Spa activities in South Korea
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Spa Lei
Sorry fellas, this one is just for the ladies. Spa Lei is a luxurious spa providing excellent services in an immaculate, stylish environment. There are earthy tones of brown, grey and orange using a range of materials including stained wood, marble and rock. Joseon-era furniture, candelabras towering over gilt mirrors and winding vines add an antique touch. The saunas include the much-loved pinewood one, and you can hop from saltwater pool to ginseng, mineral and rose baths. The restaurant and café have patios. Staff are helpful and are used to dealing with foreigners. From Exit 5 go straight and take the second turning on the left. You’ll see Spa Lei in the basement to…
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Chunjiyun Spa
Popular with locals and Japanese tourists, this spa is compact and cosy, offering the essentials – a pinewood, jade and clay sauna as well as green tea, ginseng and mugwort hot baths. An extra W82,000 covers a body scrub, oil massage and cucumber facial. With salmon-pink walls and posters of Korean celebs, it can feel as if you’ve stumbled into a teenage girl’s bedroom, but staff are helpful and speak a little English. From the subway exit, take the second alley on the left. It’s in the basement of the building with ‘Sunshine’ written on it in red letters.
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New Seoul Mud
Beauty treatments (from W60,000) include foot massages, ginseng baths, special soft mud packs and skin scrapes as well as body oil, milk, mugwort and steam treatments.
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Dragon Hill Spa
This new luxury spa is spread out over seven floors. In addition to outdoor baths, charcoal saunas, crystal salt rooms and ginseng and cedar baths, there is a golf driving range, cinema and rooftop garden with an Indian Barbeque Village. The outdoor unisex pool is perfect for families. The spacious interior is a beguiling mix of gaudy Las Vegas bling and Asian chic – there’s a sauna shaped like the pyramids but also a bamboo forest lit up with neon green lights. There’s always a smattering of foreigners – Russian models, Filipino migrant workers and Western English teachers. The staff speak basic English and many signs are in English. Exit into Yongsan train station,…
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