Bath House sights in Syria
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Hammam Yalbougha an-Nasry
Originally constructed in 1491, Hammam Yalbougha an-Nasry was one of Syria's finest working bathhouses and something of a city showpiece, yet was closed for maintenance at the time of research with no opening date fixed. If you can manage to get in to take a look around, there's a splendid sun clock inside the dome above reception. If it is operational again, don't leave Aleppo without having a massage and scrub here.
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Diocletian's Baths
On the north side of the great colonnaded way, four columns standing forward of the line of the portico announce the location of what was once a public bathhouse founded by Diocletian. These columns once carried a pediment over the entrance, but this has been lost. The baths survive only as trenches and as outlines scored in the baked earth.
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Hammam Nureddin
If you're a male and visit only one hammam in Damascus, make it busy, men-only Hammam Nureddin, accessed from the spice souq that runs between the Umayyad Mosque and Straight St. Founded in the mid-12th century, it is one of the grandest and oldest functioning hammams in the country. It has an excellent heated steam room.
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Hammam Na'eem
Hammam Na'eem, also known as Hammam al-Jedida, is a quiet, clean, friendly, men-only place north of the main souq street. To find it, coming from Bab Antakya along Souq Bab Antakya, take the first left after the start of the corrugated-iron roofing and it's just ahead on the right.
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Hammam al-Nahaseen
The renovated, men-only Hammam al-Nahaseen, in the heart of the souq just south of the Great Mosque, is open long hours and is still a local favourite despite increasingly attracting tourists.
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Hammam az-Zahariyya
Hammam az-Zahariyya, next to the madrassa of the same name, just north of Umayyad Mosque, has been in use since the 12th century. It's clean and well looked after.
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Hammam al-Qaimariyya
Hammam al-Qaimariyya, north of Sharia al-Qaimariyya and 300m east of Umayyad Mosque, is popular with locals.
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Hammam al-Uthmaniyya
The historic Hammam al-Uthmaniyya, is spotlessly clean and popular with the locals.
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Hammam Bakri
Opposite Beit al-Mamlouka hotel near Bab Touma, is local favourite Hammam Bakri.
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