Where is the best Turkish Bath in Icmeler?
30 Apr 2008 23:14
We have had a few Turkish baths, (and we want to go for one on our first day of our next holiday), but I wonder whether they were the real McCoy or not.
What in your opinions was the best Turkish bath you have had in Icmeler or Marmaris?
Mary
What in your opinions was the best Turkish bath you have had in Icmeler or Marmaris?
Mary
01 May 2008 08:03
01 May 2008 21:38
I had my first Turkish bath last year in Altinkum,and was so surprised,First I sat in a Sauna for about 20/30mins then I had a Scrub Massage with the big soap pillow,then I went to the Massage room and after relaxing for about 30mins had an Oil Massage I came out feeling great,but is this what you normally get when you go for a massage.
Geovil
Geovil
02 May 2008 05:36
Yes that the Turkish bath alright
02 May 2008 10:38
The ones in icmeler are not proper turkish baths, they are 'tourist baths',
In the real mcoy when you enter you strip off completely, some people wear a towel for modesty, first you a enter a steam room which is usually a tiled room with benches round and is completly full of steam, you spend about 1/2 hour in here occasionaly washing the dirt off what you have sweated out, from here you go into a progession of usually 3 dry heat rooms each one being hotter than the last, in these there are slabs with wooden pillows for you to lay on, you spend as much time as you can bear sweating bucket loads in these, it is usually in the last of these that you get the massage and loofah's etc, after this you shower off and jump in the plunge pool ( a small deep pool filled with cold or iced water) , from here you go in a room with beds in where you get dressed and relax drinking turkish tea while your body re aclimatises) , the whole process took about 4 hours, all rooms were communal but it was men only.
The one I,ve descibed was 40 years ago so things might have altered now.
In the real mcoy when you enter you strip off completely, some people wear a towel for modesty, first you a enter a steam room which is usually a tiled room with benches round and is completly full of steam, you spend about 1/2 hour in here occasionaly washing the dirt off what you have sweated out, from here you go into a progession of usually 3 dry heat rooms each one being hotter than the last, in these there are slabs with wooden pillows for you to lay on, you spend as much time as you can bear sweating bucket loads in these, it is usually in the last of these that you get the massage and loofah's etc, after this you shower off and jump in the plunge pool ( a small deep pool filled with cold or iced water) , from here you go in a room with beds in where you get dressed and relax drinking turkish tea while your body re aclimatises) , the whole process took about 4 hours, all rooms were communal but it was men only.
The one I,ve descibed was 40 years ago so things might have altered now.
02 May 2008 12:37
Another way of removing several layers of skin similair to the effect an Hamman does is after your shower in the hotel or apartment give yourselfe a brisk rub down with those bathtowels some of them supply.
Talk about pain,its lovely when you stop.
Gene
Talk about pain,its lovely when you stop.
Gene
04 May 2008 10:34
Thanks for your replies everyone.
The very first one I had which was in Marmaris seems to have been the real thing then, that included the sauna, pool dip, scrub, relaxation, massage.
Only problem is I cant remember where I booked it from, I know it was some guy on the beach somewhere! The problem with having too many efes - loss of memory
Mary
The very first one I had which was in Marmaris seems to have been the real thing then, that included the sauna, pool dip, scrub, relaxation, massage.
Only problem is I cant remember where I booked it from, I know it was some guy on the beach somewhere! The problem with having too many efes - loss of memory
Mary
04 May 2008 11:29
04 May 2008 11:32
04 May 2008 15:56
We are just going to try the one nearest to our apartments ICR book it for you.
Geovil
Geovil
04 May 2008 16:38
in reply to reesy turkish bath the location sounds like the pasha beach hotel were we used to go if you turned off the main road from icmeler towards the beach the hotel entrance is on the right as you walk up to the entrance you turn right and go down some stairs that is the pasha turkish bath and the full works i would like to try the one in beldebe this year
05 May 2008 10:20
Thanks for your replies. The Pasha is ringing a bell somehow, so I will look into that one.
Mary
Mary