Hammam du bain turc de la Cappadoce

Hammam du bain turc de la Cappadoce

    Restore your body and mind with a Turkish Bath-Hammam. Experience a soothing Turkish bath in Cappadocia, a charmful tradition from past to present with the Cappadocia Turkish Bath/Hamam service.

    Cappadocia Turkish Bath/Hamamm is an important activity due to Turkish Hammams and hot springs have an important place in Turkish culture, not only in terms of health, but also in terms of social and cultural events. This culture still survives while preserving its charm, and is kept alive by historical baths built with architectural aesthetics. The roots of this culture go to Ancient Rome. It is not just used as a cleansing place also for pleasure, relaxation, healing and is also a social and cultural meeting point. In Cappadocia there are Turkish baths in Ürgüp and Göreme.

   Since the dawn of human history, bathing had an importantance for the socialization of societies as well as cleansing our body and soul. According to the information recorded by historians and archaeologists, the history of bating structures, which were the first indoor places built for bathing, dates way back to India, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Aegean and Greek civilizations.

    The first seen structures of Bath or Hammam head all the way back to the Ancient Greece period around B.C. 1st century. Romans inherited the bath culture from Greeks and improved these artistic structures with their central heating innovation. These architectural structures constructed for bathing purposes had also gained importance as a means of socialization of the people. Roman had built these baths from North to South and they added sections serving different purposes. From the entrance these sections in order were Frigidarium (Cold Bath), Tepidarium (Warm Bath), Caldarium (Hot Bath) besides these inner structures there are also structures outside the bath complex like Apodyterium (Dressing Section).

    The Roman Baths were heated from underneath with a hot air cycle, this section is called The Boiling Room. The Boiling room was built with red terracotta bricks. These type of bricks have low heat resistance due to this feature the bricks heat quickly when touched by hot air. Outside the Boiling Room a huge fire would be lit to divert the heated air inside. The heated air then heats the terracotta bricks and the base of the bath from below, this is the central heating system invented by the Romans to heat a Roman Bath. It is stated that 170 Roman Baths were recorded in 33 B.C.

    After Romans, Byzantines inherited this indoor bath culture. Baths had the same importance and meaning for Byzantines as they did for Romans. The Ottomans and Seljuks studied Byzantine bathing structures which has been taken from the Romans. Bathing and having a clean body and look has been always very important for Turkish nations. After the acceptance of  Islam hygiene has become even more important for Turks.

    The Seljuks developed their own indoor bathing architectures, even though most of the sections are similar to a Roman bath it has significant differences. The most important difference is the heating method, like Romans the heating system was central but instead of using hot air circulation Turkish Baths used pipes to make use of boling water. The boiled water would circuit these pipes while heating the Hammam. 

    In all of these bathing structures the sections would be designed to start from cold sections to hotter sections so the person who wants bath would adapt to heat appropriatly. The Turkish Bath is truly something which needs to be experienced, it is for sure a spoiling experience. It is recommended that people suffering from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases should be careful before entering the bath.

Cappadocia Turkish Baths are open 7 days in the week from 10 am to 10 pm.