Haymana Thermal Springs (Haymana Kaplıcaları)

What to expect

Haymana is a district town on the steppe south of Ankara, about 1,219 m (4,000 ft) above sea level and 74 km (46 miles) from the capital. Its springs have been used for a very long time: the Ankara culture and tourism directorate traces them back to the Hittites and says the Romans repaired the baths. Today the water feeds a handful of municipal bathhouses in the town centre and a ring of thermal hotels around them. It is a working spa town rather than a resort, popular with Ankara families at weekends and with older visitors who come for a course of baths.

The provincial directorate describes the water as clear and odourless and names three baths as the best known: Cimcime Sultan, Medrese and Seyran. Their status in late 2026 is mixed, so read the next section before you go.

There is no outdoor hot spring to sit in. You soak in indoor thermal pools inside hamam-style buildings, or in your hotel.

The baths

• Seyran Kaplıcası (Seyran Hamamı). Built in 1991 in Seyran Mahallesi, it holds about 150 people, with separate women’s and men’s sections, changing cabins, washing areas, thermal pools and a rest lobby, plus two private jacuzzi rooms for two to four people. It went back to municipal management in August 2026. After five days of maintenance from August 3, it reopened on Saturday, August 8, 2026, and the mayor cut the entry price from ₺150 to ₺100.
• Medrese Hamamı. Also built in 1991, in Medrese Mahallesi, and described by the municipality in the same terms as Seyran. In August 2026 the mayor spoke of a new Medrese bath building still to be finished, so check whether the old building is open when you visit.
• Cimcime Sultan (Merkez) Kaplıcası. The town’s original bath, which locals call the Merkez (central) Kaplıca. The municipality says it stood on a Roman foundation and was rebuilt in 1927. Ground movement cracked its columns, and it was pulled down in 2022. A five-storey replacement is planned with women’s and men’s baths on separate floors, eight family rooms each with its own sauna and pool, two accessible family rooms, aroma and massage rooms and steam rooms.

In September 2025 the municipality opened a new 13,500 m² thermal complex with a concert by the singer Semicenk, and Ankara’s metropolitan mayor attended. Ask locally which bath is in that complex and what it charges.

Getting there

Haymana is an easy trip from Ankara, with or without a car.

• By car from Ankara: Take the dual carriageway south through Gölbaşı, 74 km (46 miles) in all. From Polatlı the road is 42 km (26 miles).
• By minibus: Private minibuses leave the Başkent İlçeler Terminali, behind the ANKAmall shopping centre, every hour from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. They return from below the Çağ Devremülkleri in Haymana every hour from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• By EGO bus: Ankara’s city bus 158 leaves AŞTİ, the main intercity bus station, at 6:45 a.m. and starts back from Cimcime Meydanı in Haymana at 5:30 p.m.
• By train: High-speed trains from Istanbul and Konya stop at Polatlı, 38 km (24 miles) away, where hourly buses run to Haymana.

The municipal baths are in the town centre, within walking distance of where the buses stop.

When to go

The baths are indoors and open all year. Winter on the Anatolian plateau is cold and often snowy, which is when a hot soak feels best, and the dual carriageway from Ankara is the easiest winter road. Weekends bring day trippers from the capital, so weekday mornings are the quietest. The International Haymana Thermal Spring Festival and cultural events take place every June and fill the hotels.

Prices and booking

Seyran Kaplıcası charges ₺100 per person from August 8, 2026. You pay at the entrance and no booking is needed for the shared sections. The private jacuzzi rooms cost more; ask at the desk. The thermal hotels set their own prices for rooms, day use and treatments, and none of them publishes day-use rates on the municipality’s hotel list. Turkish prices change often.

Bathing culture

Haymana’s municipal baths follow the Turkish hamam tradition. Men and women bathe in separate sections, and you will be expected to keep covered: men wear a cotton peştamal around the waist or a swimsuit, and women usually wear a swimsuit. Shower or rinse at the basins before you get into the pool, and keep soap and shampoo out of it. Families and couples who want to bathe together rent a private room rather than share the main pools. Some visitors are on a course of baths for their health, so keep the noise down. Bring your own towel, slippers and toiletries unless you have checked what the bath provides.

Where to stay nearby

The municipality lists eight thermal hotels in town: Cimcime Sultan Termal Otel, Armada Grannos Thermal Hotel, Golden Termal Hotel, Hotel Midas Haymana, Ürofiz Termal Otel, Doktor Saraçoğlu Termal Otel, Adıgüzel Termal Otel and Doktorun Oteli. Cimcime Sultan and Ürofiz stand next to the site of the old Merkez bath. Most have their own thermal pools and hamams, so staying in one gives you a soak without the public baths. Ankara, 74 km (46 miles) away, has every kind of hotel if you prefer a day trip.

Safety notes

• Heat: Thermal water is hot. Keep soaks to 15 or 20 minutes, drink water and get out if you feel dizzy. People with heart problems or high blood pressure, and pregnant women, should ask a doctor first.
• Slippery floors: Wet marble and tiles are slick. Wear slippers and use the handrails.
• Construction: Parts of the central bath area are building sites. Keep out of fenced areas.
• Winter driving: Snow and ice are common on the plateau from December to March. Check the weather before you drive.

Nearby stops worth adding

The tomb of Cimcime Sultan stands by the springs in Medrese Mahallesi. In the town’s legend, a girl abandoned in the forest by her adoptive family washed in the hot spring, was cured of her sores, chose to stay, and was buried where she had been left. The Ankara culture and tourism directorate also points to Hittite sites in the district, including the Gâvurkale rock reliefs and the mound at Külhöyük near Oyaca. Polatlı and the ancient Phrygian capital of Gordion are a short drive west.