Acemoglu Historical Turkish Bath with Private Options

Posted By : Resort17656359742
It was the first time for us to take Hamam, and It was really good. We got really relaxed. We believe that we will take this Hamam again.
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Posted On : 2024-05-14 14:26:39

Posted By : Tracy C
We were hyped, well when I say we, I mean me…… but Waterman (pretend husband) was incredibly skeptical and was dragged along.
So with a booking they had to be at 6pm …. And well ok….. I made the booking counting the 45 minutes of services (joint), 15 mins for them being late that still left 90 mins for us to be where we needed to be after - I went for it.
Instant confirmation! Success…..
We worked out it was only a 5 min walk from hotel so perfect - off we set……
Sketchy street entrance, but hey I’m thinking authentic right? Skeptical Waterman already peaking….. so in we went…
Then tick tock…. People queued, to get in and in the waiting area…. Wow this place must be awesome I’m thinking?
So we wait, and wait…… time is moving slower than a watched pot, Waterman flexes some muscle, I explain care factor zero as they’ve already got my cash….. slight delay they say….. this goes on and on…… over an hour…..
some of the interesting things that occurred as we waited….
- trenchcoat Trevor with slicked back fragments of hair in and out with his general manager tone, taking complaining people outside to voice their concerns so as not to upset the rest of us
- One of the masseuses (or are they Turkish bathists?) comes into reception and crouches down behind the counter…. We can’t see what he is doing from our low stained soiled couch, but the unmistakeable sound of the click click as he clips his nails (I hope fingernails) is deafening….. sideeyes all round at this point from all of us paying patrons!
- Then the same, Turkish bathist, collects lovely tea cups with those fingers that had been housing the grime of those fingernails and rounds them back to a kitchen
- Anyway…… finally it’s our turn!!!! At 705pm……
By now we had seen that everyone was wearing togs, slight problem we didn’t bring togs…. Ok we will skip the swimming bit…. But hey this is traditional right so you’re supposed to be naked???? But we did have knickers on so no problem
We are walked through the adjoining very fancy and salubrious hotel lobby as the hammans lift wasn’t working…. Ok no problem, this seems gorgeous.
Off to our little cubicle for 2 to change (no togs remember) and wrap ourselves in the towel and put everything in our locker
It was now it went from bad to worse, we were given little slippers…… the proverbial here SLIP! SLIP SLIP SLIP…… the things are not to be worn on very wet marble floors!!! At this point Waterman is leading the way down the precarious spiral staircase and thud thud thud….. before I’d even gotten to the corner I know that sound…. The sound of said Waterman falling down the stairs…. thanks SLIPpers….. up he gets, shaken but not perturbed on this quest!
SLIPpers removed we paddle along behind our leader towards our traditional Turkish scrubbing bliss.
Remember the salubrious hotel lobby? Well by now it was packed with people enjoying drinks and tea and pre dinner canapés….To our horror, we were now paraded back up the lift in only a towel paddling along in bare foot ….. I watched Watermans towel clinging to his hips only just…… just waiting for it to fall!
By this time I need to go to to the loo, so I have to chose to either risk serious concussion and potential death in the slippers, or germ hell by going bare feet…. I risk death and wear slippers…. Good choice me, as it was filthy.
Anyway, in we go to our semi private (as in half a door, so yeah was semi) and wait….. praying it would not be the fingernail man from earlier…. Behold it’s not! It’s a lovely very petite little lady….. I fumble along that we don’t have togs on…. And she seems ok with that and gets to work.
I go first so as to give Waterman an idea of what to expect…. This is where more of the delay comes as there was only one lady scrubbing not 1 each…..Water splashing, scrubbing, clay smothering, and yes all over….. arms and legs hoisted and a face splash making me realise water boarding must truly be torturous!
Whilst my clay is drying it’s Watermans turn….. this is when I could no longer hold in laughter….. a fair bit of eyebrow lifting and eye rolling from Waterman….. then lovely little lady drops her clay clump she’s rubbing all over waterman and in the haste to grab it smacks him in the nuts (clay was grabbed tho!)
Yet on she continues - what a trooper! I’m laughing cracking my clay….. and then the foaming scrub starts…this bit is actually really nice….. like too many suds in the washer, but nice…… waterboarding returns and then boom it’s Watermans turn for clay removal and foaming!
What this poor lovely little lady must have thought about us 2 overweight whales I guess we will never know…..
Time is up and we scurry (barefooted and looking like drowned rats) BACK THROUGH THE BEAUTIFUL LOBBY….. the embarrassment just too much…..
dressed and ready to go, still with wet hair and looking all flustered we skedaddle BACK AGAIN THROUGH BEAUTIFUL LOBBY to return to reception area to fingernail guy, trenchcoat Trevor and the other waiting customers……
Whilst we won’t be back to this establishment, it hasn’t put me off trying another Turkish bath experience, just at a different place. Waterman on the other hand unlikely to succumb again!
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Posted On : 2024-05-11 16:44:02

Posted By : Albert_Jakovlev
First of all we are waiting approximately 40 minutes at so named Spa, the we decided, that this is too much, we came by ourself to the staff, and ask, what next, when the Hamam will start? Then again waiting approximately 10 minutes, and only after that the show started. After all, I can thank the personal, they do their work proper, but the overall process is horrible. We choose the semi private service with massage, I didn't know that the massage foam, scrub is doing when you sitting, yes sitting, not lying on the stone. It's so uncomfortable feeling and I'm sure for the personal it's too not comfortable to do their job proper. But, when you choose public services, you lying on the stone, and all procedures in that position. What’s the point of the semi private service I didn’t understand!

Finally, if you would like to get the real experience with Turkish Hamam, then you definitely must not to visit this place, for us, this is experience, unfortunately not the good one! at this time ;)
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Posted On : 2024-05-04 15:29:11

Posted By : maghyb2024
A must to go ! Wonderfull 👌
Bath, massage, pool, sauna,...
Everything is great and workers are kind and listening to you.
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Posted On : 2024-05-04 09:15:57

Posted By : DayTrip14622846165
Very disappointed,the room was not how they had shown on poctures when advertising the hotel,there was no professionalism,masseuse had bad body odour no uniform,it seemed like they sent cleaning lady to do our massage,the room was dirty ,the masseuse was not organised,couldn't understand what we were saying, had no clue how to do a massage, basically paid just to have oil slathered on our body by a smelly woman who couldn't understand us and we couldn't understand her.
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Posted On : 2024-04-28 14:51:19

Posted By : 32shabnamh
My sister and I booked a one hour massage each. Two ladies gave us a massage which was essentially an oil rub. The hygiene was awful, they were sweaty and smelly. The lights were on. No ambience or relaxing.
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Posted On : 2024-04-28 14:50:18

Posted By : ANTONELLA D
I was here with a group of friends and it was a wonderful experience. We first went to the hammam together and then each had a 30 minute decontracting massage performed with extreme professionalism. The only drawback was that the changing rooms were too small. I recommend it for the friendliness and the excellent quality-price ratio.
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Posted On : 2024-04-22 13:02:20

Posted By : L6735PQdanilob
The attention was excellent, the place impeccable, the massages 100 points, They also offer tea, it was a great experience.
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Posted On : 2024-04-20 13:34:43

Posted By : A H
Best hamam place in Istanbul. I felt like I am reborn. Burak was very friendly and he even upgraded my service. Provided me best service ever. Highly recommended. Citi was the lady who gave me hamam service and she was very very professional and the best.
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Posted On : 2024-04-20 12:43:40

Posted By : mohamedmJ7104ED
Amazing experience , very kind staff , in a very historic environment , nice feeling , and clean , such once in a life time experience , well treated by the management , I totally recommend
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Posted On : 2024-04-18 08:24:18