Turkish hammam

Turkish "hammam" owes its origin to Roman baths. Here, oriental flavor and Turkish exoticism are combined with ancient traditions of ablution and treatment. The name comes from the Hebrew (Arabic) "ham" - hot. Often temples of other religions and the surviving Roman baths were rebuilt under the hammams.

The famous Turkish court architect Sinan, who created in the XU century. mosques, madrasahs and palaces, with special love he built baths: "I did not go to the doctors a lot, because I never forgot the bath." He lived to be 100 years old.

Hamam is a real panacea for many diseases. According to the great Arab doctor Avicenna: "If you exercise, lead a healthy lifestyle and do not forget to visit the bathhouse, there is no need for medicine." 

Hippocrates believed that the heating of the body in the bath should take place slowly and evenly. No other bath, except for the hammam, will provide just such a warm-up. 

A delicate and relaxing effect in the hammam is achieved due to the special climate with a temperature regime of 35 to 55 degrees and high humidity, which is quite easily tolerated.

The main secret of the hammam is warm and light steam. It saturates the body with moisture, gently opening pores and relaxing muscles, improves blood circulation, lets tired lungs "breathe", literally "flushes" the entire body.

Hammam has a beneficial effect on the respiratory system, relieves muscle pain, has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, cures insomnia and rheumatism.

Hammam is useful for diseases of the cardiovascular system, digestive disorders - along with sweat, toxins and toxins are actively removed, which normalizes metabolism, relieves excess weight. The hammam provides a "short-term vacation" to the kidneys, liver, improves the secretion of bile. Strong and healthy hammam will help to maintain good physical shape and good spirits. Here the skin is moisturized, the hair becomes stronger. A regular visit to the hammam is the best way to fight cellulite!

The hammam saturates the internal organs with moisture, so there is no thirst either during a visit to the bathhouse or after. At the end of all procedures, you can drink a cup of herbal tea.

Throughout its history, Turkish massage has absorbed a huge number of techniques borrowed by the Arabs from the conquered peoples, and turned out to be, in its own way, a carrier of massage culture from West to East and vice versa.

Paying tribute to ancient Roman traditions, you can order a massage in the hammam. Here it is much more effective than under normal conditions - aromatic oils produce an additional therapeutic effect on clean, warmed up skin.

The visit to the hammam ends with traditional tea drinking and, most importantly, with a feeling of truly heavenly bliss!