Opening Hours on Pamukkale

The Pamukkale travertine terraces and the archaeological site of Hierapolis form one ticketed site with fixed hours. The South Gate and the North Gate both open at 08:00; in winter the gates close at 18:00 and the pedestrian way up from Pamukkale village closes at 17:00, while in summer the site stays open into the evening (the 2026 season ran to 21:00). Outside those hours the site is closed, and some facilities inside it keep shorter hours than the gates.

Hierapolis Archaeology Museum is open every day from 08:00 until 17:00, and is no longer closed on Mondays. This is the building that encloses the original Roman Baths and houses a display of the smaller and more fragile finds from the site such as coins and other small objects in one of its three galleries. The other two galleries are given over to statues and sarcophagi respectively.

Antique Pool Spa - Cleopatra's Antique Pool, where you may swim in the health-giving waters among the fallen columns of the Temple of Apollo, is charged separately and keeps its own hours inside the site day: confirm the current window at the gate before you plan a swim.

The travertines are inside the ticketed site: they can be walked only while the gates are open — the gates close at 18:00 in winter (17:00 on the pedestrian way from the village) and at 21:00 in the 2026 summer season.

See also: Planning an evening visit? Our guide to Pamukkale at night: the Night Museum (Gece Müzeciliği).