Korean spa
Heated room retreat
A Korean spa is a large bathhouse offering communal soaking pools, saunas, and body treatments in the Korean tradition.
Guests typically move between hot and cold pools, steam rooms, and dry saunas of varying temperatures.
Most include a jimjilbang—a co-ed area with heated floors where visitors rest in provided clothing.
Korean spas emphasize prolonged relaxation over quick services, with guests often staying for hours: We spent the whole afternoon at the Korean spa.
- saunaHeated room for sweating
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- scrubClean by rubbing hard
- bathhousePublic washing facility
- exfoliateRemove outer skin layers
rice water · sesame oil · soak · hot tub · towel · robe · sweat · salt room · jade · mugwort · detox · massage · skincare · relaxation · naked · communal · heated floors · egg
- lodgingshotel, motel, inn, hostel, guesthouse
- KoreaSeoul, Busan, Incheon, DMZ, kimchi
- Korean diasporaKoreatown, ethnic enclaves, immigrant families, expatriates, second generation
- steam bathssteam bath, steam room, steam shower, wet sauna, hammam