Pamukkale Tour

Pamukkale Tour
Early in the morning we will transfer you from your hotel Izmir, Kusadasi or Bodrum to the drive to Denizli Pamukkale. When you are coming to Denizli Pamukkale we will be drive to Pamukkale. We begin our guided Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour.

Shore Excursions Pamukkale Tour
Explore the ancient city of Hierapolis and experience the cascading Cotton Castle, Pamukkale on todays tour. We begin with the ancient ruins of Hierapolis where we visit the gates, bath, basilica, and the theater of Hierapolis from which you can see the tomb of St. Philip. We also visit the necropolis; here we see some of the best preserved tombs in Anatolia with more than 1200 roman sarcophagi, burial chambers, temples, and early Christian burial grounds. Your guide is an expert on the local region and will help bring the ruins to life as you imagine the daily life of the city and importance of the sites such as the Temple of Apollo. We continue our tour with an optional stop at the Ancient Pool or Cleopatras Pool where you can swim among that antique ruins and immerse yourself in the thermal waters (entrance not included). We continue down the calcium terraces, travertines created by the cooling of the minerals in the warm spring waters, you have time to bath in this natural spa. Take in the beauty and wonder which gave Pamukkale its name as the Cotton Castle.

Did you know that fact about Denizli Pamukkale ?
dramatic hillside location consisting of hot springs and travertine terraces, the stunning natural phenomenon of Pamukkale has been used as a spa for thousands of years. Approximately 400,000 years ago, modern Asia Minor experienced a series of devastating earthquakes. This resulted in the shifting in the valley of the Menderes River historically the Maeander or Meander and caused for the thermal waters lashing out to the surface. The hot springs which were created, as a result of this phenomenon, began to flow down to the surface of the plateau with incredible speeds (hundreds of liters per second). While these flowed, they simultaneously began to evaporate in the sun, thus resulting in the formation of travertine terraces and fancy slopes, which were filled with turquoise water. Because the water was saturated with carbonated calcium, the sediments, when solidified, resulted in the formation of white crystalline surfaces, terraces, stalactites, and pools. In this area, there are 17 hot water springs in which the temperature ranges from 35 AC (95 CF) to 100 AC (212 AF). The water that emerges from the spring is transported 320 metres (1,050 ft) to the head of the travertine terraces and deposits calcium carbonate on a section 60 to 70 metres (200 to 230 ft) long covering an expanse of 24 metres (79 ft) to 30 metres (98 ft).

Pamukkale is over 100 meters in height and can be seen from the town of Denizli, which is situated on the plains of the River Menderes, around 20 kilometers away. In spring, tadpoles can be found in the pools. Fascinating to watch, they look striking against the white of the travertine, and in the clear waters their every move can be clearly observed. Plutos Gate, also known as the Ploutonion, is a cave near Hierapolis that was formed by the same tectonic movement that enabled the hot springs of Pamukkale to emerge. The cave is filled with toxic carbon dioxide and was thought of as a passage to the underworld. In ancient times, ritual animal sacrifices were common and priests would enter the cave and survive by secretly finding pockets of oxygen to demonstrate that they had divine protection. It is said that Pamukkale has over a million visitors per year. Located close to the Mediterranean and Aegean sea, Pamukkale boasts of warm temperatures throughout the year. Although tourists do throng the place all year around, the best time to travel is usually springtime April to mid June.