It is a 15 minute drive from the hotel and did I say, it changed my life? It’s a family business and has been around for years and I finally got to go with a friend last weekend. We got a package off the Web site that included a one-hour body scrub, one-hour massage and use of their facilities for $150. And it was the best $150 I’ve spent! Or, you can go and just use their facilities for $30/day. You walk in and it’s very organized, clean and Korean. It is not hip or trendy at all but very down to earth and substantial.

There are three Infrared rooms that emit natural materials such as salt or mud and jade. For example, the salt room is quiet with low lighting consisting of a floor of salt that is covered with a thick blanket-like material and the floor is heated! You lie on the floor and it’s like a big hot pad for your body while the salt’s properties help your body in various ways, including improved circulation and metabolism. Another room has mud and jade (seemingly ground up like sand) which helps your body by detoxifying and many other great things. The pool room has a hot Jacuzzi, warm Jacuzzi, mineral baths, cold plunge, dry sauna, wet sauna and a tub of water steeped with mugwort (a herb that helps the body in multiple ways) where you can pour the warm water over your body.

The body scrub was incredible. Korean women scrub every inch of your body and you can physically see dead skin slough off of you while they intermittently pour warm water over you to rinse you off before going back to scrubbing. It was amazing! My skin never felt so soft! The massage was surprisingly typically in a Swedish style.

Then, another bonus…the food. They have a little restaurant that is only for spa members that resembles a kitchen in someone’s home. Two Korean women whip up wonderful homecooked Korean meals – some of the best Korean food that I’ve had! We were there for more than four hours! The spa is open until 10 p.m. all days except Friday and Saturday they are open until midnight! Closed on Sundays. www.olympusspa.net. You have to go!

- Danielle

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