Pamukkale Hostel

A spa-resort-town since hundreds of years BC, Pamukkale town is surprisingly quiet in the winter. The popular attractions are not so quiet - travertine pools formed by stunning white calcium deposits, filled with clear blue water (and barefoot ...

... , though it really is just a one horse town otherwise. I booked a room in a decent hostel nearby and would shack up there for a night, the Pamukkale experience quite a departure from the more bustling Selcuk vibe, as children played on bikes in the dirt ...

... back to the Otogar (the main bus station) where I was identified by this guy from the day before. Apparently there is a hostel in Pamukkale called Dor Mavetsim For Seasons, that a girl at ANZ had actually recommended, that runs like a mafia. They wait ...

... !!!!!...We eventually found a nice guy to sell us a couple of tickets and we were off with questionable expectations of what Pamukkale actually looks like.  Anybody who has ever looked at a brochure on tourism in Turkey would have seen images of this ...

... initially settle on the site, as the calcium rich water has unique healing qualities for skin related ailments.   On arrival in Pamukkale village, I set about finding my hotel. I got lost once again, and then a nice young school girl saw my ...

... and really didnt want to leave, but we had so much more of Turkey to still see. After much discussion, we decided to see Pamukkale as a day trip and then take an overnight bus to Cappodocia. We were really not looking forward to two bus  rides in ...

I took a three-hour dolmus ride to Pamukkale, which is located in Turkey's Western Anatolia region. Upon arriving, I checked in at the Artemis Yoruk hotel. This was a real gem. I paid 10USD for one private room on the 4th floor overlooking the small town. ...

... about 3 hours, I could see in the distance a great white swath across the landscape - like a bandage on the land.  Pamukkale means 'cotton castle'.  Cotton for the colour white, and castle for the structures on top.  This is such a unique ...

Short stop today in a placed called pamukkale, its a bıt of a tourist drawcard due to the city of ruins located here and the natural rockpools that lead down a very impressıve clıffsıde. Due to all the calcium in the water and the ...

... 's a place of natural phenomem with massive salt terraces formed into the side of the mountain... I joined an organised tour from my hostel - with 6 others from my hostel and couple of antipodeans who I would bump into again... the more I travelled ...

... tour shops in the village. After getting all the details together he decided that he wanted to go for it, so we popped back to the hostel to grab some bits and pieces for the afternoon. At first I wasn’t keen on the idea at all, as it was 50 euro, ...

... and turned into a hat party, pool party and three am hammock party. I was the bar assistant at one point (the hostel owner was very friendly) and managed to pass a few beers off to our friends. Allison and I collapsed into bed ...

... get out of there. As the bus rolled to a stop, the usual cast of bus/tourist chasers swarmed us and asked us to consider their hostel or pension. One of them rolled up on a bright red scooter and spoke to us in clear English. He explained that he had a ...

... of the two could seat 44,000 people. We stayed back in Kusadasi that night and the next day continued on to Pamukkale. The attraction of this area is the Pamukkale Plateau, a massive hill with naturally occurring hot springs that leave chalk deposits ...

... of Guatemala.  After seeing it for myself, I know why.  It is stunning.  It reminded me a bit of a cross between Pamukkale in Turkey and Plitvice Lakes in Croatia.  There were 6 or 7 clear aqua blue pools, each cascading into the next ...

... and then toured around the ruins of the ancient city of Hierapolis. We then took our shoes off and walked through the pools of Pamukkale for a couple of hours. The next day we lazed around the pool for the day and played crazy drinking games with the ...

... minutes away from Selcuk. I just had to dip my feet in the Aegean sea. I went back to the otogar to purchase my tickets for Pamukkale tomorrow morning. At the hostel, I got to see another FIFA fight. I wish I can remember which teams played that night. ...

... making the Turks understand where we wanted to go) but we were flexible, depending on how long the bus journey was. We asked about Pamukkale, but that was 10 hours to the Calcite steps, and we finally talked to a guy from the Metro bus company,  who ...

... activities on the trip - definitely something I'd do again. We then drove onwards and visited the mineral rich pools and ruins at Pamukkale before visiting the ruins of Ephesus. The next day we also had a quick stop visiting Troy although the ruins are ...