Here are great spas you can enjoy on a chilly autumn day.
This is the season when we miss the warm spas amidst chilly wind. Just lying on the warm spa bed itself calms your body and mind down. Spa actually does good in relieving your fatigue and activates your metabolism. Recently you can choose the spa of your liking as there are many different concept spas including hotel spa, oriental medicine spa, etc. Here are 5 great spas in Korea you can go to on a special day or if you want to relax quietly.
Spa that has Jeju’s clean energy, Haevichi hotel Spa Ara
Haevichi hotel Spa Ara allows you to admire the Jeju nature while enjoying the spa.
Just thinking about spa while enjoying Jeju’s ocean and nature is healing. You can enjoy relaxation time just as much as you would in a foreign resort. Spa Ara in the Haevichi Hotel and Resort Jeju operates spa programs that make great use of Jeju’s geographical characteristics. Spa Ara is known for creating a therapy based on Jeju’s long standing Chenaerimhalmang (grandmother’s healing touch on aching areas) home remedy. There are 8 treatment beds, whirlpool bath, and outdoor hinoki bathtub where you can admire the Jeju shore. Spa Ara’s most well-known program is ‘Healing in Jeju’, which uses Jeju basalt to relieve tight muscles and alleviate stress with stone energy to calm your body and mind down.
Family spa, which includes a therapy for children’s growth, will provide relaxing time for all family members.
There’s also a ‘Family Spa’, a spa program you can enjoy with your whole family. It’s literally family spa consisted of a therapy which helps with children’s brain development and growth. You can also drink Jeju Guava tea in the outdoor hinoki bathtub and relax, while destressing with the whole family. After loosening up your body in the hinoki bathtub, you can experience customized therapy under the professional therapist’s touch. You need to make reservations for Spa Ara; arriving 20 minutes before you time will allow you to go into detailed consultation with a therapist, so please visit with much time at hand if possible.
Address: 2nd FL., Winter Garden, 537, Minsokhaean-ro, Pyoseon-myeon, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea
Telephone: 064-780-8536
Homepage: www.haevichi.com/jeju/ko/
Fast healing in the city, Hwasung Rolling Hills Hotel THE SPA
Visit the Rolling Hills THE SPA if you are looking for great relaxation time in the city
If you are looking for a place to enjoy spa in the city without going somewhere far away, Rolling Hills Hotel’s THE SPA in the suburbs of Seoul would be a great choice. The professional aesthetics-like interior and expert therapist treatment surely enhances the value of relaxation time here. THE SPA’s representative program is the ‘Jour un l’or journey’ which focuses on beauty anti-aging. The treatment starts with scalp, pulled against gravity to take care of wrinkles and elasticity, and then moves down to the face and body. The whole body is softly massaged to let out bodily waste while also helping with energy restoration and body line improvement.
There are spa programs for the pregnant and for mother and child.
THE SPA is known for having spa programs for the pregnant. ‘Mother to Be’, a safe massage technique for the health of mother and fetus, goes according to different stages of pregnancy. Before being 3 months pregnant, a five senses therapy to focus on prenatal education goes while 4-7 months pregnancy calls for muscle relaxation therapy and 5-10 months safe birth therapy. The ‘Mom and Kids’ program is also popular, which allows you to take the spa with your children. Mom will experience the healing care program while children goes through the growth care program. Experience a meaningful relaxation time with your kids!
Address: B1 Haevichi Rolling Hills, 290, Sicheong-ro, Namyang-eup, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Telephone: 031-369-7979
Homepage: www.haevichi.com/rollinghills/ko/
Essential oriental medicine premium spa, Sulwhasoo Flagship Store
you can experience oriental medicine premium spa at the Sulwhasoo Flagship Store (Photography source. Shin Gyeong Seop).
If you wish to experience premium spa that makes great use of traditional Korean materials, go visit Sulwhasoo Flagship Store in Cheongdam-dong, Seoul. Sulwhasoo spa has many programs with the concept of premium oriental medicine anti-aging spa. All spa programs involve red ginseng foot spa and ginseng scrub before beginning, which relaxes your foot and helps maintaining the calm state of your body and mind. There’s also a treatment that makes use of dry cloth friction, which will stabilize your mind with natural scent. They also use traditional materials such as jade, amber, white porcelain, Jaeumdan herbal ball, etc., to maximize the spa effect.
Various spa programs to choose from according to different skin concerns (Photography source. Shin Gyeong Seop)
Sulwhasoo spa’s representative program is the ‘Intense Ginseng Journey’, which improves the skin regeneration power with ginseng’s vitality. Jaeumsaeng line products and jade applicator helps back and face blood circulation. There are also the ‘White Ginseng and Jade Brightening Treatment’ for whitening and elasticity improvement anti-aging and the ‘Ginseng and Jade Renewing Treatment’ for elasticity; many spa programs for different skin concerns. Go and find the right spa program for your skin state.
Address: B1, 18, Dosan-daero 45-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Telephone: 02-541-9272
Homepage: www.sulwhasoo.com/kr/ko/spa/introduction/introduction.html
Bringing the luxurious Parisian spa to Seoul, Darphin Institute Seoul
You can experience Darphin flagship spa only in Paris and Seoul (Photography source. Darphin Institute Seoul).
This is the only other place you can experience Darphin spa, with the other one being in Paris, France. There’s only two of these in the world, nowhere else. The elegant atmosphere is thanks to the exact replica of interior from Darphin Paris spa. Programs are also exactly the same between the two spas; therapists systematically trained at the headquarters use Darphin products and will show off their professional touches to restore balance onto your body.
Genesis customers will be given a special spa service (Photography source. Darphin Institute Seoul).
Heating sheet adjusted according to your body type and aqua bed will get you relaxed before the program begins. Darphin’s signature program is the ‘Ultimate Divine Lifting Facial Care’ which involves 8 motion massages to fortify your facial muscles and improve elasticity. It’s also a great joy testing each Darphin product in the flagship store. Don’t forget that Darphin flagship spa also provides Darphin spa program vouchers for Genesis customers.
Address: 3rd Floor, 748, Samseong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Telephone: 02-542-4333
Sense of relaxation the space provides, Aesop Sounds Hannam
Aesop provides spa programs that will satisfy your five sense with their products (Photography source. Aesop).
The professional therapist’s touches are surely required to assure the optimum spa experience, but all your five senses will be awoken up if you are also satisfied with the details of the spa: the atmosphere, mood, etc. Aesop store in the Sounds Hannam presents spa visitors the relaxation of space and atmosphere by taking into consideration the relationship they have with skin as well as music, scent, and the material used in creating a space. Spa interior is decorated with earth material texture, warm colors, and aromatic scents to make it a truly relaxing space.
It’s known for detailed consultation with a therapist before going into the spa program (Photography source. Aesop).
Before beginning your treatment, staff in charge will consult you to recognize your individual skin concerns and choose a program consisted of Aesop products. Aesop Sounds Hannam has 6 programs including ‘Calm Correct’ for sensitive skin, ‘Skin Quench’ for stressed skin, and ‘Parsley Seed Intensive’ for skin exposed to contaminated exterior environment and artificial heating and air conditioning. Separate rooms and beds, temperature to bring about relaxation onto your body and mind, and the professional therapist’s touches will calm all five senses.
Address: 35, Daesagwan-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Telephone: 02-749-1987
Homepage: www.aesop.com/kr/r/aesop-sounds-hannam
