Pamukkale means Cotton Castle in Turkish. This is a place where hot calcium-laden waters spring from the ground, fall over a cliff and form magnificent shining white terraces and pools filled with warm water. People have journied to bathe here for thousands of years.
In this place of natural beauty, Roman royalty once created at spa center in the second century BC. They built the spa city of Hierapolis around a holy hot-water spring. The Sacred Pool is still present today and travelers can bathe here simply by paying an admission fee.