Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamamı
Mimar Sinan built this bath around 1580 for the admiral Kılıç Ali Pasha and the sailors of the Tophane docks, and it reopened in 2012 after seven years of restoration. The single dome is 14 m across, so women bathe until the afternoon and men take the evening.
Getting in
- Public transport
- T1 tram to Tophane, or the M2 metro to Şişhane and the Tünel funicular down to Karaköy; ferries from the Asian side to Karaköy or Kabataş
- Address
- Kemankeş Mahallesi, Hamam Sokak, No:1, 34425 Tophane, Karaköy, Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Entry, hours and rules
- Entry
- Traditional hamam ritual (kese scrub and foam bath, no massage)TRY 4,300about €78
- Hamam for children, 4 to 12 (with a parent)TRY 2,700about €49
- Hamam for infants, 0 to 3 (washed on the parent's lap)Free
- Hours
- Mon08:00-23:30
- Tue08:00-23:30
- Wed08:00-23:30
- Thu08:00-23:30
- Fri08:00-23:30
- Sat08:00-23:30
- Sun08:00-23:30
- Swimwear and rules
- One dome, so women and men bathe at different hours: women 08:00 to 16:00, men in the evening. Stay covered from the waist down; a peştemal is provided.
- Children
- Children of any age under parental supervision: 3 and under free with their mothers and no kese scrub under 4, ages 4 to 12 for a fee.
- Tickets
- Day ticket, no time slot
- Official site
- kilicalipasahamami.com
- Facilities
- Changing roomsLockersCafé
About Kılıç Ali Paşa Hamamı
Kılıç Ali Pasha was born Giovanni Dionigi Galeni in Calabria, rowed as a galley slave after the Ottoman navy captured him, and rose to chief admiral after the Battle of Lepanto in 1571; Cervantes calls him Uchali in Don Quixote. The bath belonged to his mosque and school complex, and it stands free, so its whole exterior can be seen. The operator says its dome, 17 m high, is the second largest on any hammam in Istanbul. The restoration that ended in 2012 identified parts of Sinan's design hidden over the centuries and won a Europa Nostra award in 2017.