Pamukkale Guide - Travel Information

Denizli, Turkey, Europe
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Pamukkale Travel Information:

Pamukkale, This is natural wonder, famous for its white terraces, is 14 km from the city of Denizli and just to the north of Pamukkale village.
Having been included in the list of " World's Cultural Heritages" by UNESCO, Pamukkale has become a tourstic centre popular with local visitors as well as foreign visitors.
Terraces have been formed on the side of a hill some 400 m above sea-level. The Limestonebearing water originates from a natural spring with a temperature of 35 °C. When the lime settles, the sight resembles heaps of cotton. It is due to this resemblance that this region is called Pamukkale, which means "Cotton Castle".
The Pamukkale terraces are spread over a 4 km wide area. With its pools of water, and travertines, these terraces offer visitors unending pleasure at sunset with the tricks of light played.

Visitors are permitted to walk upon the terraces and this is one of the saddening reasons that it is difficult for formations to take place during the tourism season. The appearence of the terraces is being effected as well, because their apperance has become darkened and yellowish. Fortunately, between tourism seasons, the terraces are renewed and once again regain their unmatched beauty.

The hill where the terraces are found , has the antique city of Hierapolis at the top of it. In the north -west of this historic city, situated within the village of Karahayit, and made up of a hot water spring carbonic asid, there is a small, colourful terrace which is an astonishing natural wonder.

Also in the region of the antique Hierapolis, there are the Pamukkale Kaplicalari (thermal springs) which are beneficial for the treatment of digestive and respiratoty problems, circulation disturbances and rheumatism.

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