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Pamukkale
Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing of thermal spring water. Wikipedia
Before you go
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Daylight 9 h 33 in Dec, dark by 17:45 · 14 h 47 in Jun
- January: 9 h 49 of daylight
- February: 10 h 48 of daylight
- March: 11 h 55 of daylight
- April: 13 h 10 of daylight
- May: 14 h 12 of daylight
- June: 14 h 47 of daylight
- July: 14 h 33 of daylight
- August: 13 h 39 of daylight
- September: 12 h 28 of daylight
- October: 11 h 16 of daylight
- November: 10 h 09 of daylight
- December: 9 h 33 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Pamukkale Travertines Attraction · 480 m
- South Byzantine Gate City gate · 720 m
- Plutonium Archaeological site · 830 m
- Monumental Nymphaeum Archaeological site · 850 m
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- Travertines Attraction · 440 m
- view of Denizli Viewpoint · 570 m
- Hierapolis Archaeology Museum Museum · 590 m
- Gymnasium Archaeological site · 610 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
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