Hierapolis

Please join me in a whirlwind trip to Istanbul, Izmir, Kusadasi, Aphrodisias, Colossae, Hierapolis, Laodicia, Philadelphia, Sardis, Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergmum, Thyatira and the Turkish countryside.

... Site, is an archaeological museum like Troy, and dates to the first half of the 3rd century BC. Hierapolis and Travertines became a luxory health resort where doctors used the hot thermal springs to treat their patients in the calcium ...

... (mid-afternoon) Temperature:   18 degrees Weather:  sunny with cloudy periods =============================== Founded in 200 BC, Hierapolis's thermal springs made the city a popular spa during the Hellenistic times.  Today, as the ...

... had become spoiled the past couple days with minimum crowds, but this was insane.) I opted to instead wander around the ruins of Hierapolis for a bit, which are adjacent to Pamukkale. I walked about 1 km to the end of the ruins and doubled back wandering ...

... , strolling through fields of wildflowers, and enjoying the warm weather. By 6:30, we had reached the theater at Hierapolis -- another marvel of ancient architecture and engineering. We'd been impressed by the stadium and theater at Aphrodisias, but we ...

... the sky and actually reminded us of the Columbia ice fields.  And if you are disappointed with the state of the travertines...then Hierapolis makes up for it.  Ưn some ways we enjoyed it even more than Efes.  One great thing is that we ...

Other than the amazing white calcium-formed pools, Pamukkale also offers humble Hierapolis.  Simply an ancient city from around 200 B.C., Hierapolis is, in my opinion, a must see sight in Turkey.  From sacred thermal pools filled with collapsed ...