This was nice, but I did not come away tingling and skin glowing as I did from a Turkish Hammam in Istanbul. There they really spend a long time cleaning and scrubbing you, so that you feel squeaky clean, relaxed and glowing!
This was a whole different experience.
I was shown into a tiny changing room with lockers. There really is no room to move when there were only three people in the room, that is how tiny it was. Opposite the changing room is the steam room, which I was told I would spend 15 minutes in, but it seemed a lot longer, that I thought I had been forgotten and I poked my head out to be told, another 5 minutes. Also the room starts to cool down as the steam/heat would stop and start. It was nice when it was hot and there was a nice eucalyptus smell. But it was not a relaxing experience as you can hear people talking outside.
After the steam room, I was taken into another room with a large stone table which I was asked to lie down on. This is fine until you have to turn around and lie face down, as it is quite uncomfortable having to lie on my forehead on stone!
The scrubbing and soaping was lovely though and when they throw a lather of honey over you, you feel like you are floating on air and the scent is lovely. After the washing, light massage and rinsing, they then cover you with mud and leave you to lie there for a while. The whole procedure seems to finish in no time, when you are shown still covered in mud to the shower room, you walk through the corridor that also leads to the steam room and changing room, so not very private if there are other customers. You then have to wash and shower yourself to get rid of the mud.
After trying to dry myself and my hair in an overcrowded changing room, I went back out to the seating area, where I was offered a glass of water. This room is very cosy and with subdue lighting and there is a TV on, but I did not take much notice of it as I was sat with my back to it.
All in all, it was nice but I had better. read more