Any tourist visiting (resting) in Turkey can visit the thermal springs in Pamukkale (aka the ancient city of Hierapolis during the Roman Empire), which was built around 190 BC. Even from afar, an amazing picture opens up before travelers, as if the whole neighborhood is covered with snow? An extraordinary and exciting sight!
Some bright white terraces in a variety of waves descending downward are natural baths. The length of these lime deposits (travertines) is something about 3 kilometers, and the width is small, no more than 200-300 meters, then just a descent to the foot of this huge hill. Tourists are attracted here by the fact that you can swim in thermal springs, where Roman patricians, citizens and legionnaires bathed and wished to improve their health.
And, of course, the legend has already formed that it was here that the Egyptian queen Cleopatra bathed! Once upon a time in ancient times there were Roman baths on this site, which were then destroyed by a strong earthquake. The Phrygian city of Hierapolis in Asia Minor (as it was then fully called) is now called Pamukkale, and there are many ruins of the city of Hierapolis around, which also attract tourists here.
In our time, the city of Pamukkale with its hot springs was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1988. The flow of tourists here is huge and an excursion or accommodation must be ordered in advance, since there are no places during the summer holiday season! Hierapolis ... translated from Greek - the Holy City!
All photos are from the author's family archive.
(Translated via Google translator from Russian)
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