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Gündoğan, Bodrum - Muğla - Turkey

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With its population of 3500, Gündoğan is located 19 km to Bodrum city center and 48 km to airport by the most beautiful bays on the peninsula. History of Gündoğan settlement dates back to 400 B.C. The name comes from "farilia", ancient Greek for "the dawn". Even today, you can taste the best of the seafood in Gündoğan, where the town-folks made their living on fishing and sponge diving.

Although partially, these beautiful surroundings that have the most moderate climate of Bodrum peninsula have managed to remain untouched. Gündoğan is the essential for those who prefer to remain near the entertainment while spending a peaceful holiday.

Isolated from the urban chaos or in the heart of entertainment; With your partner, romantic or together with your family, Under the hot Aegean sun or in a moderate climate, With the comfort of "All Inclusive" system or with whatever you desire, Concentrated on your business or away from stress, resting, An extraordinary and original architecture or at the comfort of your home.

There is something for everyone at Hotel Baia Bodrum. We're ready to provide you everything that you desire or expect in a holiday with our experienced and cheerful staff. The first investment of Sönmez Holding in tourism business, the facility have opened in June 2004. Despite its being young, our hotel has quickly become one of the most preferred 5 star facilities in Bodrum thanks to its architecture, extraordinary room and outdoor design and decoration.

HOTEL
Our hotel that has 228 rooms serves breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets at its Main Restaurant, soft drinks and domestic alcoholic drinks and fast food throughout the day at its Pool Snack Bar, Aqua Bar, Beach Bar and Main Restaurant as well as in Vitamin Bar located in our Fitness & Wellness Center whereas in Lobby Bar we entertain our guests with domestic alcoholic drinks and soft drinks between 10:00 - 24:00.

ROOM
In our hotel we have 228 rooms, namely 1 Presidential Suite, 2 Senior Suites, 6 Junior Suites, 2 Handicapped Rooms in addition to 217 Standard Rooms.

Room Facilities
Equipped with maximum comfort and minimalist design, all rooms have central air conditioning, mini bar, tv, satellite broadcasting, safety box, and telephone. All rooms have a sea-view with individual balcony or terrace.

FOOD & BEVERAGE
In our all inclusive system all meals are served in buffet style. Our buffet where you'll be able to find the most delicious dishes of the world cuisine is prepared with utmost care and diligence by our professional team so that they suit the taste of everyone. Presenting the select delights from different regions and countries of the world in its Main Restaurant, Hotel Baia Bodrum breaks a new ground in traditional All Inclusive buffet standard.

Our Room Service is at your service 24 hours a day with its diverse menu.

Services included in All Inclusive concept are as follows :
07:30 - 10:00 Buffet breakfast served at Main Restaurant
10:00 - 11:00 Late Breakfast served at Main Restaurant
12:30 - 14:30 Buffet Lunch served at Main Restaurant
19:30 - 21:30 Buffet Dinner served at Main Restaurant
15:00 - 16:00 Ice-cream service at Pool Snack Bar
17:00 - 18:00 Tea time with cookie service at Lobby Bar
11:00 - 17:00 Pitas, pizzas and fast food choices served at Aqua Beach Bar
11:00 - 18:00 Fast food varieties served at Pool Snack Bar
10:00 - 18:00 Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages served at Aqua Beach Bar
20:00 - 22:00 Nilüfer A'La Carte Restaurant
20:30 - 23:00 İtalyan A'La Carte Restaurant
20:30 - 23:30 İskele A'La Carte Restaurant
24:00 - 01:00 Supper Soup served at Main Restaurant

MEETING
Seasoned F&B and Banquet team of Hotel Baia Bodrum is at your service for you to make your business trips, meetings and seminar organizations special and efficient with the comfort of "all inclusive" concept.

Halls
Begonvil : Area 340 m2, Width 15. 50 m, Lenght 22 m, Height 4.50 m, Theatre 360 pax, Classroom 180 pax, I-Style 300 pax, Banquet 400 pax
Erguvan : Area 60 m2, Width 7.30 m, Lenght 8.40 m, Height 2.30 m, Theatre 40 pax, Classroom 20 pax, I-Style 30 pax, Banquet 40 pax
Yasemin : Area 30 m2, Width 3.60 m, Lenght 7 m, Height 2.20 m, Theatre 15 pax, Classroom 10 pax, I-Style 15 pax, Banquet 15 pax
TV Room : Area 125 m2, Width 15. 40 m, Lenght 15.70 m, Height 4 m, Theatre 150 pax, Classroom 80 pax, I-Style 120 pax, Banquet 200 pax
Internet Room : Area 30 m2, Width 3.60 m, Lenght 7 m, Height 2.20 m, Theatre 15 pax, Classroom 10 pax, I-Style 15 pax, Banquet 15 pax

Meeting Facilities
Internet Cafe, Wireless internet, Office Services, Technical Equipments, Barkovision, Screen (fixed or portable), Flipchart, Overhead, Sound System

SPA & WELLNESS
In our center we carry out peeling applications, masks, bath therapies, Cleopatra Baths, using massage oils, bath minerals, and beauty and care products that we have prepared especially for you. Moreover, we have Thai, Thai Reflex, Aromatherapy, and Bali Massages delivered by far eastern masters in addition to traditional hamam programs.

While we have daily Spa & Wellness packages, special weekly or longer programs can be arranged for our guests to try during their stay with us. In addition to classic skin care operations we also deliver eye conditioning, lifting and hydroptimale programs in our cosmetics section.

Spa Facilities
Indoor Swimming Pool, Massage & Skin Care Rooms, Steam Room & Sauna, Turkish Bath, Spa, Fitness Center.

WATER SPORTS
At the shore, there are jet ski, banana, sea bicycle, water skiing, surfing and other water sports possibilities.

SHOPPING
You can procure your basic necessities at the shops located in our mini shopping arcade or buy souvenirs for your loved ones.

SWIMMING POOL
With its outdoor and indoor swimming pools, aquapark.

BEACH
Comfortable quay, wooden sunbath areas and private beach that spans 250 m length, our facility provides the necessary means of all motor and non-motor marine sports.

SPORTS
There is a tennis court, a basketball field, beach volley, table tennis, billiard, dart, and mini golf, bowling.

ENTERTAINMENT
Entertainment activities are performed both during the day and in the evening. During the day, competitions and games both at the beach and in the swimming pool are performed, and at night, there are music and entertainment shows. Cinema, Electronic Games, Disco, Tv Room, Amphitheater.

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Çemberlitaş - Istanbul - Turkey

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The Çemberlitaş Bath (Çemberlitaş Hamamı) is located on Çemberlitaş Square on Divanyolu Street situated in the midst of some of Istanbul's greatest monuments. It is next to the Vezirhan monument erected by Constantine I (324 - 327). The Köprülü Mahmud Paşa complex with its mosque, school and tombs are directly opposite the bath and at its sides are the Vezir Han and the old university building. Also in the near vicinity of the bath are the tomb of Sultan Mahmut II and its treasury, the Köprülü Library, the Atik Paşa Mosque and school and the tomb of Ali Baba.

The bath was established by Nurbanu Sultan, wife of Selim II and mother of Murat III, for the purpose of bringing in revenue to support the Valide-i Atik Charity Complex in Toptaşı, Üsküdar. According to the Tuhfet'ül-mi'marin (1), the bath is one of the structures built by the architect Sinan, in 1584.

The Çemberlitaş Hamam was planned as a double bath consisting of two identical, side-by-side facilities. The entrance for the men's section is on Vezir Han Street and, because the road height has increased over time, it now has a deep entrance that is ten steps below street level. There are eaves over the entrance and on top of the entrance door there is an inscription with six lines in three columns. In the past the entrance for the women's section must have been from the Divanyolu Street adjacent to the tomb of Sultan Mahmut, but today women also use the men's entrance and proceed to their own section through a side door. Part of the dressing room in the women's section was lost when the Divanyolu street was widened in 1868.

The side that was cut off was closed with a wall that has rectangular windows on the bottom and star shaped ones at the top. The dressing room areas of the men and women's sections are both roofed with large domes. There are three tiers of dressing rooms under these domes that were in the past both illuminated with windowed, dome- top cupolas called "roof lanterns". Today only the lantern in the women's section remains in its original state. The dome topped by this lantern rests on arches leaning on fine columns and is elegantly decorated. Today the men's dressing room area, called the "cold area", is a quiet and restful area used as a resting and waiting place after the bath.

Each of the warm areas of the bath are roofed by three domes. The toilets are reached from this area and have been built as extensions from the building proper. One enters the hot, bathing area from this transitional warm area through a wooden door in the area built under the middle dome. The plan of this hot area is unique as it does not entirely conform to traditional layouts for this bathing area.

This can be explained with the fact that the architect Sinan both liked to innovate in his work, and also to the fact that Sinan was closely involved with the construction of the structure. This space is shaped like a square on the outside, but the inner dimensions are in the shape of a circle formed of twelve columns, becoming a twelve-cornered polygon. The architect beautifully situated the domed, private bathing cubicles, the halvet, in the space made up of the four outer corners outside of the polygon.

Four antechambers are between the cubicle spaces. One enters the hot section by passing through these antechambers. The large dome covering the hot section is supported by high arches on top of columns with baklava shaped heads. The cubicles are separated from the main area by marble slab walls topped by tulip shapes. These dividers have inscriptions carved into each side. The private cubicles are entered through arched doorways at their front sides.

Couplets are inscribed on the front and the triangular shaped upper elements are covered with blossoms. The bath has 38 washing stalls. The multi-faceted central stone platform is directly beneath the wide dome. This broad heated platform is illuminated by the glass globe "elephant eyes" fitted into the overhead dome that catch the light from all directions.

This building dates to Sinan's last period, one in which his long experience and great skill allowed him to combine functionality, elegance and tranquillity without abandoning his basic style that is devoid of overly decorated elements. For these reasons the architecture of his bath remains a focal point for Turkish and foreign researchers, universities, photographers, filmmakers, media professionals and students.

BATH SERVICES

At the entrance to the bath, the bather will select and pay for one of the bathing options and be given tokens and directions.

After undressing in the dressing room area the bather will wrap his or her body in the "peştemal," a printed cotton body wrap, before leaving the dressing room. After locking all belongings in the locker provided (remembering to keep the key on his or her person at all times), the bather passes into the hot area that includes the central heating stone platform. This area is called the "hot area" (sıcaklık alanı) and includes the large, hot stone which is surrounded by bathing basins (kurna) and private bathing cubicles (halvet).

The bather should first get his or her body to perspire, either by lying or sitting on the hot stone platform or pouring hot water on the body by sitting next to one of the basins. If you have chosen the second option, the attendant will give you an exfoliating scrub and massage as you lie on the hot platform. You will then move to one of the basins and the attendant will wash you there.

If you prefer, however, you may remain lying on the platform to further perspire and rest and then, when you please, you may move to one of the basins to wash the body. The scrub, massage, and wash by the attendant lasts for approximately fifteen minutes, while the typical bather will remain resting and washing for one to one and a half hours, but there is never a time limit.

If you chose the first option, you will perspire either on the hot platform or nearby areas and then wash yourself at one of the basins.

When you feel ready to leave the bath, you will be given towels to use for drying. When you first enter the bath you should use one "peştemal", but you may use more than one towel for drying.

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Galatasaray - Istanbul - Turkey

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Galatasaray Hamam, is in the buildings of Galatasaray Mosque - (Külliye), It was originally built, together with the kьlliye itself during the region on Beyazıt II. The construction of Galatasaray Hamam stands on a mysterious story.

When the Sultan Beyazıt was wandering around the land where today's Galatasaray Lycee and the Galatasaray Hamam stands on now; he sees a hut. This hut belongs to Gül Baba, a respected man of his time. Sultan Beyazıt meets this man and asks him "Gül Baba - do you have any wishes?" and Gül Baba wishes the construction of a school to conquer over the centuries and a Külliye to have a hamam with a dome. Sultan Beyazıt accepts the wish and makes the Külliye be built in 1481. Gül Baba's grave is still in the Külliye and the Galatasaray Hamam has conquered over the centuries just like he has wished.

The editor of the book "History of Galatasaray", Fethi Isfendiyaroğlu, states that the Galatasaray Hamam has served the students, during his education. Thus he says, as a student of Galatasaray Lycee "Before, during our times, there was hamam service every morning, the students were gathered in their dormitories every morning and taken to Galatasaray Hamam, next to the garden of the school. When the students were in the bath, the door of the hamam was closed and no other customers were let in.

The Galatasaray Hamam, addressing the centuries, have served many pashas, Muslim judges ( kadi ), and grand viziers and have participated in the pure lifes of these people. Galatasaray Hamam, with the heritage of the past, is also modern, both in the quality of its services and the hospitality of its staff.

HAMAM USER'S GUIDE

The visitor of Hamam is welcomed in Hamam Square.

The visitor, welcomed by the Yanaşma (room keeper) and shown his room.

Yanaşma gives the visitor, takunya (wooden sabots-pattens) and peştemal (loincloth).

The visitor, after tying up his loincloths, and wearing his pattens in his room comes to the hamam square.

Here, the massager (keseci) meets him.

The visitor entering the hamam, lies on the heated marble platform (göbektaşı), covered with a thin cloth (serme). Before taking the bath, he lies on the marble platform for minimum 20 minutes, to sweat and prepare his body for kese (rubbing with a bath glove).

Later, visitor is taken to the kurna (marble basin under the tap), and rubbed and given a bubble bath and later lies on the marble platform again for massage.

After the massage, a shocking shower may be taken as wished.

Our guests, with their services completed, is free from now on, he may take a shower again or lay on the marble platform to rest.

Our guest wishing to leave, takes his bathing and hair towel in the warm section and leads to hamam square.

The visitor reaches to his normal body temperature again, during his time spend in hamam square for 15-20 minutes. At this time, he relaxes with the hot or cold beverages serviced.

The visitor, after dressing in his room, makes payment when leaving.

Working hours : Men 06:00 - 22:00, Women 08:00 - 20:00
Our Hamam is open for 1 more hour during the summer season.

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