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Relaxing is a need, not a luxury
A private foam-filled jacuzzi, heated marble, and a traditional kese scrub. On their own, or before a massage.
- ₺1.850-₺4.999 all inclusive
- 40-90 minutes
- Bağcılar, İstanbul
- Open daily 10:30-23:00
Why the order matters
Booking hammam and massage the same day? The hammam comes first; warm, freshly scrubbed skin responds to far less pressure.
The jacuzzi comes first for the same reason: after half an hour in warm water the muscle is already soft.
Who should not use it
What a Turkish hammam actually involves
You start on the heated marble slab, the “göbek taşı”, and simply lie there until the heat has worked through you. This takes about fifteen minutes and is the part most first-timers try to rush. Don't.
Then comes the kese: a coarse mitt worked over the whole body, which lifts away dead skin. It is brisk rather than painful, and the difference in how your skin feels afterwards is the reason people come back.
The foam finishes it. Olive-oil soap is worked through a cloth bag until it produces clouds of foam, and you are washed down in it. Then warm water, a cool rinse, and tea.
Practical notes
- Allow roughly 75 minutes for hammam alone, or about three hours if you are combining it with a long massage.
- Peştamal, towel and slippers are provided — you need to bring nothing.
- On normal skin a kese scrub every two to three weeks is plenty; more often than that irritates rather than helps.
- The jacuzzi is emptied and cleaned after every guest and refilled for the next.
- Do not book a kese scrub within 48 hours of waxing or laser treatment.
Water, heat and hygiene
The jacuzzi is emptied, cleaned and refilled for every guest; the same water is never used twice. You choose the temperature, the foam and the aroma. Because the room has to be reset between guests, jacuzzi bookings are spaced out rather than stacked back to back.
The marble slab is heated from underneath, so warmth reaches you through your back rather than through the air. The kese scrub comes after about twelve to fifteen minutes of that heat, never before. Hammam and jacuzzi are not used during pregnancy, with uncontrolled blood pressure, with a heart rhythm disorder, with a fever, or after alcohol.
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Frequently asked
How often should the kese scrub be done?
Every two to three weeks on normal skin.
Can I book hammam and massage together?
Yes — and hammam first is the better order.
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Please note: we do not serve guests under the influence of alcohol.
Worth checking first: please talk to your doctor before booking if you are pregnant, run a fever, take blood-pressure or heart medication, carry an unhealed wound or had surgery recently; this line is not medical advice.
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