When traveling with Dos Plumas on a Seven Churches of Revelation Tour you will find yourself at some point in the inland city of Denizli. This city of more than six hundred thousand people has several wonderful points of interest and is a crossroads for those traveling from Izmir to Ankara or Antalya. The ancient cities that once populated this crossroad were Laodicea, Hierapolis and Colossae. The popular tours that are offered from cities such as Izmir and Antalya will promote this location in modern Denizli as a Pamukkale Tour. Pamukkale in Turkish means cotton castle and is a term that defines the cotton like cliff walls that surround the ancient ruins of Hierapolis.
Hierapolis is still a destination for many travelers interested in its natural mineral springs and if you’re traveling on public transport as a DIY (do it yourself) traveler you probably will find yourself arriving by bus or car in the middle of Denizli. In Turkish the name Denizli means “with/from the sea” and likely derives it’s name from it’s position North of several of the main port cities on the Mediterranean. From Denizli one is able to quickly head South to places like Bodrum, Fethiye and Antalya. The access roads all pass through Denizli.
If you’re looking for somewhere to stay in the Denizli area you likely won’t be too excited to stay in the downtown area. The city of Denizli while growing has many problems with infrastructure and roads and sidewalks are constantly under repair. The 
hotels in the city are not nearly as pleasant to stay in as the hotels and pensions (boutique hotels) located just outside the city in nearby Pamukkale. It is worth the extra bus ride from the central Otogar (Bus Terminal) to Pamukkale to find a quieter and more tourist friendly environment.
At Dos Plumas we have chosen the best hotels in the area and put our guests up in Richmond Hotel: Pamukkale Thermal. For the region it is the best hotel you can stay in and close to all the attractions that the Denizli region has to offer. The thermal springs that you can visit from this location were visited by famous people in History. Alexander the Great, Cleopatra and Mark Anthony as well as many other regional kings of great city states that reigned over this province a crossroads through the mountains of Anatolia.
The biggest exports and commercial attractions of the city are their textiles. Many countries import from Denizli, Turkey their cotton products. Towels, sheets and clothing are some of the textiles that one will see sold at every turn in the city of Denizli and the industrial regions are largely filled with textile manufacturing centers. If you’re looking for something distinctly from Denizli as a souvenir you might consider purchasing a rooster – the emblem of Denizli for the past hundred years. One can see the emblem on all city municipality signs and one begins to understand the significance as one travels through the largely rural farmland surrounding the city center.
One other distinct product of Denizli is it’s Pamukkale brand of wine produced locally and sold throughout Turkey, one of the best Turkish wines, along with Cappadocia’s wine. So, next time your traveling through Turkey and find yourself on your way from Izmir to a location further East, take a stop over in Denizli; see the sights taste the wine and take a few hotel towels with you. We won’t tell if you don’t.
