Top Bodrum Art & Culture

Partake in one of Turkey’s most time-honored traditions during this exclusive visit to an authentic hammam, or Turkish bathhouse. Prepare to be pampered, with a VIP experience that includes sauna and steam room, peeling, soap massage, and aromatic oil massage. Indulge in a mud bath, or lounge in the salt room, before heading for an invigorating scrub. By the end, your massages will have you feeling relaxed and rejuvenated.

Combine a visit to UNESCO-listed Pamukkale Hot Springs with time to explore the Roman city of Hierapolis during this full-day excursion from Bodrum. Time travel to this former Roman settlement, exploring landmarks like the baths and ancient necropolis. Then head to the thermal pools for a soak in the mineral-rich waters, in use since ancient times. Entrance fees and a buffet lunch are included.

Treat your body like the temple it is with a 1.5-hour Turkish bath experience at a hammam in Bodrum. This refreshing hammam experience starts with a soothing sauna on a heated stone, follows with a healthy scrub and exfoliation, a purifying body and hair wash and ends with a calming oil massage. A traditional recipe to invigorate your body, this hammam will restore your skin and promote healthy blood circulation. Experience firsthand why hammams are renown for their health benefits and a great way to begin or end a holiday.

Visit the hot springs at Pamukkale and the ancient city of Hierapolis on a full-day tour from Bodrum. Have time to bathe in natural hot springs, walk along the travertine rock formations of Pamukkale, and more during a tour that includes lunch, dinner, and hotel pickup and drop-off.

Discover the ancient city of  Ephesus on this full-day trip departing from Bodrum. A comfortable air-conditioned coach takes you from your modern Bodrum hotel back in time 2,000 years, after a stop for breakfast (own expense). Your expert guide leads you through historic ancient Roman sights like the Temple of Hadrian, Library of Celsus and the Great Theatre. Enjoy lunch, included on the tour. This tour is great for history buffs and novices alike.

Wander the marble-paved streets of ancient Ephesus, see the UNESCO-listed terraces of Pamukkale, and visit the Roman spa city of Hierapolis on this 2-day trip from Bodrum. Witness Ephesus’ time-honored monuments including the Great Theatre and Library of Celsus on a guided walking tour of the well-preserved archaeological site dating back to the 2nd century BC. Then, visit the Greco-Roman city built above Pamukkale, with the opportunity to dip into its thermal pools. Three-star hotel accommodation, coach transport, and several meals are included.

Visit UNESCO-protected Ephesus and the House of the Virgin Mary on a full-day trip from Bodrum. Take a walking tour around the ruins of Ephesus, once a great Roman sea port. See highlights including the Library of Celsus and Great Theater, and hear about life here 2,000 years ago. Then, visit the House of Mary, where a chapel marks what many believe to be Mary’s last home. Lunch, entrance fees, and transport included.

Experience the rhythms of rural life in Turkey on a tour to a small village near Bodrum. Includes village tour, lunch with a local family, and round-trip transportation with hotel pickup and drop-off.

Marvel at Pamukkale’s grand geology as well as the historic ruins of Hierapolis on this day trip from Bodrum. Explore Pamukkale’s famed ‘Cotton Castle,’ other-worldly terraced calcium pools, and opt to swim in Pamukkale’s modern thermal pools or the Roman Cleopatra’s Pool for an additional thrill at your own expense. Pair the glories of nature with the magnificent architecture of man at Hierapolis, an ancient city not far from the pools. See life and death as it was during Greco-Roman times when you tour the necropolis. A delectable lunch is included in this tour.

Expand your beach vacation in Bodrum to include an overnight two-day adventure to Ephesus and Pamukkale. You’ll enjoy convenient end-to-end transportation with a private guide and go at an unhurried pace. First, visit the ancient city of Ephesus and then onwards to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Pamukkale. With three meals and accommodation at a four-star hotel included, all that’s left for you to do is enjoy the sights.

Pamper yourself pretty with a 1.5-hour Turkish baths experience at a Bodrum hammam! After a hotel pickup, sweat out any toxins on a traditional heated stone, have a vigorous exfoliating scrub, relax with an oil massage and enjoy a hair and body wash, too! Designed to thoroughly cleanse and soften skin as well as stimulate blood circulation, the centuries-old practice of visiting a hammam is well documented in its health benefits; it’s the perfect way to start your vacation and prepare your skin for a tan!

Spend a day on the Greek island of Kos with round-trip tickets from Bodrum on a high-speed catamaran or open ferry. With pickup and drop-off at your hotel in the Bodrum Peninsula, this 11-hour is a hassle-free way to explore the Dodecanese Islands, whether you’re interested in old town architecture, the ruins of an ancient city, a crusader castle, or just a day of sunshine and Greek cuisine.

Step into antiquity on a full-day trip from Bodrum to the Ancient City of Ephesus that explores the ruins of a thriving Roman port and Meryemana, the Virgin Mary’s House. With an experienced guide to lead the way through the historic sites you’ll learn about daily life, religion, and culture in ancient Ephesus, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This full-day Ephesus tour includes round-trip transport from the Bodrum Peninsula, lunch, and entrance fees at the Ancient City of Ephesus.

The Turkish bath is a place, where physical and spiritual cleaning takes place and is hundreds of years old. In 1741 Istanbul built its first public bath house in Sultan Mehmet. Natural lighting and izonic colored tiles create a relaxing atmosphere. When entering to Turkish bath, you leave all the hastiness of daily life outside, you exchange your clothes for a waistcloth and adorn the traditional clogs. Inside temperature reach up to 50 degrees celcius under the central dome of the building. This heat and humidite opens the pores of body and extracts the fatty anoils of the body in preperation for your scrub down and amassage by the attendant. After a gentle soap massage you leave the bath place with towels and pass to resting room. Here, tea is offered to you. You leave the Turkish Bath renewed, beautiful and refreshed.

Visit one of the best preserved Roman ruins in Turkey on a private full-day tour from Bodrum to Ephesus. Walk around Ephesus with your private guide and see the UNESCO World Heritage Site up close, with highlights such as the Library of Celsus and Marble Street. Afterward continue to the Temple of Artemis and the House of the Virgin Mary, and learn more about the history of the region.

Visit the extraordinary geology of Pamukkale and the ancient ruins of the Greco-Roman settlement at Hierapolis on this day tour and a highlight of your holiday to Turkey.

The tour begins by visiting the remains of the Artemis Temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Afterwards, it proceeds to the spectacular main site of Ephesus, undoubtedly the most superbly preserved Greco-Roman city. Unmistakable highlights surviving among the ruins are the Celsius Library, Agora, Theater, Odeon, Trajan Fountain, Domitianus Temple and Roman Latrines.

07:00am Leave for Pamukkale 09:00am Stop for a traditional Turkish breakfast 11:30am Visit the ancient city of Hierapolis 02:00pm Try some delicious samples of the Turkish cuisine 03:00pm Leave for Bodrum

Arrival transfer from Bodrum Airport or Bodrum bus station 7 nights hotel in Bodrum 7 breakfasts, 7 dinners Bodrum Aqua park Bodrum Village tour Boat Cruise including lunch Turkish Bath All entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking coach Professional English-speaking tour guides Return transfer to Bodrum Airport or Bodrum bus station

St Peters Castle Visit the Castle of St. Peter, the symbol of Bodrum. Today the castle’s rooms are used as a museum where finds from the Bronze Age, Mycenaean, Archaic, and Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine period are exhibited. The castle also houses the largest underwater archeological museum in Turkey. It is one of the few of its kind in the world. The reconstruction of a ship-wreck the museum itself is worth a visit. Mausoleum See what is left of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Mausoleum. The Mausoleum, King Mausolus’ tomb, is at the origin of the funerary monuments of great dimensions and sumptuous architecture. Mausolus was the ruler of the Caria Kingdom between 377 and 353 BC; he made Halikarnassos its capital. The Amphitheatre Visit the ancient theater The Theatre is located on the hillside overlooking Bodrum.

Enjoy the historical highlights on this full-day shore excursion from Bodrum port and learn all about the city’s dramatic history from your private tour guide.

This tour, which is prepared for those who want to know the city of Bodrum and learn thousands of years of it’s history, is active every day except Mondays (April 1 - November 30). After meeting with your guide, we walk in the narrow streets of the city of Halicarnassus - where Herodotus, the Father of History, once wandered. We visit the city's corridors from past to present. First visit is to Zeki Müren Museum- former house of the well known Turkish singer who was resident of Bodrum and than we stroll around the historical houses with interesting architecture in the Cretan neighborhood. We proceed to Naval Museum and we listen to the story of sailors and sponge-hunters identified with the history of the city and see one of the world's most important collection of sea shells. Visit the Mausoleum-one of the 7 Wonders of the World, and watch the breathtaking view of Bodrum from the Antique Theater. We see the windmills, cisterns and many other works of the Ottoman era in this tour.

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A visit to Ephesus which was once the commercial center of the ancient world, now the largest classical archeological site in the world, is a highlight of any visit to Turkey. The city with its splendid architectual program was dedicated to the goddess Artemis whose temple was once considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Pamukkale (Cotton Castle): A magical and spectacular natural site unique in the world situated by the ruins of sacred Hierapolis ancient city. The programs of the day tours to Ephesus and Pamukkale are combined together with an overnight stay in Pamukkale.