Visiting the famous cliffside-hugging Pamukkale Thermal Pools is great, but gliding 3,000 feet above them in a picturesque Pamukkale hot air balloon ride? That's spectacular.
There's no better way to view the UNESCO-listed travertine terraces than this. Having been swept up from your hotel, you'll be dropped off at the take-off point. Against the crack of dawn, even this is a sight to behold. Watch the balloon billow and inflate as it transforms into your VIP sky carriage just in time for sunrise.
When your expert pilots have everything in place, you'll enter the basket and rise into the air for your Pamukkale hot air balloon ride. Float above tremendous Turkish terrain, while the pearly whites of the area known as Cotton Castle stretch away beneath you. Get a bird's-eye view of the 2,000-year-old Roman settlement, Hierapolis, with its ancient amphitheater and necropolis.
All that's left is to toast to your ride with a clink of champagne-filled flutes, as you take in the horizon and bask in the glory of planet Earth. No, we're not overdoing it!
