Relaxation and fitness Amman

Gaia's Cocoon is a luxury spa and beauty institute with rather high prices, but feather-soft treatments. The egg-shaped waiting chairs create nests of intimacy where you can settle down to sip mint tea or Turkish coffee after your treatments. In addition to the usual beauty treatments, the Cocoon Spa also has a sauna, a jacuzzi and a hammam with a (small) swimming pool and steam room. In addition, the establishment offers mineral water showers or scented baths (coffee, chocolate, coconut) with detoxifying or soothing properties.

The Sultan Ahmad Turkish Hammam is very out of the way, on the western edge of the city. Nevertheless, it's worth the trip, as the mosaic-lined halls and rest rooms worthy of a pasha's salon will make you feel like a prince or princess from a tale of the Arabian Nights. In addition to a steam bath and an invigorating massage, you can opt for a fish pedicure, a hot stone massage or a Dead Sea mud wrap.