Located near our university, just 15 minutes away with a bus, is a huge spa called Dragon Hill. I had heard only good things of it beforehand. We've been meaning to go there since the first days here when we saw it when getting our blankets for the dormitory from the big e-mart nearby. We've been so busy with everything else that we haven't done it but today was the day we finally decided to visit the place!
And I must say it was such a good experience that I really want to go there again before leaving! The basic sauna + spa area costs just 12,000W and you get a lot with that price. There are two floors just for women and two for just men, and also one floor that has common areas where you have to wear this kind of pajama outfit the spa offers. Me and my roommate started with the warm pools in the women's area (+40C) and also tried a Gingseng bath which is supposed to have all kind of health benefits. After that we tried the "saunas" there. Which turned out to be not really saunas, at least not to Finns like us. The warmest sauna was +59C so not really hot at all. But there were these hot chambers where the air was really moist and hot, there you could sweat a lot but at the same time they were kind of claustrophobic and made me think of the gas chambers on concentration camps.. So we moved on pretty quick from there. We put on the pajamas and went to check out the common area. There was a nice outdoor swimming pool I swam in a bit, and a lot of different rooms for meditation or sweating. We were looking for the crystal salt room since I've read it's really good for your skin and can improve your health in general in many ways. Locating it took a while and after visiting an "ice room", which, again, was not an ice room at all (even though it said -16C), but more like Finnish summer evening after sauna, we finally found it. And it was really nice, we just laid there on the salt rocks for a while sweating and almost falling asleep in the quiet atmosphere. After that it was time for a final relaxing bath and then heading to the spa's Korean restaurant to stop our stomachs from growling!
The restaurant had bibimbap, which is one of my favorite foods here, and it was in a hot pot, so it was still sizzling hot when it came to the table! That made the rice really crispy and delicious. Afterwards I felt really relaxed and, like I said, feeling like I'm going to visit the place again!
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