After a few days of clocking (much) more than 10,000 steps per day, its time to pamper ourselves and pay a visit to the spa. We took the metro to Seoul Station after our breakfast at Paris Baguette, and found our way to Siloam Sauna, which is situated opposite Lotte Mart.
Our breakfast at Paris Baguette - a popular bakery in South Korea
Siloam Sauna
While Dragon Hill Spa is the more popular jjimjilbang (Korean bath house) choice for tourists, we decided to patronize Siloam Sauna instead at the recommendation of a friend, who told us that the facilities between the 2 jjimjilbang are similar, but Siloam Sauna is less crowded, hence more exclusive.
Siloam Sauna
49 Jungnim-ro, Jungnim-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Nearest Metro: Seoul (Siloam Sauna is just opposite Lotte Mart's main entrance)
After paying the admission ticket, we were given a set of clothing, then lead (separately) to the male & female changing room, where we exchanged our shoes for 2 small towels and a key to a locker where we could put our belonging. There are all together 6 floors to explore, and I've told my husband that we should meet in 1 hours time at the meeting lounge in 2F so that we could spend some "me" time at B1 where the bath houses are (the bath houses are separated into male and female bath house). After keeping all my belongings and clothes in the locker, I entered the bath house (undress with only 1 small towel) and showered at the designated area, before soaking myself in the various pools. All the pools are supposed to be therapeutic - for example, the charcoal pool helps to remove impurities and improve blood circulations while the wormwood pool helps to avoid mensuration pain. Such introductions are written on the walls of each pool and there are also instructions on how long you should spend at each pool, and the temperature of the pool.
I also tried the scrub service, where an ahjumma (aunty) uses the scrub towel to scrub off dirts from every corner of my body, and ended off by covering me with soap and sending me off to the shower area to clean myself. The after effect was great - I felt "clean and shiny" after the scrub. Do note that this additional service is not included in the admission fee; the ahjumma will take down the number of your locker, and you will pay when you collect your shoes during you check out.
After the shower, I went to the dressing room to get dressed, and met my husband at the meeting lounge in 2F. We sat on the massage chair for a while before going for lunch at the restaurant located inside Siloam Sauna.
The menu - a variety of Korean food to choose from
We ordered a samgyetang (Korean ginseng chicken soup), mandu (dumplings) and sauna eggs (eggs cooked in the hot sauna) . The samgyetang was rich in taste and the chicken was tender, while the mandu was filled with meat as well.
Samgyetang
Mandu
Sauna Egg
After an enjoyable meal, we spent the rest of the afternoon trying out the various sauna rooms in 4F. Similar to the pools in B1, different sauna rooms offer different medicinal benefits, and we tried out all the different rooms before choosing a room which we are comfortable with to rest.
We have pre-booked our tickets for the 5pm Nanta show from Changi Recommends, so we made our way to UNESCO Building in Myeongdong after a relaxing afternoon in Siloam Spa.
Nanta Theatre (Myeongdong)
UNESCO Building, 3rd floor
Nearest Metro Station - Euljiro 1-ga Station
Alternatively, you can also take Line 4, get off at Myeongdong Station, and walk there (which was what we did)
The show is about 4 cooks trying to cook for a banquet, and a bossy manager who is trying to ensure that everything is on plan. We had a good laugh throughout the show and thoroughly enjoyed this fusion of comedy, Korean tradition dance and music and live cooking show.
Dinner was at Myeongdong Tonkatsu for the breaded pork cutlet before we head to N Seoul Tower.
Myeongdong Tonkatsu
Address: 59-13 Myeongdong 1 (il)-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
There are different ways to get to N Seoul Tower, and for us, since we were still full from dinner but not gamed for an uphill climb, we walked to Namsan Orumi, and took the slanted elevator to Namsan cable car station, where we took the cable car up to N Seoul Tower.
N Seoul Tower in a distant
Cable Car ticket - bought on the spot
1 of the most popular activity in N Seoul Tower is to place a love lock with your partner, symbolizing eternal love, so of course we did what everyone did - bought a lock and found an ideal place to seal our love.
Night view from Namsan
More and more locks
We pre-booked our tickets to go up N Seoul Tower from Changi Recommends, so we escaped the cold wind and headed to the top of the tower to enjoy the night view of the city before calling it off for the day.
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