Pamukkale

This is the most well-known picture of this site. Does it look like ice or snow to you ? In fact this is limestone, dropped over hundreds of years by a hot spring. It has created naturel pools of hot water (about 37 Celsius degrees or 90 Fahrenheit).

The water is very famous for its therapeutic benefits.

Pamukkale (Cotton castle in Turkish) has been unfortunately destroyed by the tourism. A lot of hotels had been build on the site. This reduced the amount of water irrigating to the pools and little by little, the pools disappeared.

But, since it became part of the UNESCO patrimony, hotels have been destroyed. We just have to wait for mother Nature to do its works,slowly...

You can imagine the blast for the kids, a natural water park!

Then, we went, with bare feet, climbing to the top, through bassins and little waterways. In front of us, the big pools that are today unfortunately inaccessible.

 Maelle, Paul and Baptiste had a lot of fun. They really enjoyed climbing and playing in the water.

Next time, we will bring our bathing suit.

On top of the hill, we had the opportunity to visit Hierapolis, an ancient roman city... It will be our next post.