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[mwillis]

Hey,

Does anyone know a decentish jimjabang near Seoul Station? Leaving early and need somewhere cheap to stay.

Cheers

[jinks]

There is a great sauna within walking distance of Seoul Station. It's called Siloam. Leave Seoul Stn (subway side) and walk toward the taxi rank and take a left so you're walking past the development at the old Seoul Stn. Keep your eye out for a temporary underpass/walkway through the construction site, it's on the left. Go through the underpass (if it's night time there'll be people sleeping on old sofas etc) and veer round to the right and you'll go down a flight of steps. At the bottom of the steps, keep on going in the same direction (right) and you'll see a flyover and a cross walk. If you look up, you'll see Siloam ahead of you on the other side of the road. Once you see it, you'll be able to find it. It's a quick 10 minute walk from the station.

I went there one evening with some friends - it was fantastic. The washing area has some good pools and it's clean and spacious. The cafe/snack set up is not bad and there are lots of different kinds of sweat rooms upstsairs. The air room was a bit meh, but the cool charcoal room was incredible. They also have two salt rooms; hot and very hot, and a scorching jade room. The jade room was way too much for me. I forget how much it cost, but it's on the high end of sauna prices, maybe more than man won, but great value and definitely worth it.

I hope you find it.