Hamam

... heavy mist, glide through the three roomed establishment. "Oh, no." A general exclamation of disappointment echoes back from the hamam`s ancient, pink walls. Little children, soaped to the ears in white foam, sob from between their mother`s legs in panic ...

... arrived, it was empty and the old man was sleeping on a bench. He woke up and I tried to explain that i wanted to use the Hamam and started a 5 mins ballet of gesture to try to communicate. I had read in the guide that the public Hamam was 10 dhs but when ...

... outfitted with plenty of excellent camera gear, I don't have much for recording decent quality sound--oh well. Back to the hamam. I got the whole shebang including the massage and it was excellent. I also learned that the Turkish word for shower is ...

... did not take a picture!!!). Afterwards, we had olive oil massages- I can't tell you how relaxing that was. The visit to the Hamam was definitely the highlight of the trip. Relaxed, we left for the 1001 nights program. First of all dinner, a huge ...

... for the lady. She's getting extra special attention. Then we're told to leave. Ok. This was a little teaser as to what a hamam experience is, and without the massage, it still was a little relaxing, but since we were trying so hard not to laugh, ...

... Basically the hamam is the only one in Bursa that gets its water from natural hot springs. I went for the massage with hamam option, which entailed a fat, hairy Turkish man in a slightly-too-short towel giving me an extremely rough massage and back ...

... , we got yelled at because I almost went into the men's side (men and women are completely seperated and after finishing the Hamam I understand why!) so we seperated with nervous looks on our faces. First off, they put you into a small changing room and ...

... without checking it out. Why do I feel the need to try everything? So after a long hot day in Istanbul, I popped into a popular Hamam. I walked in, looked at the menu of services, and tried to decipher what to do. After a couple minutes I got the concept ...

When I was planning to visit Edirne I read up on the city in my Lonely Planet guidebook. It mentions the hamam (Turkish bath) and says "Some people might find a visit to the women's side a little too authentic for comfort." (Lonely Planet Turkey, 2005, p. ...

... ;ste ıch vor allem aus zweı Gruenden. Dort steht eıne sehr bekannte Moschee und es hat eın sehr altes und gutes Hamam (tuerkısches Bad). Da mır ımmer noch sehr kalt war gıng ıch gleıch als erstes (nach dem ...

... is famous here.  Took a taxi cab to Cerkirge Mineral Baths for a traditional Turkish bath scrub and massage.  The hamam is in a historic building and the communal steam/hot bath room is lined with the most beautiful marble.  We had tea ...

... find you something else ha ha. Had some more mint tea in the square and then back to the Riad as Ian is going to the Hamam this is a place where all the locals go every few days to have a wash as they dont have any shower facilities in their ...

... that we visited them on the boat most days for the rest of the time we were in Bodrum. We decided to finish our day with a hamam, or Turkish bath. We were the only people in the place, (apart from his 2 children who were watching TV in the reception ...

... wabert in einem leeren Raum, der zwar nicht heiß, dafür aber fröstelnd kalt ist. Der entscheidende Unterschied zum türkischen Hamam. Banda Gerden war die Band meines ersten Aufenthalts in Brasilien- mein Gott haben wir getanzt! So wild, dass die ...

... certain extent, and was talking to us for a while before disappearing  into the shop. We found out that there is a local Hamam nearby, and knowing that downtown Istanbul, as fancy as they were a massage and a soak and scrub would have set us back ...

... leaves at 8pm to go to Greece.  I will be in Greece for 7 days then go home.  We are also about to go for a hamam, a turkish bath, which should be very very nice...they say they scrub you so much that layers of skin comes off...so that should be ...