Have you experience of a Turkish bath Istanbul or Kusadasi?

[Tony UK]

Have you experienced a turkish bath in one of these locations? Is there somewhere you can recommend we'd love to try it!

[edinburgher]

On 6/22/2023 at 8:48 PM, Tony UK said:

Have you experienced a turkish bath in one of these locations? Is there somewhere you can recommend we'd love to try it!

Not sure can recommend it over others as we only visited the one and have no others to compare it with.

 

We went to this one in Istanbul based on reviews and online  images.  Cagaloglu Hamami. in the Sultanahmet district.  You mention "we". Be aware that if the "we" is a  mix of male and female you will be allocated separate sections, in which case you might want to arrange a time to meet up in the communal entrance area when you think you will be good to go.

 

Our only negative was the same one.  In both the ladies and the mens section, the attendants were quite pushy about asking for a higher tip. We had both tipped our attendants, and thought we had been quite generous as we thought the attendants maybe didn't earn too much and they did a good job, but in each case they were indicating they wanted more, perhaps because we were tourists rather than locals?  I do not know.

 

Whatever, it is quite the experience and not one you will ever forget!  If this is to be your first, I suggest you read up online about the procedure which will be followed as knowing some of that will be helpful to you at the time.

 

if nobody can come back with more definite recommendations, you may need to make an informed choice as we did  based on online  reviews and images.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 24, 2023 by edinburgher

[sofietucker]

My DH did one in Kusadasi once. Said it wasn't pleasant or relaxing, wouldn't do it gain. Like being in a locker room, very impersonal, like an assembly line, and rough. He went to the mostly highly recommended place too. Nothing about tips though...