| (Daily departures
between start 09:30 end 19:00 anytime for 2 hours) Departure
from Kusadasi Harbour or Kusadasi Hotels.
If you are stressed out tired, or want to have fun with
your friends at a place where time seems like have stopped, try a Turkish Bath.
The Romans had grapes in one hand and wine in the other while they were enjoying
their baths 2,000 years ago. When you are in Rome do like the Romans. When you
are in Turkey, bath like the Turks have for centuries. The process starts in the
"Hot" room. The Romans called it the calderium, the Turks call it the
SICAKLIK. Just sit on the marble and pour water over yourself. As you relax with
the moderate heat (not as hot as sauna) and water, it seems like it is only natural
to start singing. They say that any voice will sound good under the dome of the
Turkish bath. The copper bowls with a little dimple in the middle will clack on
the marble once in a while. The sound will be like a percussion in a badly conducted
orchestra. But soon you will be so relaxed even that sound will not bother you.
When the skin is softened enough you will move to your next spot. The big marble
set in the middle of the bath is called the Navel Stone. Lay on it and let your
body be treated by the expert hands. You will be scrubbed with a " kese."
The dead skin will come out like tootsy rolls. Then you will be soaped and massaged.
When the washing part is finished the pleasure of being in the Turkish bath is
not finished yet. You will be wrapped in colourful Pestemals (Turkish Towel).
While you are sitting in the cold part of the bath, the frigidarium, you will
be served tea to complete the most relaxing experience in your life. You will
smell the clean smell of the olive oil soap and your skin will fell like a baby
when you leave the hundreds of years old Turkish bath.
(includes transportation, a coarse bath - glove, soap
massage) |