Spent a good bit of time in a Turkish Hamam recently. While I’m quite partial to a dry sauna I have to say the Swedes lose this particular design face-off hands down. Modern or ancient, the Turkish Baths are pretty easy on the eyes.
Apparently, at one time the “backscrubbers” who worked in the baths were young boys who doubled as sex workers… and the punishment for a man entering the women’s bathing rooms was death. Slightly more civilized today, you can still get your rocks off looking at some of these arches. The Turks cut a mean ogee.
[...] up to awesome rooftop breakfast of fresh watermelonand prepared for our first traditional hamam treatment in our riad. Went downstairs to the impeccably restored 17th century marble and mosaic [...]