Tucked in Karamürsel, Kocaeli, karamursel hamammı runs on a local steam spring. The venue provides a steam room, the traditional heated marble platform (göbek taşı) and a kessa-glove scrub for a moment of wellbeing.
Insider tip — Hammam in Karamürsel, a small historic town on the Gulf of İzmit (Kocaeli). Karamürsel has an ancient history as a Byzantine and Ottoman settlement; the local hammam continues the town's bathing tradition along the calm southern shore of the Marmara Sea.