Male Turkish Baths
You actually see that West meets East when you visit Turkey. There you can see the European style and the conservative Muslims with the mosques, architecture and restaurants. In order to fully experience the visit to a foreign country you have to visit the museums, night pubs, meet people but when visiting Turkey you must see a male Turkish bath.
In Top 100 Places To See Before You Die , from the Time Magazine the Turkish bath was one of them. Here is a virtual tour: the Turkish bath is divided in two: women and me. At the entrance there are pictures with the celebrities that had been there before. You are given a towel and the key for your locker room. After you get out of your cloths you step into the actually Turkish bath. The marble floors are heated and the walls are all covered with marble, too. The sun can come in through the roof. The water flows endlessly and there is a platform in the middle of the room and there is the place where the massage and scrubbing take place.
Men of all nationalities can be found in there: American, British, German, Chinese, Spanish. All shapes and sizes: beautiful, ugly, tall, short, fat, thin. The only thing they have in common is that they are all naked. Men are enjoying massages, scrubbing or just lie there. You have to stay near the faucet until is your turn. After this, its time for massage . The masseuse first scrubs you and then gives you a quick massage. It is very short but is it surely is ecstatic.
In Turkey the steam bath is called hamam. In a room with hot dry air you can relax. If you feel that you can resist you can go to another room where is even hotter. The funny thing is that you take this bath in London will cost you 40-60£ and if you take it in Turkey will be 20 Euros.
Dating back to the Ottoman period, the public baths are special buildings. During the Ottoman era, hamams had an important role in social life. Hamams was the place where you could entertain during holidays and during weddings, were places of attraction. The hamam experience is unique and you shouldn’t miss it if you go to Turkey.
A very popular male Turkish bath is Aquarius Sauna. Opened for fifteen years now , offers amenities such as private massage, health massage, chill out café bar, gym, fitness, swimming pool, Jacuzzi and sauna. If you are looking for relaxation and comfort night and day , you should know that this bat is open 24 hours.
Turkish baths are in fact a tradition. It is an entirely new concept of respecting the water. With its system of ineradicably customs, it became an institution in time. For a better understanding, the hamam resembles very mush the sauna. The historic hamams made of fine marble, are beautiful works of architecture built especially for the sultans.
In Top 100 Places To See Before You Die , from the Time Magazine the Turkish bath was one of them. Here is a virtual tour: the Turkish bath is divided in two: women and me. At the entrance there are pictures with the celebrities that had been there before. You are given a towel and the key for your locker room. After you get out of your cloths you step into the actually Turkish bath. The marble floors are heated and the walls are all covered with marble, too. The sun can come in through the roof. The water flows endlessly and there is a platform in the middle of the room and there is the place where the massage and scrubbing take place.
Men of all nationalities can be found in there: American, British, German, Chinese, Spanish. All shapes and sizes: beautiful, ugly, tall, short, fat, thin. The only thing they have in common is that they are all naked. Men are enjoying massages, scrubbing or just lie there. You have to stay near the faucet until is your turn. After this, its time for massage . The masseuse first scrubs you and then gives you a quick massage. It is very short but is it surely is ecstatic.
In Turkey the steam bath is called hamam. In a room with hot dry air you can relax. If you feel that you can resist you can go to another room where is even hotter. The funny thing is that you take this bath in London will cost you 40-60£ and if you take it in Turkey will be 20 Euros.
Dating back to the Ottoman period, the public baths are special buildings. During the Ottoman era, hamams had an important role in social life. Hamams was the place where you could entertain during holidays and during weddings, were places of attraction. The hamam experience is unique and you shouldn’t miss it if you go to Turkey.
A very popular male Turkish bath is Aquarius Sauna. Opened for fifteen years now , offers amenities such as private massage, health massage, chill out café bar, gym, fitness, swimming pool, Jacuzzi and sauna. If you are looking for relaxation and comfort night and day , you should know that this bat is open 24 hours.
Turkish baths are in fact a tradition. It is an entirely new concept of respecting the water. With its system of ineradicably customs, it became an institution in time. For a better understanding, the hamam resembles very mush the sauna. The historic hamams made of fine marble, are beautiful works of architecture built especially for the sultans.
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