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Siloam Sauna is relatively one of the more popular outlets with tourists alongside Dragon Hill! For my visit I have always visited Siloam Sauna because of convenience! This outlet is located at a walking distance from Seoul Station and a great way to spend some spare time here.
From Korean dramas, it’s a known fact that these saunas operate on a 24/7 basis and usually the best spot for a runaway or when u want to avoid your family after a big fight (k-dramas pls) but also great ways for the elderly to just come here and lounge!
Especially when the entrance fee is relatively affordable for the facilities available! Budget travelers can honestly consider visiting a sauna as their lodging! Have seen a couple of backpackers visit this place as well.
This is the counter for payment when you first enter and split according to gender for this level but from this level onwards, it’s towards a common area
Basically this is what’s on the 6 levels of this place! (including basement) Have not been to the basement where it’s the nude baths but honestly don’t think every facility here is top notch so don’t be expecting too much from it! Although I have to say for the price you are paying, it is very much worth it
As my friends were coming in from their trip from Busan and we had 3 hours wait before heading for our AirBnb, we decided on spending that few hours at the sauna where we could store our luggage’s at the same time! Especially when our airbnb does not offer those baggage storage services! The sauna here has a huge room where you can store your huge luggage and mind u my luggage is extremely huge HAHAHA
The ahjummas will ask you to take whatever you need from ur bags and label ur bags for you to collect it later!
Each of us got the sauna uniform and a key to our locker to store our valuables and off we went!
Food which you can have here! But of course it comes with extra charges
Oh but my friends did get those hard boiled eggs from the higher level to try! Don’t really fancy these eggs but these are the type which the koreans love to crack by knocking it on their heads
The same level encompasses various sauna rooms and even an ice room! Really enjoyed just chilling in the rooms where many of them actually sleep inside. English descriptions are also written outside each room to tell you what benefits the rooms are for and it was pretty informative! We targetted at those for pains because we were all exhausted from the few days of travel and shopping and just needed a good relaxation!
The rooms are relatively quiet and serene and just a good place to take a nap and enjoy yourself
This was one of the rooms which I felt the heat was pretty unbearable! The balls were heated and I couldn’t stand the amount of heat just with a pile of it over my toes. But these two guys really enjoyed it!
The open areas outside the rooms are full of people lounging or sleeping as they do have some blocks to be used as pillows!
And of course! What’s a trip to the Korean Jimjilbang without making the sheep head! Had to google on how to do it HAHAH although we did take a peek at how the group that sat beside us did it and we copied >_<
Address for Seoul Station Outlet: Siloam Sauna - 실로암사우나찜질방
49, Jungnim-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea (Jungnim-dong) 서울특별시 중구 중림로 49 (중림동)
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| Map from siloamsauna.com |
- Exit Seoul Station exit 1
- Exit Lotte Mart on the other side after entering it / dont enter and just walk the gap between Lotte Mart and Mall all the way
- Turn right and walk straight for around 50m to the traffic light
- Cross the traffic light, turn left and you should be able to see this slope in the photo below
It is actually a really steep slope which I had struggled so badly with my luggage!!!! And the sauna sign should be relatively big which you can spot at Lotte Mart!
Through your walk over, you should be able to spot the new Seoullo 7017!
SR was really amazed by this bridge which is the new Seoullo 7017! Because he actually did a research on this before during his internship and was amazed that he was able to see it in real life! Really cool bridge which has retail outlets and cafes on it as well!
Went to read up more about it and found the story behind the name of it very cool! The name is derived from how it was first erected in the 1970s to connect the eastern and western sides of Seoul Station and instead of tearing this structure which was closed for years, it was made into this new pedestrian walking experience in 2017 so 7017! But 17 can also because of how it is divided into 17 sections and being 17m above ground.
