The Hammam, or public baths, are an important tradition in the Muslim world. A few of us decided to treat ourselves to a private one that was offering a special deal via social media. Janine, Christine, and I went off to check it out.
You strip down to bikini bottoms and are given a towel or pareo. They lead you into the steam room where you sit and socialize and bathe yourself. It’s segregated – women at one time and men at others. A woman comes in and one by one we’re taken for the scrub down of a lifetime. I consider myself pretty clean, but am horrified at the amount of dead skin she sloughs off my body.
A quick rinse down, and then it’s up to the second floor for a 45 minute dreamy massage. I could get used to this – and all for only 60 dinar ($20 US).
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