Sunday, June 07, 2026

Gazligol – Afyon / Turkey

Healing properties
In addition to drinking and bathing treatments in Gazlıgöl spa, breathing the humid and steamy air that occurs in closed environments with water is also therapeutic. Generally, under the name of rheumatic diseases and circulatory system syndromes, thermal spring water, which is effective in liver, gallbladder, stomach, intestinal pain, neuralgia, neuritis, saborrheic skin diseases, provides benefits when cured. There are five baths with public pools in the spa. One has historical and healing drinking water and the other has a special spring water as a skin bath. The remaining three baths contain drilling water and potable healing water.

The 10 golden rules of using the hot spring:
1- Before the spa treatment, a doctor should be checked.
2- Spa cure should be at least 15, at most 20 baths.
3- Only one bath should be taken a day.
4- The temperature of the bath water should not exceed 37-38 degrees.
5- The duration of stay in the bathroom should not exceed 15 minutes.
6- One should lie down and rest for 45 minutes after bathing.
7- Do not take a bath on a full stomach and prefer the morning, which is the most appropriate time.
8- During the spa cure, one should not eat heavy, meaty, dough and oily. It should eat plenty of fruit, fresh vegetables, grilled, boiled and low-fat.
9- Walking and exercise should be done outside the hot spring.
10- The best program should be to follow the doctor’s advice.
Note: Those who come for health purposes are recommended to keep the water on the body in order not to reduce the effect of the treatment. For this reason, it is recommended not to soap too much. B.C. Gazlıgöl spa, which has been a settlement center for 5000 years from 3000 to the present day, has its main importance in BC. In the 7th and 6th centuries, during the time of the Phrygians, it was won by the recovery of the daughter of the Phrygian king Midas, who had skin disease. The natural rock formations in the areas where Ayazini, Bayramaliler, Demirli, Üçlerkayası villages and Döğer Municipality are located 10 km east of the spa are astonishing. The unique Phrygian goddess figures on rock masses, Aslankaya, Kapıkaya, Maltaş open-air rock temples, Aslantaş and Yılantaş rock tombs attract attention.

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