Denizli, an important textile industrial town in Turkey, is located in the southwest mountainous area, about 200 km away from Izmir. The vernacular Pamukkale is composed of two characters Pamuk (cotton) and Kale (Castle). Cotton refers to the hard limestone terrain, which is as white as cotton and looks like a cotton ball from a distance.
Castle means that it is composed of the whole hillside, one layer after another, shaped like a castle, so it is named cotton castle.
There are many hot springs here. The hot springs flow down from the top of the cave and wash the hillside into a ladder shape. The spring water at the platform is stored into a pond, where people can sit and soak
Spring. The mineral deposits in the spring water color the whole hillside white, like open-air karst. From the top to the top, one side of the hot spring platform looks like a mirror, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds; from the bottom to the top, it looks like a volcano that has just erupted, with white magma covering the whole hillside, which is quite spectacular. The formation of cotton fort is due to the continuous gushing of underground hot spring water, which is rich in minerals.
Denizli, an important textile industrial town in Turkey, is located in the southwest mountainous area, about 200 km away from Izmir. The vernacular Pamukkale is composed of two characters Pamuk (cotton) and Kale (Castle). Cotton refers to the hard limestone terrain, which is as white as cotton and looks like a cotton ball from a distance.
Castle means that it is composed of the whole hillside, one layer after another, shaped like a castle, so it is named cotton castle.
There are many hot springs here. The hot springs flow down from the top of the cave and wash the hillside into a ladder shape. The spring water at the platform is stored into a pond, where people can sit and soak
Spring. The mineral deposits in the spring water color the whole hillside white, like open-air karst. From the top to the top, one side of the hot spring platform looks like a mirror, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds; from the bottom to the top, it looks like a volcano that has just erupted, with white magma covering the whole hillside, which is quite spectacular. The formation of cotton fort is due to the continuous gushing of underground hot spring water, which is rich in minerals.