The word "hamam" immediately brings to mind images of the Orient with its seductive scents and delicious teas. For Sheherazade, the princess of 1001 nights, a city without a hamam would not have been complete. However, we mostly know the hamam as the Turkish bath.
A real hamam consists of multiple steps, including peelings and massages, and may take up to 90 minutes. As a first step in a hamam, the skin must be prepared for a peeling: the body is washed with plenty of warm water, rubbed with horsehair and Moroccan soap, and is followed by a massage.