This post is Part 3 of a series covering our trip to Turkiye, featuring Pamukkale.
Pamukkale, (Turkish pronunciation: [paˈmuk̚kale]) meaning “cotton castle” in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of thermal spring water. It is located in Turkey’s Inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes valley, which has a temperate climate for most of the year.
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We arrived here from Kusadasi by bus.
This area has been drawing visitors to its thermal springs since the time of classical antiquity.
The Turkish name refers to the surface of the shimmering, snow-white limestone, shaped over millennia by calcite-rich springs. Dripping slowly down the mountainside, mineral-rich waters collect in and cascade down the mineral terraces, into pools below.
In the evening, we sat by the lake to wait for our bus to the next destination.
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