or longer walking in the travertine springs, so by the time I got back (8AM-ish) there were around 100 people. While my cards were fine, my money disappeared. It could have been anyone so I didn't bother pursuing it. Maybe I just got unlucky coming at the same time as someone with sticky fingers.

Beauty of Nature, I love it ❤️ ..better to get there on winter or spring because have more water in pools .....recommended to park on top ( southern gate ) ....quiet hard for elders to walk in ....700 lira for full ticket including heritage area and museum

You don't need swimming shorts! The deepest "pool" will get to your knees. Bring water shoes if you want to move fast and walk to the last pool then make your way back to the first pool. You can buy your tickets online for a few extra dollars and save an hour the ticket line takes. Don't rent the golf carts, not worth the money it's an easy walk.

Pamukkale is indeed a geographical wonder. It's a very unique place that I think is worth visiting. However, there are a few things that you should know before coming here. It's incredibly overcrowded and the pools of water are pretty tough to access, both due to overcrowding and the blurriness of the water, which makes it hard to find a good spot to put your foot down. Also you should avoid coming here between 12:00 and 4:00 PM in the Summer since the temperature becomes unbearable. Make sure to bring sunglasses, sunscreen and a bottle of water. You'll need to walk for at least 15 to 20 mimutes between the ancient ruins in order to reach the pools.

This place is beyond amazing. The travertine terraces r spectacular. The area was clean and well looked after. People from over the world were here. There is this clay there that u can spread on your e.g. shoulders as natural sunscreen. The water and clay r deemed healthy. The water is surprisingly warm. However, the transportation around the adjacent acient city of Hierapolis - definitely worth seeing - as well as the refresments are incredibly overpriced.

Such a feast for the eyes, what an incredible place to visit...Definitely add it to your list. Go early to a avoid the hat and the crowds and you can get some stunning pics of the sun coming up