Guide
Heybeli is a hot spring in the district of Bolvadin whose water is believed to have burst out onto the plain after the great earthquakes of 295 BC. The baths are known to have been used in the Roman and Byzantine periods and again under the Seljuks and Ottomans. The spring has two other names: Kızıl Kilise, after a church that stood west of the town before the area came under Turkish rule, and Uyuz Hamamı, the scabies bath, from its reputation for skin complaints.
The provincial directorate lists the water, brought to a suitable temperature and used in baths under a doctor's supervision, as a complementary treatment for chronic rheumatic and joint conditions, soft-tissue complaints, rehabilitation after long immobility, and stress disorders. The area lost its status as a thermal tourism centre in 2019, when the number of such centres was reduced, but it still draws visitors.
Getting there
The spring is on the Afyonkarahisar-Konya road, 30 km from Afyonkarahisar.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Afyonkarahisar as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.4 °C in January to 22.2 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (56 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
