Turkey

TRAIN IZMIR TO DENZILI.

BUS STATION  DENZILI FOR PAMUKKALE

MY SOUVENIR  3 D ( GIFT CARD ) FROM HEIRAPOLIS -  PAMUKKALE.

 IZMIR- DENZILI - HIERAPOLIS - PAMUKKALE  26  JUNE  2015.:

HEIRAPOLIS  AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE.

TOMB OF MARCUS AURELIUS.

INFORMATION BOARD ..TOMB OF MARCUS AURELIS AMMIANOS

MANY OF THE SARCOPHAGI

MAIN THOROUGHFARE THROUGH HIERAPOLIS

 Today sees another wonderful excursion out of Izmir and this time to Hierapolis and Pamukkale..I have so looked forward to visiting Pamukkale for some years and am really excited.. The journey starts with a Train journey to the city of Denzili and here we have a wonderful Turkish coffee before getting the smaller bus to The Town of Pamukkale.  My expectations are excited , as also here I get a surprise and that is the Ancient Greek  City of Hierapolis that lies close by Pammukkale and was an unexpected bonus for the day and most interesting.
 Hieraplois is located in Denzili Province what was  ancient Phyrgia and its ruins lie adjacent to the modern Pamukkale in south western Anatolia.. Hierapolis means " Holy City " and was located on hot Springs here in ancient Phrygia and was famous for its baths, and it now the Ancient City currently comprises of an Archaelogical museum designated as a Unesco World Heritage site. The site contains a large "necropolis" and is filled with sarcophagi , most famously that of Marcus Aurelius Ammianos which bears the earliest known example of rod and crank mechanism. The hot springs have been used as a spar since the 2nd century BC. The baths were constructed using huge stone blocks without any form of cement.
This was a most interesting day with this visit here in Hierapolis and my lovely  host and guide Sema we now make our way to the "pools of Pamukkale...so excited  to be here..The day is really hot..