We spent an amazing day at the Spa Castle in Queens! It was a bad weather day, so this was the perfect activity. And being outdoors in a warm pool with the cold rain coming down was fun!
This NY Times article and slideshow do a pretty good job of showing what it was like.
Unique aspects included:
- special shorts/t-shirts uniforms
- a variety of different style saunas complete featuring different aroma and high quality materials (in many of the saunas, you lay on the floor on cushy mats and lay your head on a wooden - curved - block!)
- the "Iceland room" for cooling off after a sauna with real snow for walls
- a quiet sleeping area with heated floors
- 2 outdoor rooftop shallow pools with dozens of different special seating areas with different style jets, a hot tub made of 300 year old pine wood for special aroma, and a waterfall area
- single-sex bathing areas with different temperature pools and individual "scrubbing" stations with mirror, hand-held shower, wooden buckets, soap, shaving equipment. I had to watch the Koreans to see how to do it right...
- And, of course, Korean food...but also ice cream, yogurt, smoothies, hot dogs, beer, etc.
Pop, you're next!
Floors and floors of spa-ing.
ReplyDeletePerfect for weathering the winter.
Sounds like an incredible place!
Nice description Jer! It truly was amazing. The picture is of the Salt Room, with blocks of salt stacked up like an igloo! Spa Castle is right next to LGA--would be a great way to spend the day before a flight! Even snowed on our way home!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you had such a good time. Book it! I'm in. Did anyone have massages or were you just hanging out?
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