Pamukkale Travel Blogs

Actually we were on the way to Esme, but since we had to pass Denizli on the way, I thought it would be nice to see Pamukkale (cotton castle) again, as I have not been there in a long time. My intention was to give y'all a nice summary of the trip, but my laptop is still broken and I cannot find th…

After having Turkish Menemel breakfast I left the hostel for Pamukkale. This Atilla Hostel located 5 km outside Selcuk and on the main road to Denizli ( Pamukkale’s next main town). The Dolmus brought small amount of travellers daytripping to Pamukkale from Selcuk and took about 3 hours journey. …

DAY THREE of the Beaches & Ruins Road Trip: PAMUKKALE.  Hallelujah, we managed to beat most of the tour buses to Pamukkale! We arrived at the gate just before the opening time of 8am and it was relatively quiet. We parked at the north gate (many buses were parked at the south gate) and wal…

People i met here who contributed to, and improved my trip: Eric and Dave (USA) Mustafa GH, 35 triple bbq bargaining, travertine lit up, beers and cards and net at hostel bed nearly 2am   Raining, breakfast, burned CDs 1pm walked up – no ticket! ruins, theatre…

A tour of Turkey: one of my best travel with hundreds of pictures!

Turkey is a vast and varied country boasting incredible landscapes and natural wonders bordered by four different seas.

Turkey is a country which for me, and I think others too, doesn’t quite hit you with the scale of its geographical spread until one steps out of the bubble of Istanbul and is forced to start to really scrutinise the map of The Rest of The Country.  Travelling through Turkey one is constantly…

·         “Cotton castle” -    White rock cataracts created by hot spring rich in calcareous salts   ·         Ancient City of Hieropolis

After exploring Pamukkale we ventured into the nearby ancient Greek city of Hierapolis. I loved it! Again me and old stones :P:PFrom what I read the ancient city was known as a healing city. Many ancient peoples would retire and relocate here to bath in the healing waters of what is presently known…

One day trip for Turkish thermal waters

Two hours later near sunset, we arrived at Pamukkale and stayed until after sunset. I didn't really have time to visit the ruins there called Hierapolis, it had a large theater too. The city with the thermal springs was a popular spa resort. It also had one of the largest ancient graveyard in Anat…

The next day we went to Parmukkale however no one had told me that the place looks nothing like it’s advertisement photos.   The photos of course are all from the 80’s before tourism and poor environmental managemanet destroyed this once-beautiful location. Over development has lowered t…

I spent two weeks in Turkey with Henri. Henri's parents have a holiday apartment in Alanya, so we stayed there most of the time and made some trips around.

Pamukkale - u must see it! It`s amazing

  Pamukkale means “cotton-castle” in Turkish and this is an apt description as when one approaches the cliff-face where the terraces of the cascading waters are found they are pure white in colour and resemble huge tufts of cotton that have been spread over the cliff. We drove up to th…