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Pamukkale Hotels

Pamukkale is situated 20 km from Denizli, near Mount Çökelen. Transportation is so easy and all kinds of transportation options are available from almost any Pamukkale hotel. Pamukkale has become one of the most highly visited cities in Turkey. It is many times pictured as on postcards or in commercial videos.

Inside Pamukkale lies the ancient city of Hierapolis where there are many interesting ruins and the famous “Cotton Castle” that is considered a must see.  Pamukkale is a very popular destination for short visits and is a World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO. Even though getting out of your spoiling Pamukkale resort hotel may sometimes not be that easy, this site is definitely worth a visit.

Today, Pamukkale is one of the main attractions and a highly visited area among the Aegean Region of Turkey. Visitors from all around the world throng to Pamukkale to witness the natural marvel of the place. Pamukkale also has a large historical past. The former name of the city is Hierapolis and remnants of the past make it a treasure trove of archaeological wealth

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Pamukkale is one of the most interesting places in the world and located 20 kilometres from Denizli, in the Aegean Region of Turkey. The town is famous for its unique geological formations and also for its historical remaining. Its geological beauty: the calcium oxide-rich waters flowed down from the southern slope of Caldag over the millennia. The Caldag is a small slope located north of the ruins. Consequently now you are able to admire this “cotton castle” with its snow-white terraces formed by the thermal waters cascading down the hillside.

 

Ancient Hierapolis (the holy city) founded by Eumenus II King of Pergamum in the II century BC, under the Roman domination 129 BC and grow up during the 2nd and 3rd century AD. Christianism came with the Apostle Philip who had been crucified here in the year 87 AD. The site called Martyrium of Saint Philip can be visited. In the vicinity there is Laodicea, one of the Seven Churches of Revelation.

 

Hierapolis during the Byzantine period was the metropolis of Phrygia Pacatiana. There was a great cathedral and a fortress within its walls. Recent excavations conducted by an Italian archeological mission restored many monuments, as the theater and the famous Necropolis.

 

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