Turkish Hamam (bath)

Today I experience torture...yes torture.  Well not all of it was torturous but I will share all the finest details of my experience....

For 29jd which it about 43$ usd you get all of this for about 2.5 hours of bliss and torture...

Sanna and I arrived to the bath.  We were greeted with a fruity ice drink and escorted to the changing rooms.  We wore our bathing suits for the first part but topless the second half.  We first took a quick rinse and then hopped in the extremely hot hot tub.  We melted in there for at least 10 minutes and then sipped our cool drinks.  The room was very humid and dark with random other women lying around.  After that we went to the steam room.  Sanna and I sat across from each other maybe 4 ft of space and I could barely see her.  It was that steamy.  I had to lower my head to catch from fresh air.  We lasted in there for at least 15 minutes,  by this time my skin was already peeling off.

After the steam room back to the hot tub.  This time it even felt hotter.  I could barely submerge myself.  Another 5 minutes or so and then off to the marble table for some scrubbing.  We lied face up first on this huge marble slab....while we got literally scrubbed up and down with this loofa type of scrubber.  The woman put all of her weight and effort to scrub me head to toe up and down and over again.  This torture lasted for about 20 minutes on the back and about 10 minutes lying chest down.

After this, all parts of my skin were screaming at me!  Especially my arm pits since I had recently waxed.  Anyways, they were slowly cooling off.  I thought the experience was done but wait....now time for massage.  We were massaged for at least 20 minutes full body including head with olive oil and soap.  Everywhere....massage!  It was amazing to say the least.  After time shower time and I was still trying to heal my wounds from the violent scrubbing.  Now I really thought it was over but wait off to the sauna!  We went in there for about another 10 minutes. Amazing!

Needless to say my skin is super smooth now.  Beauty is torture they say.  The experience was amazing and one that I would love to experience again especially in turkey!

Best 43$ spent for 2.5 hours of relaxation... I mean torture!