Laodicea on the Lycus

UNESCO Tentative ListHellenistic–Byzantine9 km from Pamukkale

A rich Roman city across the valley from Hierapolis, known for its wool and named in the Book of Revelation as one of the Seven Churches of Asia. Excavations since 2003 have stood whole colonnaded streets back up.

Plan the visit Its place in history

Plan your visit

Time to allow

About 1–2 hours

For a first visit at an easy pace.

Stay in

Pamukkale

9 km away as the crow flies, so allow more on the road.

On a trip

Ephesus to the travertines

Day 4 of 4.

Hours and tickets

Check before you go

Opening hours and prices change: see muze.gov.tr (opens in a new tab).

Times are our estimates. Distances are straight lines.

Its place in history

Read the chapter before you go.

330 BC–AD 330Hellenistic and RomanAlexander’s successors and then Rome filled Anatolia with theatres, libraries, baths and colonnaded streets.

From here

Sleep nearby

Pamukkale

9 km. Hierapolis, the travertines, Laodicea and Aphrodisias.

Before this on the trip

Hierapolis

A Roman spa town on top of the white travertine terraces of Pamukkale, entered along a road lined with tombs.

The whole trip

Ephesus to the travertines

4 days, 7 places, İzmir to Denizli.

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Also nearby

10 km
Hierapolis
City & necropolis, Hellenistic–Byzantine
14 km
Colossae
Höyük / city, Phrygian–Roman
37 km
Aphrodisias
City, Hellenistic–Byzantine
museum
Hierapolis Archaeology Museum
Roman sarcophagi and statues
museum
Laodikeia Museum (Denizli)

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