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One of the main tourist highlights in Turkey, are the warm water travertines of Pamukkale [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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Some decades ago, it was possible to bath in all the travertines of Pamukkale, but the number of visitors have resulted in protection measures. This bath is a fake one, and constructed by the management to let tourists still get wet feet [Pamukkale / Turk
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We visited Pamukkale outside the tourist season, and it was still very busy, especially with Chinese tourists. It probabaly had something to do with Chinese New Year [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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One of the fake travertines made by the management of Pamukkale to keep the tourists happy. For some reason, the management is afraid that if they forbid 'to get wet feet' at all, that tourist numbers will drop [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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View on Pamukkale village from the travertines. Pamukkale village btw, is nothing special [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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Local tourist exploring the hot water calcite shelves [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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Chinese-tourist-kid posing for a Pamukkale picture. Smile! [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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This is the former road up the mountain from Pamukkale village, and now transfered in a series of fake travertines. These are the travertines that are open to the public for a bath [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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This is the set of most famous travertines in Pamukkale and not open for bathing (any more). However, most of the time in the year, the ravertines are dry, to let the sun bleach the calcite shelves. Due to the huge number of tourists, algae seem to develo
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Another dry set of travertines in Pamukkale [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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A team of cleaning ladies working on the travertines to keep them in optia forma [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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It is a pity that the huge number of tourists caused the management to take drastic steps to 'protect' the calcium travertines in Pamukkale [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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This is the bad nightmare for Pamukkale, travertines colouring green or yellow due to the algae. One option: make them dry so that the sun can bleach them [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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Algae effected travertine [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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But we had aslo some luck. Some of the travertines were still under water as they should be [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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The water flow over the travertines is nowadays a well managed process to keep them in the white condition. The water flow is changed every several days [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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Picture-perfect Pamukkale [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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The travertines of Pamukkale is a huge area. Most tourist do not venture further than the fake travertines where you can bath. But if you do, you will see more spectacular sights [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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Old ruin-building 'eaten' by a alcium travertine [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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Pamukkale is more than the calcium travertines. On top of the hill you can find the ruins of a classical city [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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The well-preserved theater of Hierapolis [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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Come early in the morning to the travertines, or you will be swallowed by tour bus tourists. This was in the absolute low season. Can you imagine how it lokks here in the European summer months? [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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Chinese tourists bathing in one of Turkey's premier tourist attarctions [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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Nop, this is not the entrance of a metro system or an airport. This is the entrance of Pamukkale, more an amusement park nowadays that a natural wonder [Pamukkale / Turkey]
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On our way further east in Turkey, we drove through the Anatolian heart land. And this is where you see this, far away from the tourist sights [Anatolia / Turkey]
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If you leave the main roads in Turkey, you will be treated on great landscape and fantastic views [Anatolia / Turkey]
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Passage through a small village on our way to the ruined city of Sagalassos [Anatolia / Turkey]
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Female shepherds [Anatolia / Turkey]
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Shepherd in the Anatolian heart land [Anatolia / Turkey]
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One of the well-preserved ancient fountains in Sagalassos [Sagalassos / Turkey]
