淮鹽荔枝米俐

土耳其時間2012年8月27日星期一上午九時多

今天吃完早餐後，馬上驅車前往著名的棉花堡。天氣仍然晴朗和乾燥，典型地中海夏天的天氣。

棉花堡（Pamukkale）位於土耳其西南代尼茲利省境內，因該地象一座雪白的城堡而得名。Pamuk是指棉花，kale則是城堡的意思。

棉花堡高160米，長2700米。城市富有溫泉以及石灰岩溶洞，泉水在富有碳酸鹽carbonate礦物的梯田流動。棉花堡的山頂坐落著著名的希拉波利斯古城，古城內可以看見古羅馬時期的神廟、大道、城門和浴場。該地在一年大部分時間內氣候溫和。這裡除了流動梯田外，尚有溫泉和神殿等景觀。

這片鬼斧神工的獨特景觀其實是石灰岩的岩體滲漏出來的豐富碳酸鈣的溫泉，湧出來的泉水依著地勢

Pamukkale, 19 km (12 miles) north of Denizli (map), is Turkey's foremost mineral-bath spa because of its natural beauty: hot calcium-laden waters spring from the earth and cascade over a cliff. As they cool they form dramatic travertines of hard, brilliantly white calcium that form pools.

Pamukkale (pah-MOOK-kah-leh, "Cotton Fortress") has been a spa since the Romans built the spa city of Hierapolis around a sacred warm-water spring. The Sacred Pool is still there, littered with marble columns from the Roman Temple of Apollo. You can swim in it for a fee.

Pamukkale used to be a favorite stop on every backpacker's trip to Turkey. Adventurous travelers would stay in Pamukkale Town's small pensions and hotels, bask in the warm mineral water of the travertime pools, linger over long dinners with drinks in the evening, exchange tales of the road, and generally have a wonderful time in this laid-back atmosphere.

In the 1990s the local authorities undertook a development campaign meant to improve the spa and increase tourism. Misconceived in some ways, the development, along with changes in Turkey's entire tourism picture, resulted in fewer visitors.

http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/go/Aegean/Pamukkale/

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土耳其時間2012年8月27日星期一上午九時多

今天吃完早餐後，馬上驅車前往著名的棉花堡。天氣仍然晴朗和乾燥，典型地中海夏天的天氣，予人身心暢快。領隊在車上對我們說，土耳其政府為了保育這座自然「城堡」，而不惜把周遭的酒店拆卸。其實全球每個政府都不遺餘力地保育她們的名勝，只有大陸以金錢為主，許多地方都很商業化，而且非常骯髒，有的甚至被聯合國警告，如果沒有改善便會把其名勝除名。

從酒店乘車約35-45分鐘便到達棉花堡了。天朗氣清使人心曠神怡，知道白雪皚皚的棉花堡不能像從前一樣，所有層級皆可穿著鞋履踏上有關地表。我們唯有赤腳感受一下，誰知甫踏上去，硬得很，而且大大小小的晶粒刺得雙腳頗痛，儘管自問腳底皮膚不算厚。所以先秦時期名家的「堅白論」