Aphrodisias / How to get there
Driving Directions
From Mugla:
Take the E330 towards Denizli. Follow this road up and around mountains and across plains (it is a very scenic journey) until just before you get to Tavas, where there is a set of traffic lights with Aphrodisias (brown sign) signposted off to the left. It is about 35km from here, next to the town of Geyre. Total distance is approximately 150 kms, allow 2 to 2.5 hours by car. The car park is about a mile from the site - but a free tractor ride is provided from the car park to the ticket office.
The site has a bar, a shop and toilets. If you wish to eat a proper meal, continue on along the main road and you will find restaurants on the left within a km or so (a particular favourite is the Anatolian). Although they cater primarily for coach parties, the food is good, and you will get served quickly.
Aphrodisias is not actually very far from Pammukkale / Hierapolis, probably less than an hour. However, unless you plan to stay over, the advice would be to not try to do both in one trip – either of these sites justifies a whole day in its own right, and to fit both into one day would not do justice to either.
Take the E330 towards Denizli. Follow this road up and around mountains and across plains (it is a very scenic journey) until just before you get to Tavas, where there is a set of traffic lights with Aphrodisias (brown sign) signposted off to the left. It is about 35km from here, next to the town of Geyre. Total distance is approximately 150 kms, allow 2 to 2.5 hours by car. The car park is about a mile from the site - but a free tractor ride is provided from the car park to the ticket office.
The site has a bar, a shop and toilets. If you wish to eat a proper meal, continue on along the main road and you will find restaurants on the left within a km or so (a particular favourite is the Anatolian). Although they cater primarily for coach parties, the food is good, and you will get served quickly.
Aphrodisias is not actually very far from Pammukkale / Hierapolis, probably less than an hour. However, unless you plan to stay over, the advice would be to not try to do both in one trip – either of these sites justifies a whole day in its own right, and to fit both into one day would not do justice to either.