While historians cannot pin down exactly when people began bathing indoors, it is known that the Ottoman Empire fell heir to the Roman Bath tradition, and the first “Turkish bath” was built in ...

“Our spa offers a Turkish Bath and a restored 1,500-year-old cistern,” the hotel website says, showing photos of a tastefully-lit brick-lined underground pool with bubbling turquoise water ...

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Here are a few to choose from: The Turkish Baths of Budapest: Hungary’s spa culture began in Roman times, but some of Budapest’s most stunning bathhouses were built during the 150 years of ...

"Our spa offers a Turkish Bath and a restored 1,500-year-old cistern," the hotel website says, showing photos of a tastefully-lit brick-lined underground pool with bubbling turquoise waters.

Public baths have a longstanding legacy and this Turkish city is the place to find out why. While Zeyrek Çinili Hammam is a singular stop because it has the hammam and museum, as well as a ...