hammams

But the smoking experience that was once the domain of old men in Middle Eastern cafes -- and sometimes women in the bathhouses known as hammams -- is now attracting new and younger audiences in both East and West.

West Meets East 2007

"hammams," the old domed-roof bath houses, and relics of ornate Simgili plasterwork in walls that surround cool and quiet courtyards.

TheTyee.ca Terry Glavin 2010

Another trend in Paris that has been on the rise is hammams, or Turkish steam baths.

Doni Belau: 4 Big Trends in Paris Doni Belau 2012

Les Bains du Marais is more fashionable than most of the hammams and has excellent masseuses.

Doni Belau: 4 Big Trends in Paris Doni Belau 2012

Les Bains du Marais is more fashionable than most of the hammams and has excellent masseuses.

Doni Belau: 4 Big Trends in Paris Doni Belau 2012

Another trend in Paris that has been on the rise is hammams, or Turkish steam baths.

Doni Belau: 4 Big Trends in Paris Doni Belau 2012

Others are sleekly minimalist, elegantly employing the local render of choice, tadelakt, the smooth polished plaster in pink and chocolate shades originally restricted to the hammams.

Juliet Kinsman: Morocco Forte (PHOTOS) Juliet Kinsman 2010

The hammams she now designs, she says, are "mostly with a twist," describing one hammam that features heatable marble benches rather than a more traditional, more cumbersome central stone.

Hammam Rejuvenation J.S. Marcus 2010

Ms. Fadillioglu also designs new domestic hammams for a select group of private clients, in which she makes modifications that reflect the tremendous cost and bother of maintaining the heated room.

Hammam Rejuvenation J.S. Marcus 2010

Classic hammams -- often attached to mosques, and built out of traditional white marble from Turkey's Marmara region -- developed an elaborate regimen, with every phase of gradual warming leading up to an intensive body scrub and a final soap massage.

Hammam Rejuvenation J.S. Marcus 2010