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Originally Posted by WoodyWoodWood
My wife and I have visited sauna's, steam rooms and hammam's in Europe that were clothing optional, and a couple where being nude was mandatory in the hot steam and bathing room. Assisted washing/cleaning was also provided with the choice of a male of female attendant, who also then took you to the individual massage rooms (although they didn't close the doors so they weren't exactly private).
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My favourite visit to a hammam was in Hisaronu, which we visited with another couple we were holidaying with. My wife and I stripped off, and went into the Turkish bath just a towel wrapped round our waists, whereas our friends we more conservative, he wore his swim trunks and she wore a bikini.
There were only the four of us there, and after about 30 minutes we were joined by four members of staff, for the bathing/washing which was done on the rather large central plinth. The two males attendant's helped our wives up onto the plinth, and promptly removed my wife's towel and out friends bikini top before covering them in foamy bubbles and beginning to wash and exfoliate them. At the same time the two female attendants did exactly the same thing to us men.
Next were left to relax after the exfoliation before being led, by our attendants to the showers. My wife and I were both naked at this point whereas our friends were still wearing the trunks/bikini bottom.
After a wonderfully hot shower we spent some time wrapped in towels in a cooler room before being taken off for full body massages.