An interior view of Istanbul's Hurrem Sultan Hamam. Turkish baths typically have three main sections. - Hakan Akgun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images EDITOR’S NOTE: This CNN Travel series is, or was, ...

The Turkish bath experience is modernized at the Sanitas Spa within the Çırağan Palace Kempinski. Among the hamam options here, we recommend Sultan Hamam and VIP Bath applications. The Sultan Hamam ...

If you want steam away the travel grime in Istanbul’s famed hamams, don’t be intimated by the rituals. There are a few simple rules to keeping your cool. Want to steam away the travel grime in ...

Cross Istanbul’s Galata Köprüsü—the bridge over the Golden Horn, connecting the districts of Karaköy and Fatih—and one will find the Yeni Cami Mosque. Here, one reaches a well-trodden crossroads. To ...

The revitalized space will feature a museum and contemporary art in addition to traditional bathing Teresa Nowakowski - Daily Correspondent Following a 13-year restoration, a 16th-century Turkish bath ...

Everything we've done in Istanbul has been interesting, but getting scrubbed down and massaged with soap by a couple of good looking male tellaks tonight definitely tops our list of unique experiences ...

For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they fell out of use in Turkey with the advent of running water, many are being restored to revive an ancient ritual bathing tradition ...

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