Pamukkale’s thermal springs and amazing travertine pools have been a magnet for those seeking therapeutic waters and spa treatments for thousands of years. The Pergameme kings founded a cure centre in Hierapolis about 190BC, and the city prospered further during Roman and Byzantine times. Even today, taking the waters for health reasons continues to be popular. (Although if you saw some of the "spa" waters we saw, you'd have second thoughts!)
It must be doing me some good? |
After a morning train ride, we opted to walk from
Pamukkale town, then up the travertine ridge, barefoot, passing various constructed
thermal pools. It was a little cold for
bathing, but this did not stop a number of bikini-bunnies from striking
calendar girl poses. Security guards
were kept busy tweeting whistles at tourists venturing carelessly onto pristine
calcium ridges to take photos of themselves (selfies). We found ourselves
wondering what people did before phones, digital cameras and facebook.
After sploshing our way to the top of the ridge, we prepared for a walk of Hierapolis. Sadly our arrival coincided with a cloud burst over the area and like everyone else we made a dash for the café and shelter. The rains continued (and set in for the night) so eventually we had to be rescued and returned to our hotel.
And pour it did as we reached Hierapolis...our tour sadly, was a washout (you could say it was ruined....) |
Frolicking on the travertine slopes |
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