What are hammam towels?
Hammam towels are ultra absorbent, thin, lightweight Turkish bath towels, made in Turkey using traditional weaving methods. They are also known as peshtemal towels.
Are hammam towels any good?
Yes! They are regularly rated by Mumsnetters as being their top tip for going to the gym and swimming, and for holidays and travel because they fold up to almost next to nothing and dry so quickly.
How to choose the best hammam towels
What do you want to use your towels for - apart from the obvious! Will they be your everyday family bathroom towels, or just for you to take to the gym, or the kids to take to swimming lessons? Or are you looking for super-soft fast drying towels for a baby? Base your selection on your individual usage needs, and look for products with top ratings for use in the same circs!
How should you wash your hammam towels?
Almost all the hammam manufacturers recommend washing your towels as soon as you get them, in order to make them as absorbent as possible on their first usage. Generally, your hammam towels should be washed on a low setting, and whilst they dry amazingly quickly, you can tumble dry them on a gentle heat should you need to.
What's the best hammam towel to buy?
We plumped for the LeStoff traditional Turkish hammam from Amazon, based on its reviews, and the fact it comes in so many colours, so would be appealing and practical for a variety of uses, as well as fitting into almost anyone’s colour scheme.
How we chose our recommendations
Because we know that there’s nothing like a real recommendation from a real parent, we first headed to the Mumsnet forums to find out which hammam towels discerning Mumsnet users had bought. We compiled a list of towels they recommended for being practical, stylish, and easy and effective to use. We then did some research across the wider web, looking at which hammam towels had won accolades or been featured in ‘best buy’ lists across websites and print media, and what customer reviews said about them.
Having collated all that information, we picked the hammam towels we thought would make the best buys.
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