Iberhotel Bodrum in Gölköy: just 5 min. from our hotel has a beauty center which also has a hamam. The resort also has a sauna and offers massage and skin care. Visitors from outside are welcomed and the hamam fee is reasonable. The phone of Iberhotel: +90 252 357 77 50

Kempinsky Four Senses Spa in Yaliçiftlik

The Turkish Bath

The tradition of the Turkish Bath extends far back, to a time before Turks reached Anatolia. When the Turks arrived in Anatolia, they brought with them one bathing tradition,and were confronted with another, that of Romans and Byzantines,with certain local variants.The traditions merged, and with the addition of Moslem corner for cleanliness and its concomitant respect for the uses of water,there arose an entirely new concept, that of the Turkish Bath. In time it became an institution, with its system of eradicable customs.
For the Turkish, bath was much more than just a place to cleanse the skin. It was intimately bound up with daily life, a place where people of every rank and station, young and old, rich and poor, townsman or villager, could come freely. Women as well as men, made use of the hamam,although of course at seperate hours.
From the individuals point of view, the hamam was a familiar place from the earliest week of life right up to its very end. Important occasions during a lifespan were celebrated with rejoicing at the bath.
There are 3 choices for visiting the hamam.