Venus Hotel

Pamukkale


When prices drop outside of high season the Venus, with its garden restaurant and swimming pool, is a good deal. During peak season you get better value for money at its more modern sister establishment Venus Suite Hotel across the courtyard they share. The rooms are comfortable but humdrum and the bathrooms could use some modernisation.

It's particularly popular with Asian travellers.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Pamukkale attractions

1. Middle Gate

0.5 MILES

The middle gate to Hierapolis is at the bottom of the travertines, on the edge of Pamukkale village.

2. Gymnasium

0.87 MILES

Only a few Doric columns remain from Hierapolis' 1st-century gymnasium, which was one of the social hubs of the ancient city. An earthquake in the 7th…

3. South Gate

0.89 MILES

This entrance gate to Hierapolis is about 2.5km up the hill from Pamukkale village.

4. Byzantine Gate

0.89 MILES

The first monument you come to if you enter Hierapolis at the south gate is this 5th-century travertine block and marble gate.

5. Travertines

0.92 MILES

The World Heritage–listed saucer-shaped travertines (or terraces) of Pamukkale wind sideways down the powder-white mountain above the village, providing a…

6. Hierapolis Archaeology Museum

0.93 MILES

Housed in former Roman baths, this excellent museum exhibits spectacular sarcophagi from nearby archaeological site Laodicea and elsewhere; small finds…

7. Byzantine Church

0.93 MILES

Hierapolis' scant Byzantine church ruins are a bit of a jumble and difficult to decipher. They're behind the museum.

8. Temple of Apollo

1.04 MILES

The foundations of the Temple of Apollo at Hierapolis remain today. Once the heart of the city, this was where people came to consult the temple's oracle…