- Bathing
- Indoor
- Accommodation
- Hotel on site
Eski Kaplıca — the Old Thermal Bath — was rebuilt in 1389 by Sultan Murad I on Byzantine baths from the reign of Justinian, and still runs on Bursa's calcium-rich springs.
Balnevia view
Why visit
Six hundred years of continuous use, under a dome that is genuinely medieval rather than reconstructed.
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The water
Thermal water
- Source
- Çekirge springs
- Mineralisation
- Calcium sulphate and bicarbonate
- Character
- Hot calcareous water from the Uludağ slopes, in use since Byzantine times.
Facilities
- Thermal pools
- Massage treatments
- Hammam
- Hotel
History
Justinian built here in the 6th century; the Ottoman rebuilding of 1389 gave the bath its present form.
Practical information
Separate men's and women's sections; scrub and foam massage are booked at the desk.
Getting there
Taxi or bus to Çekirge from central Bursa, about fifteen minutes.
Location
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