Sofitel Thalassa
Five-star thalassotherapy spa for an Accor property — the wet-and-thermal scope on a seawater-therapy floor, delivered as an export contract from Istanbul.
Africa · Delivering Across the Continent
Custom Sauna, Hammam & Spa Contractor in Africa
Sauna Dekor is a Turkish sauna, hammam and spa manufacturer and turnkey contractor that exports, installs and commissions complete thermal suites across Africa. Founded in Istanbul in 1987 and now in its 40th year, the company has delivered in more than 35 countries; African work has included a private villa sauna in Lagos and a thalassotherapy resort in Algeria.
Design, in-house manufacturing and turnkey installation of luxury saunas, hammams, steam rooms, pools and complete wellness facilities — delivered across Africa, with authentic Turkish hammam heritage and a global track record since 1987.
Serving Africa — North, East & Sub-Saharan
40+Years — operating since 1987
5,000+Projects delivered worldwide
35+Countries across four continents
78%Repeat-client rate
Continental Presence
Engineered Across Europe.
Engineered Across Europe.
Delivered Across Africa.
Every project is designed, engineered and manufactured in-house, with production and supply hubs across Türkiye, Germany and the Netherlands — then exported and installed across the African continent, coordinated from our Istanbul headquarters.
USD
International Invoicing & Contracts
Contracts and invoicing in USD or EUR, structured per project, with a single point of contact from design through to commissioning.
ISO
International-Standard Engineering
Every installation is built under our TS EN ISO 9001:2015 quality management system, using equipment that carries CE, TÜV and GS certification from its own manufacturers, and is engineered to each country’s local building and fire-safety codes.
SD
In-House Manufacturing
From 3D design and technical documentation to custom marble and premium Nordic woods — one team from concept to handover, backed by a 24-month warranty.
Scope of Work
From −10 °C to +95 °C — One Contractor, the Full Thermal Range
Contrast therapy is our craft. Every temperature on this spectrum is a facility we design, manufacture and install for projects across Africa.
−10 °CSnow RoomsTurnkey snow & ice cabins
+5 °CCold Plunge PoolsIce baths · chillers
+30 °CPools & HydrotherapyIndoor · outdoor · vitality
+45 °CSteam Rooms100% humidity · marble
+50 °CHammamsTurkish bath · göbektaşı
+95 °CCustom SaunasFinnish · infrared · outdoor
Plus salt rooms, ice fountains, shower systems, massage rooms and complete hotel wellness floors — and authentic hammams, a natural fit for North Africa's bath heritage — for hotels, resorts, developers and private residences across the continent.
Full-Scope Services
One Partner, From Drawing Board to Handover
Every discipline a wellness project needs — under one roof, coordinated from our Istanbul headquarters and delivered across Africa.
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Consulting & Project Development
Business planning, layout design, conceptual design, 3D visualisation, cost estimation, spec & BOQ preparation.
Explore → 02Engineering & Technical Documentation
MEP coordination, material submittals, shop drawings and full technical documentation for consultants and contractors.
Explore → 03In-House Manufacturing
Custom marble, premium woods and certified components — produced across our Türkiye and European facilities.
Explore → 04Installation & Assembly
Our own installation teams on-site across Africa — commissioning, BMS integration and staff training included.
Explore → 05Transportation & Logistics
Door-to-door delivery and export to any African destination, customs handled end-to-end.
Explore → 06After-Sales, Maintenance & Support
24-month warranty, maintenance contracts and technical support coordinated from our Istanbul headquarters.
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Delivered in Africa
Algiers, Algeria · 2022
Algiers, Algeria · 2021
Uganda
Ethiopia · awarded 2026, in production
Hotels in Algiers, a Highland Hotel Spa in Production
Our African work is hospitality-led and export-delivered: designed and built in Istanbul, shipped as a kit, installed and commissioned by our own supervision team.
El Aurassi & KBF Hotels
Twin hospitality commissions in the Algerian capital, running in parallel — hammam, sauna and steam scope across two hotel wellness floors.
Rock Classic Hotel
Hotel spa installation in East Africa — sauna and wet-area scope shipped and commissioned on site.
774 m² Hotel Spa, Addis Ababa
Turnkey thermal scope for an international five-star brand: 47 Finnish sauna cabins, 47 steam rooms and 28 prefabricated jacuzzi units, plus the full IFC drawing set. Contract awarded July 2026; manufacturing under way in Istanbul.
Also delivered across the continent: a private residence sauna in Lagos, Nigeria, and residential and commercial work in Libya (Tripoli and Benghazi) and Ivory Coast. Client names on hotel projects are used only where the client has published them; private residences are described by location only. Detailed references are available on request under NDA.
Regional Engineering
Africa Is Not One Market — and We Do Not Price It As One
Africa is fifty-four jurisdictions, three or four distinct climate regimes and no single building code. What travels across all of them is the export contract: a cabin engineered and built in Istanbul, shipped as a kit, and commissioned on site. What changes is the code we engineer to, the port we ship through, and the physics of the site itself.
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No single code — we engineer to CE/EN and adapt
Our own certification is TS EN ISO 9001:2015 quality management, and the equipment we install carries CE marking with TÜV and GS certification from its manufacturers. That combination is what most African authorities will accept as evidence for imported equipment. Local approval then runs through whatever national or state route applies, and that route differs sharply between Algiers, Lagos and Addis Ababa — in some markets a national code, in others a state or municipal planning permit. We do not publish a code reference we have not confirmed for the specific country and year: instead we ask the project consultant to state the code basis in writing at tender stage, and we engineer and document to it. That is also how we avoid the common failure on African export contracts, where equipment certified to one standard arrives on a site being inspected against another.
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Highland Africa is a heating problem, not a cooling one
The assumption that Africa means heat is wrong for a large part of the continent's hotel market. Addis Ababa sits above 2,300 m — Bole International Airport's aerodrome elevation is 2,326 m — and ASHRAE's 0.4% summer design dry-bulb there is 26.2 °C with a 17.9 °C design wet-bulb, cooler than Istanbul and roughly 18 K below Doha. A wellness floor at that altitude needs heating and reheat capacity that a Gulf-derived design simply does not carry. Altitude changes the equipment too: thinner air means lower density and a lower boiling point, so convective heater output, steam-generator behaviour and any compressor- or pressure-vessel-based equipment must be checked against site altitude rather than the sea-level figure on the datasheet. We run that check before the order, not during commissioning. One more local detail worth planning around: Addis Ababa's hottest month is March, not August.
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Logistics is part of the engineering
For landlocked destinations the port and the inland leg decide the programme. Ethiopian cargo routes through Djibouti; West African work through Lagos or Abidjan; North African work is a short Mediterranean run from Ambarlı or Trieste. We quote Incoterms explicitly, pack as a site-assembled kit sized for the last mile, and send our own supervision team to lead installation and testing & commissioning.
Sources: aerodrome elevation as published for Addis Ababa Bole International Airport; national code references are named as the route to approval, not as a claim of accreditation. Where a country's code basis could not be confirmed we say so and ask the project consultant.
Delivery Method
From Concept to Commissioning
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Consulting & Design
Consultation and site survey, 3D visualisation, material selection, full technical documentation.
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Manufacturing
In-house production across our Türkiye and European facilities — Germany & the Netherlands — custom marble, premium woods, CE / TÜV / GS certified components.
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Delivery & Customs
Door-to-door logistics and export clearance to any African destination, handled end-to-end.
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Installation
Our own teams on-site across Africa — commissioning to local building and fire codes, BMS integration, staff training.
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After-Sales
24-month warranty, maintenance contracts and support from our Istanbul headquarters.
Hospitality Pedigree
Trusted by the World's Leading Hospitality Brands
220+ hotel & resort wellness projects across 35+ countries since 1987
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Africa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you deliver and install across Africa?
Yes. From our Istanbul base we export and install across the African continent — with engagements including a flagship hotel spa in Addis Ababa — coordinated by our own project and installation teams.
Which African countries do you serve?
Across the continent — North Africa (Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia), East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya) and Sub-Saharan markets — for hotels, resorts, developers and private residences.
How much does a custom sauna or spa cost?
We quote per project rather than publish a range, because the same specification lands at a very different total from one building to the next. What moves the figure is the size of the cabin or wet room, the timber and stone grade, the heater or steam generator selected, how much of the enclosure is glass, the waterproofing, tanking and drainage the room already has, and how far power, water, drainage and ventilation have to be brought to it. Send us the room dimensions, the ceiling height, the access route and the services already reaching the space, and we return an itemised, position-by-position quotation covering equipment, construction and installation.
How long does a project take?
A single sauna or steam room typically takes 6–10 weeks from design approval to commissioning, including manufacturing at our Istanbul facility and shipping. Complete villa spa packages run 12–16 weeks; hotel projects are scheduled per the construction programme.
Do you handle shipping and customs to Africa?
Yes. We provide door-to-door logistics with export and customs clearance handled end-to-end to any African destination.
Are your installations certified and compliant?
Our own certification is TS EN ISO 9001:2015 quality management. The CE, TÜV, GS and GREENGUARD Gold marks belong to the equipment we install and come from its own manufacturers — EOS, Sentiotec and Condair among them. Every installation is engineered to each country’s local building and fire-safety codes.
Next Step
Start Your Project in Africa
Book a consultation, request a position-by-position quotation, or send us your architect's drawings — we respond within one business day.
Africa · Worldwide
Sauna Dekor — Africa
Delivering across North, East
& Sub-Saharan Africa
+90 532 215 64 78
info@saunadekor.com
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