Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
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Effortless float
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Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
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In Taraklı, Sakarya, tarakli termal kil hamamı is one of the region's thermal addresses. The water emerges at around 50 °C here. Its pH is close to 8. 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 — Taraklı Thermal Clay Hammam (Kil Hamamı) in Taraklı, one of Turkey's most picturesque Ottoman heritage villages in Sakarya province. The Hacıyakuplar springs (49–50°C) are sodic-mineral with dissolved CO₂, valued for their warming and invigorating qualities. Clay (kil) bathing uses thermal mud's mineral-rich texture for a distinctly softening skin experience — a specialty of this Sakarya valley. Taraklı's entire historic core is a protected area.