The Moroccan couple just filled a huge void in Quebec City by opening this hammam. “We’ve always heard that Quebec City doesn’t have a hammam. People traveled to either Trois-Rivières or Montreal to attend a meeting. Our project quickly caught the interest of the region’s cosmopolitan community! Africans, Europeans, North Africans told us: “Go on!” says Mohamed Benchellal to Le Soleil.
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Mohamed Benchellal and Widad Berkchi from Morocco have been developing this project since 2018. “The first thing we land here (in Morocco) is to go to the hammam!” Now you can feel all the benefits here,” reveals the couple who own it in managed to furnish this new wellness area in a modern and traditional way in just a few months. With a third partner, Mohamed Benchellal and Widad Berkchi, last week inaugurated this center, unique in the Quebec region, called “The Oriental Hammam Ritual”.
“Our room is arranged according to the hammam. After the room was completely emptied, it was necessary to build an airtight ceramic box, install a ventilation structure and heat the entire walls,” explains Widad Berkchi. The hammam includes two saunas, one private for two people and the other shared for six people, as well as a common room, a treatment room and a relaxation room in the style of a Moroccan lounge, where customers can have tea or coffee after the ritual performed with from Morocco and Turkey imported products.
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“The hammam is a social place. We go there to meet up, with friends on vacation, we have fun indoors, we put on music… The hammam is purifying, destressing and detoxifying. It relaxes the muscles and clears the airways. Clean skin feels like new skin. Anxiety and stress decrease. You will be spoiled by this special care. It has a positive effect on health and morale,” explains Widad Berkchi the benefits of this wellness area.