A thick  cotton towel with woven pattern.
 
  Used to  wrap around in  the hammam and lean against the hot marble. 
 After several years of washing  keeps the fabrics just as good in quality and stays  even more comfortable as the cotton becomes softer and gives better absorbency.
 Peshtemalen is also used to have  around on the beach or in  sauna,  as a picnic blanket or  to the gym the fabric dries quickly, has  good absorbency, it takes up little space and is  nice to have on the bathroom hook or as an interior detail in the bathroom.