Elliptical Thermal Pool and Excavations

View looking southeast at the Elliptical Pool at the Roman Thermal Spa at Sarıkaya. On the left (east) side of the image, some of the excavated structures are visible. That is the area where the hot water (115 degrees Fahrenheit) bubbles out of the ground.

There is hot water in the bottom of the pool. Note the apses at each end of the pool, the stairs on the left (east) that lead down into the pool, and the places to sit along the edges of the pool. Some of the original paving stones of the floor are visible.

The Thermal Spa was built in the second century AD and was used in the Byzantine, Selcuk, and Ottoman periods.

According to ChatGPT the sign on the right says "Going into the pool is forbidden."