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Sports & Activities
DRAGON HILL SPA & RESORT
SAUNA
(
www.dragonhillspa.co.kr
; Yongsan; day/night Mon-Fri ₩10,000/12,000, Sat & Sun all day ₩12,000; 24hr;
Line 1 to Yongsan, Exit 1; )
This foreigner-friendly
jjimjil-bang
- a noisy mix of gaudy Las
Vegas bling and Asian chic - is one of Seoul's largest, offering enough attractions over its
seven floors to keep you entertained the 12 hours you can stay. In addition to the outdoor
unisex pool, all manner of indoor saunas (including one shaped like a pyramid) and gin-
seng and cedar baths, there is a golf driving range, cinema, PC games room, beauty treat-
ment rooms and multiple dining options. Show your Asiana Airlines ticket and you'll get in
for half price.
HAMILTON HOTEL
GYM
Hamilton's
outdoor pool
(₩12,000 Mon-Fri, ₩16,000 Sat & Sun; 10am-6pm late May-early Sep)
is be-
loved by gay men and posturing Itaewon types. The
gym
(₩60,000;
6.30am-11pm)
is a decent
workout option and there's a small
sauna
(₩7000, 10pm-5am ₩13,000;
24hr)
.
ITAEWONLAND
SAUNA
won, Exit 2)
This
jjimjil-bang
with a traditional gate facade is up a flight of steep steps from
Itaewon-ro. A scrubdown is an extra
₩
20,000, a massage
₩
60,000.
BODY & SEOUL
OFFLINE MAP
GYM
( 749 2485;
www.seoulmartialarts.com
; Gyeongridan; classes ₩15,000-20,000; Line 6 to Noksapyeong, Exit 2)
Various martial arts and fitness classes are offered here by English-speaking trainers; it's
above Craftworks pub.
JANKARA ARTSPACE
ART STUDIO
( 010-6227 4244;
http://mstewartprintmaker.com/jankura.htm
;
Bogwang-dong; art classes from ₩10.000; Line
6 to Itaewon, Exit 2)
Regular drawing, life drawing and printing classes with tuition from expat
Mike Stewart are held at this small artists-share studio.
