Back to Korea 2018: Siloam Sauna

With the previous section primarily on my 2nd home Busan (lol), it is now time to focus on one other highlight during my trip:

Siloam Sauna

This is very popular for locals and tourists alike, maybe due to the fact that it is very near Seoul Station. Due to the convenience, we stayed in Siloam Sauna for 1 night before going off to Elysian Ski Resort the next morning.

Do u know? Koreans actually don't wrap the towel around their head like what we did. This is totally a tourist thing. We only did it for the photos and took it off immediately after that. 

Grabbed this image from their website. The whole Siloam Sauna has 6 levels, with the meeting lounge that all males and females can access at level 2. B1 and 1F are strictly split into male and female sections. The steps I went through was as follows:

Level 1F

1. Pay at the reception, the recep will give u the jjimjilbang "uniform" and key
2. Proceed to the shoe lockers and remove your shoes at the shoe locker
3. Pass your shoe locker key to the counter inside and they will pass u a key and towel for your clothes locker
4. Proceed to the clothes locker and remove all your clothes and prep for bath (yep the part where u get shy and see a lot of naked people around)

Level B1

1. Proceed to the bath area below and start bathing (uhhuh it is an open bathing area)
2. Soak in the hot springs, then cleanse off and dry yourself before going back to wear your uniform at the clothes locker at 1F 

Afterwards, it was really just exploring the whole building. We went from 2F to 3F to 4F. I couldn't take the hot rooms (50 and 60 degreeC)  and went into a charcoal room with a comfortable 22 degreeC for a bit.

When it was time for bed, we went to 5F for the sleeping rooms. 

There are various types of rooms:

1. Mixed rooms
2. Strictly male or female sleeping rooms
3. Snorer's room
4. Red Clay cave (mixed)

So being the traditional shy women that we are, of course we chose the female sleeping rooms! hahaha. Another thing to note, was that, u can really hear snoring sounds once u step into the sleeping rooms. HAHAHA. Can't imagine what goes on in snorer's room when it is already very loud in the other normal rooms.

As seen from my photo, there is a cubicle with a pillow and blanket for the sleeping room; I chose the top cubicle, crawled in, and closed the curtain. Do note that during the whole process, I kept a towel with me at all times, so that whenever I lie down, I will place the towel on the pillows first (OCD me).

When it is morning, just go back to level 1F/B1 to wash up/bathe before wearing your clothes at the clothes locker. It really is a nice therapeutic place since we don't have this culture in Singapore. The rate for going in at night for bath and sleeping is at KRW 17,000. Super cheap if u want to save on hotels!

I am also quite particular about cleanliness, and Siloam Sauna is not bad, so it is perfectly fine to replace one night of hotel stay with this.

http://www.silloamsauna.com/

49, Jungnim-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

Nearest station: Seoul station exit 1

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