{"id":6745,"date":"2022-06-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/?p=6745"},"modified":"2022-05-28T13:23:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T10:23:01","slug":"hagia-sophia-bath-in-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/hagia-sophia-bath-in-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"Hagia Sophia Bath in Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Hagia Sophia Bath in Istanbul<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Turkey is known for having the most important historical and cultural tourist places in the world, and the city of Istanbul in particular is the most popular destination for tourism in Turkey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the things that it is famous for is the Turkish baths, which in itself are a preferred destination for tourists from different countries<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Especially because there are a number of historical Turkish baths built for the sultans of the Ottoman Empire<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this article, we will talk about one of the most famous Turkish baths in Istanbul, the Hagia Sophia<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Hurrem Sultan Bath in Hagia Sophia.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Turkish Bath Hurrem is the most famous in Istanbul and is frequented by about 200 people daily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And it\u2019s distinguished by its location, which is located in the heart of Istanbul today, this made it a destination for tourists at the time, as about 70% of them are foreigners, including famous and wealthy people, who prefer not to reveal themselves during the visit, including the wife of the late Steve Jobs, president of the famous American company in the technology industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hagia Sophia is located in a middle area of Sultanahmet and is constantly open to visitors<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>History of Hagia Sophia Bath<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hagia Sophia bath was built for the Hurrem Sultan, in which she took her last bath before the departure of the most famous women and sultans of the Ottoman Empire and the wife of its most powerful sultans throughout history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Its establishment dates back to the year 1556 AD by order of Suleiman the Magnificent after his wife, Sultana Hurrem, has chosen to build it, of course, \u201cSinan\u201d, the most famous architect in the Ottoman Empire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bath was built on the ruins of the historical baths of Zeuxippus<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the completion of the construction of the bath, Sultan&#8217;s health condition deteriorated, and she was only able to bathe in it twice before her death, but it continued to provide its services to the sultans later, starting with Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bathroom underwent a major renovation in previous years, to open its doors again in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Hagia Sophia bath<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bathroom building is characterized by a special architecture, which is the design of all Turkish baths. There is a marble surface on which the bathers sit for a massage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The second section is the bathroom with a hot water pool and soap for showering<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And in the third room, which is the cold room, it is used to relax after the bath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Hagia Sophia bath is characterized by the fact that it includes the corner of \u201cSultan Suleiman the Magnificent\u201d, where it offers more distinguished services, including the application of a mud mask<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the guest completes their bath, they are wrapped in towels in a distinctive way, before moving to the resting corner, where they are served hot drinks, especially Turkish coffee and tea, as well as cold drinks and fruits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the important steps before entering the bathroom is to take health information about the guests. If they do not suffer from any problem, the service is provided to them, because patients with heart disease, diabetes, etc., may be affected by this process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was built for her and in it she took her last bath before passing, the most famous women and sultans of the Ottoman Empire and the wife of its most powerful sultans throughout history.<br \/>\nThe &#8220;hurrem Sultan&#8221; bath in Hagia Sophia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[287,464,462,289,463],"class_list":["post-6745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-hagia-sophia","tag-sultanahmet","tag-the-most-important-tourist-places-in-the-world","tag-tourism-in-turkey","tag-turkish-baths","post_format-post-format-aside"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6747,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6745\/revisions\/6747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bayti-properties.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}