Turkish Bath Hamam

Turkish bath hamamTurkish Bath (Hamam)

The Turkish Bath has been a part of the Turkish custom for centuries. It is a chance to have a body scrub and soap massage, complimented by a full body oil massage.

It’s a good idea to have a Turkish bath at the beginning of your holiday to prepare for your tan and then at the end to scrub away any dead skin.  But it might scrub away your tan too! :)

If you have worked hard all year round to come on this holiday, then  you certainly deserve to be pampered like Sultans in a Turkish Bath. Sweat in the sauna, then enter the warm humid Hamam.

Your body becomes soft enough to be scrubbed and perfectly cleaned. After the removal dead skin your skin will breath and feel silky smooth.  Enjoy the olive oil soap foam massage on the warm marble stone.

It’s a unique and great feeling!  It is a not to be missed experience!

DEPARTURE : Anytime

PRICE INCLUDES : Transfer, soap and towel, soap massage.

PRICE : 25 TL / 11 € / 9 £

*Prices are in TL (Turkish Liras). Currency rates are approximate.

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One of the most unique things that you can experience is a traditional Turkish Bath – otherwise known as Hamam. It is a great way to cleanse your body and unwind your mind.  It is a similar process to that of a sauna.

A person taking a Turkish bath first relaxes in a room (known as the warm room) that is heated by a continuous flow of hot, dry air allowing the bather to perspire freely. Bathers may then move to an even hotter room (known as the hot room) before splashing themselves with cold water. After performing a full body wash and receiving a massage, bathers finally retire to the cooling-room for a period of relaxation.

Hamam complexes usually contain separate quarters for men and women or, alternatively, they are admitted at separate times. Because they were social centers as well as baths, hamams became quite abundant during the time of in the Ottoman Empire and were built in almost every Ottoman city. Integrated into daily life, they were centers for social gatherings, populated on almost every occasion with traditional entertainment (e.g. dancing and food, especially in the women’s quarters) and ceremonies, such as before weddings, high-holidays, celebrating newborns, beauty trips, etc

Some accessories from Roman times survive in modern hamams, such as the peştemal (a special cloth of silk and/or cotton to cover the body, like a pareo), nalın (wooden clogs that prevent slipping on the wet floor, or mother-of-pearl), kese (a rough mitt for massage), and sometimes jewel boxes, gilded soap boxes, mirrors, henna bowls, and perfume bottles.

reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_bath

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