A Short Visit To Turkey Part Five: A Morning At Leisure In Pamukkale, 15 November 1995

Swimming among the ruins at the Pamukkale Hotel

Writing more than 25 years later, I sense that Pamukkale has changed and become more resort/touristic than it was when we visited.

We stayed in a motel named The Palmyra Motel, I think at Ros’s recommendation.

The rooms in the Palmyra hotel had balconies onto pools of Pamukkale spa water

We enjoyed the facilities in our motel and also went into the centre of town to enjoy the sights…

…and even a swim amongst the Pamukkale ruins; something visitors were allowed to do for a small fee (paid to the Pamukkale Hotel) in those days.

This would not go down well with the health and safety brigade these days, I fear

The view from our motel into Pamukkale town

This was a memorable part of this holiday. We wished that we had allowed two nights at that motel to allow time to wallow in the views and wallow in the spa.

But instead we headed off around midday.

All the pictures from that holiday (just one or two from Pamukkale are not shown in this piece) can be viewed on Flickr – click here or below.

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