From hi-tech wellness programmes to spas that celebrate time-honoured wellness rituals, these luxury spa hotels are among Turkey’s best The Ottomans were certainly onto something when they pioneered ...

We're in a steamy antechamber in the heart of historic Istanbul. My hamamci, Fatih, has unfolded me on to the searing gobek tasi marble slab that fills the centre of the steam room. This is no dainty ...

After all, this is the spa resort which other guests have billed as ‘paradise on earth’. Happily, if your idea of paradise is being pampered in the tranquil surrounds of a private bay, then Hillside ...

TO say I was dreading my 30th birthday would be an understatement. But after heading to Turkey for the big day, it turned out to be one of the best I reckon I’ll ever have. My friend Emma and I ...

After wrapping up a busy fortnight in Cannes, Sharon Stone was in need of some rest and relaxation. So the A-list beauty hopped on a private plane and headed straight to the Mardan Palace Spa in ...

The spa: the Sanda Spa at the five-star Hillside Su is a haven of rooms lit by candles and strewn with rose petals, in contrast to a hotel decor that is starkly clinical and glitzy at the same time.

Istanbul (AFP) – Turkish authorities have sealed off a luxury spa run by a five-star Istanbul hotel that was set up by illegally modifying a 1,500-year-old cistern, officials told AFP on Monday. The ...

The Navitas Spa Sarnic is operated by the Hagia Sofia Mansions Istanbul hotel A pool inside a 1,500-year-old cistern in Istanbul. AFP Turkish authorities have sealed off a luxury spa run by a ...