Dating back to the Ottoman Empire, Turkish baths come to the forefront as a place for social gathering, ritual cleansing connected to the Muslim faith and an architectural witness to the sultans' power and wealth
Without a doubt, healing baths, unique structures, are one of the Ottoman Empire's major contributions to the world, as the pureness of water was always appreciated in the Ottoman Empire and wider Islamic world. This awareness, when combined with the architectural prowess of the Ottomans, led to the emergence of pure baths, an environment for socializing.
Following the conquest of Istanbul, thousands of baths were built in the Ottoman Empire. In the 17th century, there were 168 big market baths just in Istanbul. The Bath of Cağaloğlu, the last of these great baths is particularly important because it was the last big bath constructed after Sultan Mustafa III banned the construction of big baths due to the city's increasing need for water and wood. Built in 1740, the Bath of Cağaloğlu, one of the biggest twin baths in Istanbul, is located next to the Basilica Cistern and constructed in the time of Mahmud I. The layout of the bathing and resting sections of the building in a baroque style represent features that differ from that of Ottoman architecture. The gentlemen's section allows a transition from the dressing room covered with a large dome to the resting room covered with a small dome and seven vaults. The heat room is covered with a large dome seated on arches connecting eight marble pillars. In the middle, is a navel stone (massage platform) and dome-shaped bathing spots in the corners with a hairdresser and shoeshine parlor in the bath.
To experience a modern bath, I recommend travelling to historical Afyon province, famous for its natural spring water. Thousands of local and foreign tourists come to Afyon throughout the year. The most luxurious and equipped thermal hotel in the city is NG Hotel, part of a chain with hotels in the Sapanca district of Sakarya province. Afyon NG Hotel has 16 pools and the rooms are thermal, rich in minerals. Use the thermal pools in the spa section of the hotel. Also, its bath part is pretty extravagant like an extravagant bathhouse in Tunisia. I loved the red ceramics and the mirrors with red frames on the walls, marble lion heads and decorations on the ceilings.
The marble fountain and the crystal chandelier in the resting room were also impressive. There is a wide selection of massages in the spa. This time I chose the horoscope massage. An aroma-therapeutic massage is done with oil determined according to your horoscope. Another interesting choice is the massage done with hot stones. NG Hotel believes in its claim of being a spa hotel so much that it offers it to corporations. The establishment, which created the corporate wellness concept, offers vacation packages for companies to hold meetings and remove stress, suggesting that companies give special breaks to employees to get rid of years of tiredness at NG Hotel and become more productive. According to hotel management, some companies give three weeks of vacation. These types of benefits for employees in Europe and in the U.S. are a rising trend.
Based on DS
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