I have seen pictures of Pamukkale
so of course, I wanted to go there, and I am so glad I did.
Pamukkale which means “cotton
castle” is a hill full of terraces formed by mineral thermal waters in the
center of Turkey.
As you
get to the park (35 TL = $ 11.96) you walk up the white mineral formation
toward the natural pools in the terraces.
As the walk is over the mineral,
you have to walk bare foot. I don’t like to be bare foot, much less walking on
stones, so I put my river shoes and I went up.
The white
mineral waters in the pools are only one to two feet deep, just enough to sit
in the water and get wet. These waters
are rich in chalk, calcium, travertine and limestone. These are slightly radioactive minerals and they
are supposed to be great for ailments, as arthritis, muscle aches, and many
other aches and pains. Of course just one day and a little dip won’t do
anything to you. You will need to go there for at least one week to see any
results, if there are any.
Of course, where there are thermal
waters, they were Romans. They built a
spa circa 190 BC next to the terraces.
There are ruins of a Roman Theater,
a necropolis (5 TL = $ 1.71) with some sarcophagus and an antique pool with submerged
Roman columns as the result of an earthquake (32 TL = $ 10.93). Of course I went
swimming in the thermal waters of the antique pool. I sat at one of the columns
until my fingers stared to wrinkle and to look purple. Event that I did not
want to get out I did. I was so relax, I
felt great!
I did some more walking to see the
ruins of a church and some of the gardens, and then back to the terraces.
On the way down I took a dip in all
the terraces once again.
It was a great day, very beautiful and
relaxing.
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