The Moroccan answer to a Turkish bath. is a sauna and massage followed by hot and cold rooms. It is an import part of Islamic society and often the buildings are impressive structures. You will begin in the cold room and work your way through to a larger warm room before ending up in the hot or steam room. The whole process is finalised with a massage and soaping in the warm room before relaxing with some mint tea or coffee.

Public or private baths, following the model of Roman baths.

a public bathhouse that operates on a similar principle as the ancient Roman baths (like the Antonine Baths we visited today)

( Turkish) The name given to Turkish Bathes, very often public.

(also Turkish Bath) - A steam room(s) usually with herbal-scented vapours.

steam bath, usually near mosques for ablutions before prayers

Arabic steam bath. Muhammad believed that the heat of the hammam, which in Arabic means "spreader of warmth" enhanced fertility and the followers of the faith should multiply.

A Turkish or Middle-Eastern communal bathing house with various rooms at different temperatures. Unless you're in Turkey, northern Africa or the Middle East, the term hamman is usually used to refer to ceramic-tiled steam rooms.

Bath house for public use, male at certain times and female at other times.