SPA HOLIDAYS IN TURKEY

April 13, 2006

A visit to Turkey would not be complete without a stop at one of the country's better known spas, whether to treat a health problem or simply to luxuriate in the soothing waters of natural mineral baths. A stop at one of the spas described here can easily be added to a tour of Turkey's most famous destinations. The health-giving properties of Turkey's natural hot springs have been renowned since antiquity.

Though every country has its own culture and traditions, the spa lifestyle is a custom that everyone can relate with. Turkey spas specialize in integrating native spa techniques that have been applied through the ages. Soon you'll discover that Turkey spas offer an incredible number of spa treatments that suit just about everyone. Take a lesson from the ancients and treat yourself to a natural health cure during your visit to Turkey. The natural health cure known for ages.

Turkey spas are grouped into categories that allow spa-goers to choose the type of spa treatments that best suit their personal interests and needs. Turkey vacation spas combine a wide variety of recreational activities with a renewing spa experience. Similar to vacation spas are the Turkey stay spas, where people spend an extended period of time to fully immerse themselves in several spa treatments.

What better way to fully savor Turkey than to indulge in its unique appreciation of spas? From Turkey day spas to stay spas, and all others in between, Turkey has the spa experience you're looking for. Turkey day spas are freestanding or located in health clubs, hotels, shopping centers, department stores, and even airports

Under the observation of experts, you can meet all your health and beauty needs, during your holiday and restore yourself, physically and mentally, using with many spa therapy methods. A "spa" can be defined as a facility offering a life enhancing experience catering to toning the body and soul, offering pampering, reconditioning of the body, tuning the diet and cleansing the mind.

Once thought of as a place women went to relax and be made over, today many spa guests are busy executives. They need a peaceful place – a quiet retreat where they can relax and unwind. A spa is perhaps the purist form of vacation.

The combination of fun and exercise, a health and balanced diet, pampering relaxation and education on managing stress levels adds up to a remarkable chance for renewal. You truly feel like you've been on vacation when you return home rested and renewed. Turkey's spas are grouped into categories that allow spa-goers to choose the type of spa treatments that best suit their personal interests and needs.

Turkey vacation spas combine a wide variety of recreational activities with a renewing spa experience. Similar to vacation spas are the Turkey stay spas, where people spend an extended period of time to fully immerse themselves in several spa treatments.

Turkey medical spas are for those who are interested in health care in a spa setting, either at a day spa or at a spa with overnight accommodations. Turkey medical spas offer traditional and complementary medical services supervised or administered by medical professionals. Of course, most popular are Turkey day spas.

These spas are designed to provide a beautifying, relaxing, or pampering experience with individual treatments that last for as little as an hour or multiple treatments that may take up to a whole day.


THERMAL HOLIDAYS IN TURKEY

April 13, 2006

Turkey is one of the 7 countries in the world in terms of thermal source richness with almost 1300 thermal springs throughout Anatolia. Of course the existence of seismic faults make the country very rich in this aspect. The temperature of these hot springs varies between 20-110 degrees Celsius ( 68-230 Fahrenheit ), and their flow is between 2 – 500 liters per second. Turkey is using only a small percentage of the country's potential in terms of mineral springs, but today the Ministry of Tourism and private investors are contributing more to Turkey's map of spa tourism.

The health-giving properties of Turkey's natural hot springs have been renowned since antiquity. Turkey with its rich and curative mineral waters is the paradise of thermal springs and welcomes the ones seeking for good health with its high quality facilities. Because Turkey is located on top of a major geothermal belt, it is among the top seven countries in the world for quality and quantity of thermal springs with over 1300.

Most are in the Marmara and Aegean regions and because of their proximity to popular travel destinations such as Istanbul, Izmir, Pamukkale, Yalova, Bursa, Afyonkarahisar, Kьtahya and Marmaris, public transport is easy.

As is known, cold and hot mineral waters preserve their physical and chemical characteristics as long as they are in their natural environments. The environment where these natural characteristics are at the highest level is the spring point where the cold and hot waters come to the surface or is the flow zone to this point.

Due to this, the use of healthy waters that are used for bathing and drinking purposes at their original place is taken as a basis. In other words, bathing in the spring of thermal waters or their flow is desired. This fact indicates the level of the most productive and economic availability of natural resources in the protection of public health and the purity of our bathing and drinking culture.

Enjoy these magnificient facilities, which combine the effects of its therapeutic waters, comfort, the supervision of the doctors, aesthetics, experts and physiotherapists with natural and scientific methods of therapy. Spoil yourself.