New Spa Men's Bath

Bursa is undoubtedly the first city that comes to mind when it is called spa culture in the Ottoman Empire. The numerous baths and spas that have survived to the present day clearly attest to this situation. When you come to the city, many historical baths will welcome you from Armutlu Bath to Trilye Bath, from Court Bath to Nasuh Paşa Bath. Many of these baths offer traces of Ottoman, Seljuk or Byzantine periods both in terms of heating systems and in terms of architecture. One of the baths worth visiting in the city is the New Spa Men's Bath.

This special place is one of the most beautiful examples of Ottoman Spa architecture. The oldest hot spring in the city is the Old Hot Spring, also known as the Armutlu Bath. These spas are known to have been converted from Byzantine spas into Turkish baths. The new spa, built after Armutlu Bath, was created during the reign of Kanuni Sultan Süleyman and started a new era in Ottoman bath architecture. The undress section of the bath is 23 x 10 meters in size. Therefore, it can be said that this place has a rectangular plan.

You must come to the southwest front to enter the bathhouse. In the middle of the undress section, there is a large pool divided into two sections by an arch. This pool is also observed to be watery. The two sections separated by the pool are covered with large domes. The warmness area in the bath measures 19 x 9 meters. Each corner section has a seclusion. Small domes cover the top of the seclusion.

The new spa, which is one of the most famous spas in Bursa, begins its journey as a small bath. At that time, it was noticed that Suleyman The Magnificent had a disease called Nikris. Rüstem Pasha, son-in-law of Kanuni, created the thermal springs in 1552. The water in the entrance room always flows pretty hot. This is because the water comes here without any interference. The spa is connected to the Bademli Garden source.