Bursa/Turkey
Eski Kaplıca
A 14th-century Ottoman bath over Byzantine foundations in Çekirge.
Bathing temperature 42°C
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Turkey
Every thermal bath and spa published in Turkey.
8 thermal baths
İzmir (Balçova)/Turkey
Balçova Thermal Springs (Agamemnon)
Springs on the edge of İzmir that classical authors linked to the wounded soldiers of Agamemnon.
Bathing temperature 38°C
Yalova/Turkey
Yalova Termal Baths
Roman and Byzantine baths in a wooded valley above the Sea of Marmara, restored under Atatürk in the 1920s.
Bathing temperature 40°C
Karahayıt/Turkey
Karahayıt Red Springs
Iron-rich hot springs a few kilometres above Pamukkale, staining the terraces deep red and ochre.
Bathing temperature 38°C
Istanbul/Turkey
Haseki Hürrem Sultan Hamamı
Mimar Sinan's 1556 double hamam between Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque.
Köyceğiz/Turkey
Sultaniye Hot Springs
Sulphur-rich springs on the shore of Köyceğiz Lake, reached by boat or road.
Bathing temperature 39°C
Istanbul/Turkey
Çemberlitaş Hamamı
A 1584 Ottoman hammam attributed to Mimar Sinan, still working as it was built to.
Bathing temperature 40°C
Pamukkale/Turkey
Cleopatra Antique Pool
Bathing among fallen Roman columns in the thermal pool of ancient Hierapolis.
Bathing temperature 36°C