Pamukkale Tour Plan | Cotton Castle Ponds | Travel West Turkey

00:43 - Pamukkale is near Denizli and these are ponds of magnesium, thermal water. They are very famous.

00:52 - Pamu means cotton and Kale means fortress. The Turkish word we use in Urdu as well.

00:57 - It is about 4 hour road journey in 55 Lira ticket.

01:03 - We will stay here for 2 days and visit Pamukkale, Roman Theater, Ancient City, Graveyard and a small lake. It is 12 and our bus will leave at 1 o’clock.

01:18 - I was checking bus station after buying ticket.

01:22 - Antalya is an original tourist destination.

01:24 - A tourist finds every kind of facility here.

01:30 - It is about 4 hours travel. I traveled last time in winter.

01:35 - This time I am going in summer on this beautiful road.

01:39 - I will show you its road. Let’s go with the name of Allah.

01:50 - Our was near Clock Tower in Antalya. We paid 50 Lira each to reach bus station.

02:28 - Before traveling from one city to an other, you need to hand it over to your hotel manager or tourist Operator. They will generate your QR code. It is very important, they may find difficulty without it.

02:48 - We asked our hotel manager because as long as Corona issue is going on, QR code is important.

02:55 - You need first page picture of your passport. They generate it and send it to you through Whattsapp.

03:03 - We had them and they checked it as well. Keep this important point in your mind.

03:17 - We reached Denizli in 3:30 hours and sat in Pamukkale bus which took us there in 25 minutes.

03:37 - I have reached my hotel. When you get down at Denizli, you find buses for all areas in the basement. You can easily find bus for Pamukkale. They charge 5 Lira and it is 14km away. It is a pleasant journey. Clean and less traffic.

03:59 - We have come out of Istanbul rush and now we are in Denizli. We will stay here for 2 days.

04:09 - I have told you the places where we will go.

04:13 - We will rest here to get rid of Istanbul and Antalya fatigue. We have spared a day for rest here.

04:22 - We will get fresh here Inshallah. I personally like this area very much.

04:32 - I had 2 options of Izmir or Pamukkale. I had not visited Izmir before but I came Pamukkale again.

04:40 - We will find cotton castle, Roman theater which is also found in Izmir. I came for Abdul Rehman.

04:51 - He has also liked this hotel very much. It is PKR 5000 (about 30 USD) per night hotel. I will show you hotel, breakfast for 2 people, swimming pool. I don’t think there would be a better deal. We will change now.

05:11 - Will explore then. It will be great fun. Stay with me.

05:58 - In our platter, there is chips, 4 chicken sticks, as usual my favorite green chili, tomato and onion.

06:08 - There are some rice and bread as well. We have got some salad also. It contains tomato, cucumber, carrots and lemon.

06:24 - We are going to eat to our maximum capacity.

06:28 - We took breakfast and walked for 4:50km. If you cannot live without strong spices, keep a chili ketch up with you.

06:42 - I eat without much probelm. They have served bread and rice. You can chicken stick with both of them.

06:56 - Bismillah! I try one morsel with it.

07:09 - Eat a lot of salad in Turkey. It is exquisite.

07:13 - It is a bit expensive as it costed me 20 Lira.

07:18 - You can find it in 10, 12 Lira in Istanbul.

07:20 - There is difference of rate when you come far.

07:52 - We will see very different locations today.

07:57 - Please keep quite. The vehicle has arrived to pick us from our hotel.

08:01 - We have booked a guided tour because a guide gives you better information about ancient city and relics. It is nearby and we can go on foot as well.

08:38 - Some people have reached here from other cities so they are having breakfast now. It is 11 in the morning.

08:49 - We stayed in Pamukkale so we had our breakfast.

08:53 - We have reached our spot and out trip will start now.

09:01 - They are starting from Ancient City. They will take us to Hierapolis afterwards. Then we will see magnesium ponds of Pamukkale. They are very different and one of a kind. You may not find them anywhere else. We will enjoy a lot.

09:23 - Cleopatra’s pool. We will start after their breakfast.

09:41 - We have reached on base through vehicle. We are standing in from of Hierapolis and our giude is guiding us that this is today’s plan.

09:53 - I am in great hurry to reach Cotton Castle.

10:04 - When it rained on those mountains, the water would react with their soil which is of different kind, this process would exclude Carbon Monoxide leaving only Calcium Carbonate behind. You can find a lot of that here. White terraces are there. These are thermal water pound this area is called Cotton Castle due to them. Fortress of Cotton they mean.

10:42 - There is no chance of bathing because it is hot.

10:46 - People bathe and sweat at the same time. Let’s see their experience.

11:03 - The rule for gents is to wear a long nicker.

11:09 - There is no rule for females but they have to wear something.

11:14 - People are readying here. The guy is selling masks.

11:20 - It’s absurd rule. 12 people are bathing in one tub.

11:25 - There is no Corona threat? It is tricky to walk on powder because it’s slippery.

11:41 - It’s not dangerous overall. Foreigners believe that Calcium Carbonate is very useful for human body and skin. They apply it on their body and sit in the water.

12:34 - We are easy but foreigners are excited on different spot.

12:43 - You get perfect pictures here. They have built 1km park here with water ponds on different places.

12:51 - It is 1:50 feet deep water you cannot swim but sit only.

12:57 - According to them this water heal your body.

13:05 - Look at them, healing is in process. Why not to get some healing for myself.

13:15 - There is Pamukkale village and those mountains are in Denizli city about 14 to 15 km away.

13:22 - I have noticed that children of the white people also weep a lot. All children weep everywhere.

13:34 - I thought only our children weep but their children are also weeping a lot. We got calm that it’s equal.

13:42 - The scolding of our children is taken back.

14:11 - Hot air balloon and paragliding activities are also available in Pamukkale. Hot air balloon package starts from 100 Euros.

14:21 - There are pomegranate orchards around Denizli.

14:23 - They squeez its juice including its peel and it is the healthy way.

14:53 - After Cotton Palace, we have yet to visit thousands year old city of Heirapolis, Roman Theater, Cleopatra Pool and have food. Will bring it soon in next episode.

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