Turkey - Pamukkale

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Pamukkale, meaning “cotton castle” in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The city contains hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water. It is located in Turkey’s inner Aegean region, in the River Menderes Valley, which has a temperate climate for most of the year.

Since Pamukkale is one of Turkey’s top attractions and a precious in the world with its cotton-look terraces, the number of tourists and local visitors is continuously increasing every year. Also, based on the fact that the waters (containing mainly calcium salts and carbon-dioxide, run off the plateau’s by depositing calcium while carbon-dioxide disappearing) are scientifically proven to cure many diseases, people have bathed in its pools.   

However, after the area was declared a World Heritage Site, Pamukkale is now covered by a comprehensive protection and construction plan and needed restoration work has already begun. Therefore, visitors do not forge that wearing shoes in the water is prohibited to protect the deposits.