Deveci Baths
- Location
- Kayseri, Turquie Centrale, Turkey
- Water type
- thermal
- pH
- 7.3
Water profile
Rich in trace elements — gentle on the skin.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
The Deveci Baths (Camel-Driver's Baths) are a historic Ottoman hammam in Melikgazi District of Kayseri Province in central Anatolia, in the metropolitan area of a city that has been one of the great commercial centres of the Anatolian plateau since Hittite times, when the ancient city of Kanesh served as the hub of a sophisticated Assyrian long-distance trading network. The name Deveci (camel-driver) reflects Kayseri's historic role as a crucial waypoint on the Anatolian caravan routes, where camel trains loaded with silk, spices, and manufactured goods travelled between Mediterranean ports, the Black Sea, and the Persian trade networks, and the hammam served the camel-drivers and their associated trading community as a welcome bathing facility after weeks on the road. Kayseri today remains one of Turkey's most dynamic industrial cities, and the Deveci Baths preserve the memory of its older identity as a caravanserai hub on the Anatolian Silk Road.