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Things to do in Denizli

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Sightlore has 13 places to explore in Denizli, and 13 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.

Denizli's must-sees

The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.

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    Pamukkale Archeology Museum

    Pamukkale Archeology Museum

    The Hierapolis Archaeological Museum or Pamukkale Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum located in the ancient city of Hierapolis within the borders of Pamukkale in Denizli Province, Turkey.

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    Laodicea on the Lycus

    Laodicea on the Lycus

    Laodicea on the Lycus, earlier Diospolis and Rhoas, was a rich ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, now Turkey, on the river Lycus (Çürüksu).

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    Hierapolis

    Hierapolis

    Hierapolis was a Hellenistic Greek city in Phrygia, in southwestern Anatolia, Turkey.

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    Pamukkale

    Pamukkale

    Pamukkale, (Turkish) meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of thermal spring water.

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    Ploutonion at Hierapolis

    Ploutonion at Hierapolis

    The Ploutonion at Hierapolis or Pluto's Gate was a ploutonion (a religious site dedicated to the god Pluto) in the ancient city of Hierapolis near Pamukkale in modern Turkey's Denizli Province.

Discovery routes in Denizli

Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.

  • Pamukkale and Hierapolis

    The white travertine terraces, the UNESCO-listed ancient city of Hierapolis, Pluto's Gate and the archaeology museum; on the way back, Laodicea.

    By car · 6 h · 25 km · 5 stops

Places to visit

Historic sites

  • Hierapolis

    Hierapolis

    Hierapolis was a Hellenistic Greek city in Phrygia, in southwestern Anatolia, Turkey.

    Has a story

  • Ploutonion at Hierapolis

    Ploutonion at Hierapolis

    The Ploutonion at Hierapolis or Pluto's Gate was a ploutonion (a religious site dedicated to the god Pluto) in the ancient city of Hierapolis near Pamukkale in modern Turkey's Denizli Province.

    Has a story

  • Laodicea on the Lycus

    Laodicea on the Lycus

    Laodicea on the Lycus, earlier Diospolis and Rhoas, was a rich ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, now Turkey, on the river Lycus (Çürüksu).

    Has a story

  • Akhan Caravanserai

    Akhan Caravanserai

    Akhan is a Seljuk caravanserai 7 km from Denizli on the road to Afyonkarahisar. Its covered hall dates from 1253 and its courtyard from 1254; the white-stone portal is richly carved.

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  • Beycesultan Hill

    Beycesultan Hill

    Beycesultan is an archaeological site in western Anatolia (Asia Minor), located about 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of the modern-day city of Çivril in the Denizli Province of Turkey.

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  • Heraclea by Salbace

    Heraclea by Salbace

    Heraclea Salbace, Heraclea Salbaces, Heraclea ad Albanum, or Heraclea Albace, or simply Heraclea or Herakleia, also transliterated as Heracleia, was a town of ancient Caria.

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  • Colossae

    Colossae

    Colossae, sometimes called Colosse, also identified by medieval writers as Chonae, was a city in Phrygia, in southern Asia Minor.

    Has a story

  • Tripolis

    Tripolis

    Tripolis on the Meander – also Neapolis, Apollonia, and Antoniopolis – was an ancient city on the borders of Phrygia, Caria and Lydia, on the northern bank of the upper course of the Maeander, and on the road leading from Sardes by Philadelphia to Laodicea ad Lycum.

    Has a story

Museums

  • Pamukkale Archeology Museum

    Pamukkale Archeology Museum

    The Hierapolis Archaeological Museum or Pamukkale Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum located in the ancient city of Hierapolis within the borders of Pamukkale in Denizli Province, Turkey.

    Has a story

  • Denizli Atatürk and Ethnography Museum

    Denizli Atatürk and Ethnography Museum

    Denizli Museum, also known as Denizli Atatürk and Ethnography Museum, is a national museum in Denizli, Turkey. Established in 1984, it is a historic house museum dedicated to Atatürk, exhibiting ethnographical items.

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Nature

  • Pamukkale

    Pamukkale

    Pamukkale, (Turkish) meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of thermal spring water.

    Has a story

  • Kaklık Cave

    Kaklık Cave

    Kaklık Cave is a touristic cave in Turkey.

    Has a story

  • Keloğlan Cave

    Keloğlan Cave

    Keloğlan Cave near Dodurgalar (Acıpayam) lies 3 km off the Denizli–Antalya road. It has stalactites and stalagmites along a 145 m visitor path.

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