Aziziye Hamamı — Attraction in Kadıköy

This is a Hamam where locals go. I wanted to experience the authentic Hamam with body scrub and soapy massage. The staff does not speak English, but I got the message by the gesture at every step of the service.

When I entered the facility, I pointed at the service on the wall: Hammam + Body Scrub + Soapy Massage. I was escorted to the changing booth where I took off my clothes and put on the cloth around my waist. Then I was escorted to the Hamam, the steam bath, where I stayed about 15 minutes. There was another customer before me, and I gout out of the steam bath and watched the customer before me getting worked on.

When this customer was done, another massuer came to work on me. I was scrubbed on my back, chest, belly, and legs first. When that was done, I was escorted to the platform where I got the soapy massage that took another 10 minutes.

When that was done, I went back onto the steam bath and sauna, where I stayed another 10 minutes. When I came out, I was asked if I was finished. I was then asked to change the waist wrap into the dry one. I then returned to the changing booth. Yet another massuer came and wiped my body down and gave me another set of massage. For some reason, I felt tired after the massage. I was offered a bottle of water, and my treatment was complete. The massage was a bit rough to me, but some people prefer that. Overall, the experience...

Before reading all negative comments, come and experience this Turkish mix of massage, bath and sauna.

Venue Info: Open from 7 to 22. no English, though people going here know some. 600TL for hammam + 200 TL tips for massage. towels, soap, flippers provided, water for 20 TL

Experience: There is no schedule for activities. Once you’re in, you will get a towel, put your things to a locker, undress.

After the first doors there is a place for bath and scrap, go further. After second door there is warm resting place (not a WC 😀)with a stone for laying down. Go further to sauna. Enjoy it for max 15 mins; there’s a sand timer.

Come back to the resting place, use available water bucket to cool off a bit. You can repeat it or wait for the masseuses.

They will find you, don’t worry :) . In the bath area they will soap you, scrub and wash you. It takes few minutes of firm experience. That’s the local part of the exp.

Then take a cold shower and go back to sauna, to the resting place repeat how many times you want. Max time 2hrs.

Enjoy!

Good to have : a bottle of water, clean underwear, you don’t want to wear the sweaty one after such experience! flippers if you...

I had my experience today, and it wasn't my first Turkish hamam experience. I could understand the fact that no one speaks English there, but I speak a bit Turkish so I would really appreciate it if they could at least show me step-by-step on what I needed to do - which they didn't. So I was left waiting for a few minutes not knowing what to do.

Even worse, when I entered the hamam area and there was a boy around 5 years old with his mom doing hamam there. If I understand correctly, it should be a women only hamam.

I don't know who to blame, whether it was the staff at the hamam or the mom who would dare to bring his little kid to a hamam. I don't think anyone thinks it's appropriate to allow a little boy to see some adult ladies who are strangers getting around topless without consent like what happened to me.

Honestly, I wouldn't want it to happen to anyone else so 1 star from me as it was the worst hamam experience that I've...