Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Chalked Terraces of Pamukkale, Turkey

What looks like a winter wonderland is actually a summer landscape
with hot springs, crusted with calcium deposits. Pamukkale, in south
western Turkey, is a natural mineral-bath spa first built by the
Romans around a sacred hot spring and still open to the public as the
Sacred Pool today.The hot springs are said to be more than 2,000 years
old and the Romans first built the spa city at Hierapolis,
capitalising on the natural beauty and the hot springs’ health
benefits.

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