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PAMUKKALE TRAVERTINES The word Travertine comes from "Tivertino", which is the Roman - Period name of Tivoli in Italy, where there are large travertine sediments. Travertine is a rock that occurs with the sedimentation as the result of the multi-side chemical reaction depending on various reasons and environments. The geological events that caused the occurrence of Pamukkale thermal source have impacted a large region.
There are 17 hot water areas in the region and their temperatures vary between 35 - 1000C. Pamukkale thermal source is a unit included in the region potential. The source is being used since archaic periods. The thermal water, after leaving the source, comes to the head of the travertine with a 320 m long canal and is deposited to the travertine layers, where there is a partial sedimentation of 60 - 70 meters and takes an average distance of 240 - 300 m. Calcium carbonate that sediments in the layered pools and graded barriers is in the form of a soft gel at the beginning. It hardens by time and converts into "travertine". But the visitors wandering and playing on the layers cause the crashing and distribution of the soft calcium carbonate and the destruction of the sedimentation balance.
KARAHAYIT KIRMIZISU Kirmizisu: It is in Karahayit Town of Akköy District. It is approximately 5 km. north of Pamukkale. Kirmizi su travertine has occurred around the thermal water at 60 degrees temperature. Due to the metal oxides in the thermal water, red, green and white colored travertine layers occur. Until recent times, Karahayit thermal springs served to internal tourism, but they have gained importance with the increasing hotel facilities and have taken their place after Pamukkale. Karahayit red water travertine cover an area of approximately 500 m2. In terms of its natural beauty, it is one of the important tourism locations worth seeing of the province. PROGRAM FOR 2 DAYS
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