People were already familiar with honey as a food in the Stone Age, as 9,000-year-old Stone Age cave and wall paintings with human “honey hunters” show.

A problem in nutrition was also very closely linked to the transition of people from gatherers and hunters to the cultivation of grain and vegetables.

In our article about the trip to Barßel, we already talked about the great breakfast at Mariechen and Jochen's, which had one special feature: the obligatory spoonful of honey before the actual breakfast, which is only intended to keep the body healthy.

In addition to the Romans, the Seljuks and a little later the Ottomans also developed a distinctive bathing culture when they began to settle down when they entered Anatolia.

In addition to regular cleaning of skin and hair, skin care, hair care, dental and oral care as well as cleaning and care of fingernails and feet are part of body care, especially for children.

An international team of researchers found some 500,000-year-old pieces of the skull of a Homo erectus during soil investigations in a quarry in western Turkey. It is likely that the skull parts came from the remains of an approximately 18-30-year-old man originally from Africa, research had shown.

In Bad Bibra we recently came across some water application facilities that are frequented here by locals and guests: water treading and drinking facilities as a source of health according to Sebastian Kneipp.

Hot and warm springs have been used for therapeutic purposes in many cultures for many centuries, as they are often rich in dissolved minerals of different composition, far more than in cold springs.

The scholar, a natural scientist, was far more than just a bit distraught at the sight of his home. Where once forests were greening the hills, long-naked rocks sticked out of the ground.

Back to the 15th century, the first attempts of inventing an acoustic instrument in order to improve hearing took place.

Dentures made in Turkey "cheap alternative or risk"  Whether crowns or prosthesis - dentures are always expensive.

In todays times, were fitness, health and a beautiful outfit is taking a more and more important part in the process of being successful in society and job of daily life and lot of different tipsand helps are available to benefit in relation to your good looking, but because of lack of money often are not available, there again is Turkey to offer a practicable and profitable alternative solution.

As a male visitor to Turkey you should also, during your stay, visit a hair dresser, whether it is necessary or not. In Turkey, men do not go to the hairdresser just because they need a haircut. Apart from the washing, cutting and drying of your hair, you normally get an extremely relaxing massage of your head and your shoulders. 

The Turkish hamam is a wonderful chance to finish your holiday here in Turkey in a really relaxing way. Forget all your prudish ideas of body care and step in! This experience will be unforgettableand will be one of the highlights of your holiday. Join in this traditional method of cultivated cleansing and relaxation which you will never experience in western European bathrooms and showers.

A tattoo is a marking made by inserting ink into the layers of skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification.

For all Wellness fans Turkey has recently become more popular. The quality of the sea-water is excellent and because of that it is used more and more often for various forms of hydro-therapies.

Sheltered accommodation offers independent and self-contained living in your own apartment with the additional opportunity of using as many other on-site services as necessary. In this type of accommodation the customer rents out or buys a complete flat, or a part of it, with bathroom and kitchen, completely furnished, with extra- and community rooms, garden and/or pool equipment.

Because of the health reforms in different European countries leading to increasing prices, lots of travellers to Turkey now use the services of the many excellent opticians here. 

Euryphon, a celebrated Greek physician and doctor of Cnidos in Caria, who was probably born in the former half of the 5th century BC, as Soranus says that he was a contemporary of Hippocrates, but older.

Turkey is not only the country with 1001 thermal resources, it is also known as the first place to have thermal springs in world history - the Hierapolis, which is close to the worldly famous natural wonder Pamukkale, has been the place where the Roman Empire’s family members and other well-known wealthy people in history had come to in search of health.