Since households at the time did not have running water, hammams were an essential part of life until the 19th century, with ...

A dip in a thermal bath has the potential to treat skin conditions, improve circulation and lower blood pressure. In winter, natural hot springs are particularly magical as the vapor rises into ...

A soak in a thermal bath is a quintessential Budapest experience. (It hasn't cultivated a reputation as the "City of Spas" for nothing.) These baths, or fürdok in Hungarian, are heated by natural ...

Slide into muscle-soothing hot mineral springs bath at a Japanese onsen, or be washed with a cloud of bubbles while stretched out on a heated marble slab in an Istanbul hamam built for an Ottoman ...