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Curing thermal waters,
Pamukkale |
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Some other Thermal Complexes in Turkey
Eski Kaplıca-Bursa, Yalova
Kaplıcaları-İstanbul, Balçova
Kaplıcaları-İzmir, Çeşme
Kaplıcaları-İzmir, Pamukkale
Kaplıcaları-Denizli, Köyceğiz
Kaplıcası-Muğla, Bolu
Kaplıcaları, Balıkesir
Kaplıcaları, Kütahya
Kaplıcaları, Afyon
Kaplıcaları, Ankara
Kaplıcaları, Konya
Kaplıcaları, Sivas
Kaplıcaları PAMUKKALE
DENİZLİ - TURKEY Altitude: 428 m At Pamukkale ("Cotton
Castle") nature has produced a sight of spectacular beauty. For
thousands of years an underground spring located deep in the earth has been
pouring out streams of hot mineral-saturated water. As it has flowed down
the mountainside the steaming water has hollowed enormous circular basins in
the earth, and their rich mineral content has coated them in a smooth layer
of dazzlingly white calcareous rock.
To the ancients such beauty could only mean that the place was holy to
the gods. Built near the natural hot springs1 the grand city of
Hierapolis attracted a steady stream of pilgrims, who came to bathe in the
curative waters. Pamukkale is located 250 km from İzmir 100 km from
Aydın and 20 km from Denizli. The Pamukkale hot springs flow at a
rate of 400 litres per second. The various facilities can accommodate abaout
6,000 people/day total which amounts to 600 liters water/ person/day. Physlochemlcal characteristics and
indications The mineral-rich Pamukkale hot
springs are composed of calcium-magnesium sulfate and bicarbonate. They
contain carbon dioxide and have a radioactive content of 1,537 picokuri/liter
or 56 bekerel/liter. Water temperature is 36 to 380C with a PH of
6. Total mineral content is 2,430 mg/It. The waters are used both for
drinking and bathing. They are recommended for the treatment of rheumatic.
dermatological and gynecological diseases, neurological and physical
exhaustion, digestive maladies and nutrition disorders. Treatments and accommodation Throughout history Pamukkale has
been a famous spa, with both baths and open pools set into the snow- white
cliffs. Bath treatments take place at natural pools developed around the main
hot springs. Hot mineral water spas have been opened at a number of new, and
very comfortable hotels in the area. Total capacity is 4,000 beds. |
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Climatic conditions in Denizli Average monthly temperatures (0C) I II III
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Natural pools of Pamukkale |
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Hierapolis Holiday Village 180 rooms, 360 Beds Karahayıt-Pamukkale-Denizli Tel:+90 258 271 41 05 Fax:+90 258 262 48 46 Colossea Hotel Thermal **** 231 Rooms, 420 Beds
Karahayıt-Pamukkale-Denizli Tel:+90 258 271 41 56 Fax:+90 258 271 40 50 Richmond Pamukkale Spa **** 164 Rooms, 320 Beds
Karahayıt-Pamukkale-Denizli Tel:+90 258 271 46 06 Fax:+90 258 271 46 08 Polat Hotel **** 260 Rooms, 524 Beds
Karahayıt-Pamukkale-Denizli Tel:+90 258 271 41 10 Fax:+90 258 271 40 92 Pamukkale Richmond Hotel **** 315 Rooms, 642 Beds
Karahayıt-Pamukkale-Denizli Tel:+90 258 271 42 94 Fax:+90 258 271 40 78 Pam Hotel *** 158 Rooms, 320 Beds
Karahayıt-Pamukkale-Denizli Tel:+90 258 271 41 29 271 43 30 Fax:+90
258 271 40 97 Richmond Savanna *** 216 Rooms, 502 Beds
Karahayıt-Pamukkale-Denizli Tel:+90 258 381 73 81 Fax:+90 258 381 72 99 Lycos River Hotel *** 134 Rooms, 273 Beds
Karahayıt-Pamukkale-Denizli Tel:+90 258 271 43 41 Fax:+90 258 271 43 51 Denizli Provincial Department of
Tourism Tel:+90 258 264 39 71 242 08 40 Fax:+90 258 264 76 21 |
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