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Top 15 spas in Turkey

15 places to relax in Turkey, from historic thermal baths to modern wellness retreats.

15 spas

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    Historic bathhouse

    Çemberlitaş Hamamı

    Istanbul

    Hammam designed by Mimar Sinan in 1584, still offering traditional scrubs and foam washes near the bazaar.

  2. 2
    Historic bathhouse

    Hürrem Sultan Hamamı

    Istanbul

    Sinan-designed double bathhouse of 1556 between Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque, now a working hammam.

  3. 3
    Historic bathhouse

    Cağaloğlu Hamamı

    Istanbul

    Baroque-style Ottoman bathhouse of 1741, one of the last great hammams built in Istanbul.

  4. 4
    Historic bathhouse

    Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamamı

    Istanbul

    Sinan-designed 16th-century hammam in Tophane, reopened after a meticulous restoration.

  5. 5
    Historic bathhouse

    Süleymaniye Hamamı

    Istanbul

    Bathhouse built by Sinan in 1557 as part of the Süleymaniye Mosque complex.

  6. 6
    Historic bathhouse

    Galatasaray Hamamı

    Istanbul

    Bathhouse founded in 1481 off İstiklal Caddesi, one of the oldest working hammams in Istanbul.

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    Thermal baths

    Pamukkale Antique Pool

    Pamukkale

    Warm mineral pool strewn with fallen Roman columns within the ancient city of Hierapolis.

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    Thermal baths

    Yeni Kaplıca

    Bursa

    Thermal bathhouse built in 1552 for Rüstem Pasha, fed by the hot springs of Bursa's Çekirge district.

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    Thermal baths

    Eski Kaplıca

    Bursa

    Bursa's oldest thermal bath, a 14th-century Ottoman building raised on Byzantine foundations.

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    Thermal baths

    Yalova Termal

    Yalova

    Historic spa town in wooded hills where Atatürk and Ottoman sultans came to take the waters.

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    Thermal baths

    Balçova Thermal Springs

    İzmir

    Hot springs linked to the legendary Baths of Agamemnon, now a large thermal complex near İzmir.

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    Thermal baths

    Kangal Balıklı Kaplıca

    Kangal

    Thermal spring in rural Sivas known for the small doctor fish that nibble bathers' skin.

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    Historic bathhouse

    Cinci Hamamı

    Safranbolu

    Working 17th-century Ottoman bathhouse in the heart of Safranbolu's historic market.

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    Historic bathhouse

    Sefa Hamamı

    Antalya

    Small 13th-century Seljuk-era bathhouse still operating in Antalya's Kaleiçi old town.

  15. 15
    Destination spa

    Six Senses Kaplankaya Spa

    Milas

    Extensive resort spa with a traditional hammam and wellness programmes on the Aegean coast.

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