Turkish bath
Ottoman bathing house
A Turkish bath is a steam bath followed by washing, massage, and relaxation in progressively cooler rooms.
The process originated in the bathhouses of the Islamic world, where communal bathing combined cleanliness with social ritual.
The term also refers to the building housing such facilities: The old Turkish bath on the corner has been converted to apartments.
- hammamTurkish public steam bath
- hot roomOverheated indoor space
- saunaHeated room for sweating
- exfoliationShedding surface skin cells
- body scrubGrainy cleanser removing dead cells
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- bathingwash, tub, soaking tub, soak, shower
- bathing practicesablution, bathhouses, spa culture, sauna, hammam
- spa servicesmassage, facial, facials, sauna, steam room
- spashealth spa, day spa, hot spring, mineral spring, thermal spring
- turkeyIstanbul, Ankara, Anatolia, provinces, Hagia Sophia
- Turkish cultureraki, hammam, hamam, hamams, baklava
Turkish bathcold plunge
Therapeutic freezing immersion
ice bath · cold shower · cryotherapy · cold water immersion · quick rinse
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