Pamukkale Vacations, Pamukkale Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

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 walked in to the main event… the travertine terraces. You may have seen photos of this incredible place -- bright white formations protruding and “dripping” from the mountainside, filled with shi...

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

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

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 the water table and caused these wonderful cascading white limestone pools to stop forming. As a result what now exists is some dirty, grey lumps of crap almost devoid of any decent water. It was sti...