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PAMUKKALE
TOUR - COTTON CASTLE
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Pick
Up From Hotel |
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Tour
Includes : |
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Drive
to Pamukkale 'Cotton Castle' |
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Proffessional
English Speaking Guide |
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Lunch |
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All
admission fees |
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Visit the ancient city of Hieropolis |
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Air-Conditioned
Transport |
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Walk
on the terraces |
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Lunch |
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Free
time to explore or swim in the |
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Opertes
all year, everyday guaranteed |
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thermal
waters |
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departure
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Return
to hotel |
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(Price : 50$) |
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Champagne
Mountains
Pamukkale
: one
of the natural wonders of Turkey, the thermal spa with
its hot springs laden with calcareous salts. As the
waters spill down over the plateau edge they have deposited
their salts over the centuries to create an extraordinary
network of fantastical rock formations, gleaming white
staractites, cataracts and basins.
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Ancient
Pamukkale Hierapolis :
many visitors are so focused on the amazing rock
formations, they barely notice that the high plateau
is also the site of the ancient spa of Hierapolis,
built by Pergamon King in the Roman era, to gain
control of the springwater and harness its reputed
religious and mythical qualities. Most of the
ancient ruins are set back from the plateau edge;
the first group you come to as you walk "inland"
are the original Roman Baths, consisting of two
tall, vaulted rooms now housing a small museum.
Beside this is a "palaestra", or an
open coutyard for exercise, and behind it lie
the remains of a vast Basilicia with three naves,
thought from its size to have been the cathedral
erected in the 6th century when Hierapolis became
a bishopric. Further up the plateau stands the
restored "nymphaeum" and close by is
the Temple of Apollo, recognisable by its wide
flight of stairs. The modern road follows the
course of the original main street for a mile
(km) until it reaches the Monumental Gate to the
north, passing on the right the huge theatre,
still well-preserved and with some magnificent
carvings and reliefs. Do not miss the tombs that
line the old road out to Ephesus from this northern
gateway. Over 1200 have been counted, making this
one of the most extensive ancient cemeteries in
Asia Minor.
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Pamukkale Tours
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