In Taraklı, Sakarya province, Postoğlu Huzur Kaplıca Evleri welcomes visitors around a local thermal spring. Indoor and outdoor pools plus a sauna round out this relaxing stop in northwestern Turkey.
Insider tip — Postoğlu Huzur Kaplıca Evleri offers thermal cure houses in Taraklı (Sakarya), one of Turkey's most beautiful Ottoman villages. The baths of Taraklı, fed by 40°C springs, are framed by hundreds of listed wooden Ottoman houses. A little-known corner off the tourist circuits, 2 hours from Istanbul.