I was told by a friend that she had been for a great meal at the Pasha hotel in Camberwell, London and that they had a spa too, so I decided to check it out.
Now I'm a BIG fan of relaxation treatments and when I can, I jump at the chance, so checked online and saw they had a - wait for it - TURKISH BATH?!?!
Now having been to the country many times over the past 10 years, I got UBER excited at the prospect and soon found myself filling out the online form to complete for an appointment. I called one of my girl's to which she agreed- although she did later tell me she thought "Oh no, what she got us doing now!" Haha!
A lovely guy named Altay called me back and was great at advising on going with their Magnifique Ritual (even the name sounds like royalty, don't you think?), along with arranging a time most suitable for me and one of my girls who had never experienced such a delight before.
Altay went to the trouble to ensuring we had the place to ourselves too, which made the while experience feel extra special!!
Having gone by this place a ridiculous amount of times and not knowing this secret gem before, I almost feel like kicking myself, but better late than never huh?
On entering the Pasha Hotel entrance, the first thing I immediately mentioned to my friend was the wonderful aromatherapy smells that hit me, along with it being beautifully decorated and looking very posh for something you wouldn't expect in that part of the neighbourhood, which is turn pleasantly surprised me.
We were warmly greeted by a guy named Sam, who showed us to the room we would be using which is located next to the Turkish Bath steam room.
It was decorated like something out of an opulent Turkish movie, in rich reds, greens, purples and black with lanterns for lighting and rich mahogany wood furniture trimmings in the dressing room...LUSH!
Sam then gave us time to get changed, offered us to help ourselves to some water in a glass water dispenser with freshly cut orange slices inside (nice touch!) and to enter the steam room...
Excited we entered the beautiful marble room and took a seat at the end on the biggest seat at the back of the room. Now the room isn't not as large as one in Turkey - but come on this is London and that amount of marble would set you back a pretty large some of money. But it's a fair size and enough space to enjoy the experience.
So after 20 mins or steam, both Altay and Sam came back in and proceeded to give us a Natural Pink Himalayan Salt scrub, in a massage motion from head-to-toe....then after a rinse down (from running water in the stunning marble sink bowls which had a brass fish on one tap and frog on the other, cute), we then got the wonderful bubble in a special pillow (for those of you who don't know, it's being covered head to toe in a mass of soft bubbles), which is this case were made out of organic almond and olive oils, one word....BLISS.
We were asked to turn around and the guys set to giving us a massages which left us both lost for words (and for those who know us, that is a mean feat ha!) in a total state of zombie-like relaxation.
Then the guys rinsed the bubbles off and finished with asking said friend and I to face each other and had a brass bowl full of organic honey and said it was the end and we could help ourselves to as much as we liked and to rub from head to toe (hair included), leave to steam and then to rinse with hot water and use the shower and shampoo gels provided.
Sam and Altay. :-)
All in all this was 2 hours of heaven, we felt like new pampered women and my friend & I are looking forward to arranging the next appointment already!!
They also have a highly recommended restaurant and hotel, which will another stop in the near future... ;-)
Okay so the cost is over £60 for this particular treatment, but to be honest, my my friend's words "We easily spend more than this on a night out."
I agree, along with the fact we can easily spent money polluting our body, so why not treat our bodies to something great that makes feel new again?
After all Health is our Wealth!!
And for those who are still unsure they were awarded the Certificate of Excellence from Trip Advisor in 2014 if you need any more persuasion!
Whether you're local to the area, or not, it's 100% DEFINITELY worth a visit - we highly recommend!!
There are many other cheaper treatments, which suit all budgets, just take a look in the link above, but make sure you book early, as their appointments disappear very quickly in advance - especially the weekends!
