{"id":41899,"date":"2012-05-20T05:37:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T11:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=41899"},"modified":"2020-06-20T20:38:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T00:38:05","slug":"hammam-al-andalus-granada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=41899","title":{"rendered":"Hammam Al \u00c1ndalus Granada"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trip to the Hammam (baths in Arabic) was one of the unexpected and unplanned highlights of the trip. The visit is roughly and hour and a half filled with history, hot pools, cold pools, moroccan mint tea, steaming, lounging, and a large heated rock that we affectionately referred to it as the lizard rock. Massage is extra.<\/p>\n

Upon entry to the Hamman Baths in Granada<\/a>, we were told that in Roman times it was a common insult to say one, “smelled like a Christian.” It seems that Christians did not enjoy the same leisurely bathing rituals that Arabs and Romans did.<\/p>\n

The pools themselves are intricately designed with tiles and variable depths; waterfalls add to the atmosphere. It’s easy to envision yourself in one of these baths hundreds of years ago… immersed in a weekly ritual that involved women and their families heading down to the baths.<\/p>\n

The quote of the day goes to little miss Ni\u00f1a, which was exclaimed as I was prying her relaxed\/limp body off the lizard rock at the end of our experience: “Now I understand why people like relaxing in spas. I could do this forever.”<\/p>\n

(Photos of the pools are forbidden.)<\/em><\/p>\n