Across millennia, continents and cultures, communal bathing has formed a core pillar of daily life. Jessie Stoelwinder lists the traditions worth seeking out for a local immersion.
“Clothes off,” an attendant gently tells me, touching the woven cotton towel I have gripped around my body. We are standing in the sıcaklık, or hot room, of Istanbul's Zeyrek Çinili Hamam. Around us, ...