A visit to a Hamam while you are in Turkey is a must! You will get cleaner than you have ever been before!
The procedure starts with being provided a loin cloth by the personnel that you should use all the time while in the hamam. Women are recommended to wear a bikini. You will first be asked to take a shower and after that to lay down on the hot marble, working up some sweat to open the pores and loosen up the muscles. In some hamam's they have a sauna where you can go in first before laying on the marble.
Then the treatment begins! Either by a woman with a strength like a man or by a man. They will start by rubbing you with a rough glove. You will see all the dirty skin coming off you, all black and nasty, like you never washed your body before! After that treatment they will pour lots and lots of foam on you, washing and massaging you at the same time. Be prepared at some unexpected reverses of your body! After that time for a shower again and then maybe relaxing in a cool pool. Then it all ends by a traditional oil massage. You will be feeling like a new person.
Have a look at the video where friends gathered in a hamam to spend some fun time together and at the same time getting clean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCC37cEkU5k&feature=fvst
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