Pamukkale‘s Antique Pool remains from Roman times, when it was the spiritual center of the spa city of Hierapolis.

The modernized pool is the prime public place for a swimat this hot-springs resort.

Surrounded by oleanders, palm trees, pines and cypresses, and littered with the fluted drums of fallen marble columns, plinths and the occasional capital from the nearby Temple of Apollo, the pool is constantly refreshed by an inflow of hot calcium-laden mineral water