ancient ruins
Aphrodisias
Exquisitely preserved Greco-Roman city dedicated to Aphrodite, with a 30,000-seat stadium and dazzling marble sculpture: a quiet UNESCO detour off the Denizli–Aydın road.
34 km · about 40 min drive
Denizli, Turkey · Asia
Tavas sits on the route: 10 minutes from Kızılcabölük, 39km from Pamukkale.
Tavas is a town located in Denizli, Turkey. With a population of 11,584, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Tavas sits in Turkey, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Istanbul time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Tavas to your route.
Tavas is a municipality and district of Denizli Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,432 km2, and its population is 41,712 (2022). It is on a wide plain on the road to Muğla, near to the district of Kale (and often the two are linked in one breath Kale-Tavas).
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Tavas is located in Denizli, Turkey, Asia. The coordinates are 37.5735 latitude, 29.0706 longitude.
Tavas has a population of approximately 11,584 people, making it a town in Turkey.
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ancient ruins
Exquisitely preserved Greco-Roman city dedicated to Aphrodite, with a 30,000-seat stadium and dazzling marble sculpture: a quiet UNESCO detour off the Denizli–Aydın road.
34 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Terraced white travertine pools filled with thermal water cascading down a hillside, resembling a frozen waterfall of cotton.
39 km · about 45 min drive
ancient ruins
An ancient Greco-Roman spa city perched above Pamukkale's travertines, featuring an exceptionally preserved theatre and a vast necropolis.
40 km · about 45 min drive
photogenic
A 196m-deep crater lake edged with white hydromagnesite beaches and turquoise shallows, which NASA studied as the closest earthly analogue to Mars' Jezero Crater. Black pine forest runs down to the shore.
54 km · about 60 min drive
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