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Here, we recommend the leading wellness destinations in Korea. You can explore these destinations, which are divided into four categories by theme—beauty/spa, traditional medicine, nature/forest, and healing/meditation—with vivid photos and video clips provided here. Whether you want to go for a relaxing spa experience, explore ancient wisdom embodied by traditional medicine, immerse yourself in a lush green forest, or recharge with meditation, you can plan your special reenergizing trip to Korea with our recommendations.

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Sulwhasoo Flagship Store SPA 1899 Donginbi Olivine Spa Aquafield Goyang Spa Land Centum City Resort Spa Valley Cheongna Sparex Pyeonbaeknara Hyo So Gung Herb Island Herb Healing Center Pyeonbaeksoop Healingtopia Resom Forest Have9 Healing Spa Spa LaQua Jeonju Hot Spring Jinan Red Ginseng Spa Taepyeong Salt Farm Maritime Healing Spa Hanwha Resort Jeju Spa Therapy Center Tea Therapy Korean Spa Yeo Yong Guk SKYLAKE Donguibogam Village Donghae Mureung Health Forest Farm Kamille Suncheonman Bay National Garden & Wetland Reserve Jangheong Woodland Woodland National Center for Forest Theraphy Jeju Herb Dongsan (Herb Garden) Seogwipo Healing Forest Vista Walkerhill Wellness Club Park Roche Resort&Wellness Healience Seonmaeul Godowon Healing Center The we Hotel Wellness Center

The Seoul metropolitan area

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Sulwhasoo Flagship Store

This is a beauty facility complete with spas, shops, a boutique, and a culture lounge—a true one-stop destination for you to experience the beauty of Sulwhasoo with all five senses.

18, Dosan-daero 45-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

+82-2-541-9270

10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. (closed every second Monday of the month)

Reservation required

ntense Ginseng Journey (90 min), Body Recharging Treatment (70 min): KRW 170,000

www.sulwhasoo.com

English, Chinese, and Japanese

The Seoul metropolitan area

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SPA 1899 Donginbi

SPA 1899 Donginbi is a healing space operated by the red ginseng brand Cheong Kwan Jang. All products used in this spa are red ginseng–based.

Daechi Branch: 416, Yeongdong-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

Daechi Branch: +82-2-557-8030

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. (closed on Mondays)

Reservation required

Single Care Program: KRW 121,000, Full Care Program: KRW 297,000

www.spag.co.kr

English, Chinese, and Japanese

The Seoul metropolitan area

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Olivine Spa

Olivine Spa provides professional medical spa services and offers a differentiated prenatal and postpartum program in affiliation with the Olivium postpartum care center.

4-1, Tongil-ro 16-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

+82-2-730-1719

Mondays and Fridays: 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.; Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.; Weekends: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Reservation required

Facial (60 min): KRW 110,000

www.olivine.co.kr

The Seoul metropolitan area

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Aquafield Goyang

The facility, which offers a combination of traditional Korean sauna and modern spa, features well-equipped saunas and spas with eight themes.

1955, Goyang-daero, Deogyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do

+82-31-5173-4500

Weekdays: 8:00–12:00 a.m., Weekends: 6:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.

Weekdays: KRW 20,000; Weekends: KRW 22,000

aquafield-ssg.co.kr

Gyeongsang Province

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Spa Land Centum City

Spa Land Centum City is a perfect in-city vacation destination where you can enjoy 18 different hot springs with high-quality water that are effective for skin care and pain relief.

35, Centum nam-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan

+82-51-745-2900

6:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m. (last entry at 10:30 p.m.)

Weekdays: Adults: KRW 15,000; Students KRW 12,000; Weekends: Adults: KRW 18,000; Students KRW 15,000

www.shinsegae.com

English, Chinese, and Japanese

Gyeongsang Province

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Resort Spavalley

This resort complex consists of Water Park with a variety of exhilarating attractions, ecological zoo Nature Park, and Hotel de forRe.

891, Gachang-ro, Gachang-myeon, Dalseong-gun, Daegu

+82-1688-8511

Water Park: Check the website (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays); Nature Park: Weekdays: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.; Weekends: 10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. (closed on Mondays)

Water Park: Adults: KRW 38,000; Nature Park: Adults: KRW 16,000

www.spavalley.co.kr

English, Chinese, and Japanese (leaflet)

The Seoul metropolitan area

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Cheongna Sparex

The spa facilities with impressive hanok interiors are equipped with various saunas. It is a perfect haven for those who want to experience the uniqueness of Korean saunas.

15, Cheongna canal-ro 260beon-gil, Seo-gu, Incheon

+82-32-561-2244

Sauna: 24 hours, Swimming pool: 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. / Day (5:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.): KRW 8,000 / Night (8:00 p.m. – 5:00 a.m.): KRW 10,000

Jeolla Province

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Pyeonbaeknara Hyo So Gung

Here, various healing programs that make use of cypress, herbs, and enzymes are available, including a cypress enzyme bath, sitz bath, foot bath, half-body bath, and herbal steam bath.

91, Mareukbokgae-ro, Seo-gu, Gwangju

+82-62-372-5888

10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Reservations required

Hyosogung Five-step Healing Experience: KRW 35,000

hccountry.modoo.at

The Seoul metropolitan area

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Herb Island Herb Healing Center

This herb experience center run by Korea’s largest herb farm Herb Island offers herb detox programs, as well as hands-on programs, where you can make various herb products yourself.

35, Cheongsin-ro 947beon-gil, Sinbuk-myeon, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

+82-1644-1997

10:00 a.m. –10:00 p.m.

Adults: KRW 6,000; children, middle school students, and seniors over 65: KRW 4,000

www.herbhealingcenter.co.kr

English and Japanese (pre-inquiry desired)

The Seoul metropolitan area

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Pyeonbaeksoop Healingtopia

The facility offers a “cypress enzyme bath” that uses natural fermentation heat coming out of a mix of cypress sawdust and various kinds of herbal medicine with cultivated microorganisms.

375, Dallaenae-ro, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do

+82-1522-0555

10:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Reservation required

Basic course (80 min): KRW 50,000

www.hinoky.com

Gangwon and Chungcheong provinces

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Resom Forest Have9 Healing Spa

With over 30 spa programs available, visitors can experience various systematic and integrated therapies in the forest and water.

365, Geumbong-ro, Baegun-myeon, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do

+82-43-649-6014

9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (weekends and summer: 8:00 p.m.)

Adults: KRW 53,000, 36-month-old children to elementary students: KRW 38,000

resom.co.kr

Jeolla Province

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Spa LaQua Jeonju Hot Spring

It uses natural alkaline hydrogen carbonate springs coming out from a 900 m deep underground bedrock. There are many other facilities that visitors can enjoy, including hanok experience rooms.

24, Sinchon 3-gil, Wansan-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do

+82-63-223-0020

24 hr

Adults: Weekdays: KRW 8,000; Weekends: KRW 12,000; Children: Weekdays: KRW 6,500, Weekends: KRW 9,500

www.spalaqua.com

Jeolla Province

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Jinan Red Ginseng Spa

Operated by a company specializing in six-year-old red ginseng, the spa has various red ginseng-themed programs and an outdoor bathhouse with a great view of Maisan Mountain.

16-10, Oesayang-gil, Jinan-eup, Jinan-gun, Jeollabuk-do

+82-1588-7597

Spa: 9:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. (last entry at 5:00 p.m.; contact for closing information)

Adults: Weekdays: KRW 39,000; Weekends: KRW 43,000

www.redginsengspa.co.kr

Taepyeong Salt Farm Maritime Healing Spa

Jeolla Province

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Taepyeong Salt Farm Maritime Healing Spa

The spa offers unique healing programs that use sun-dried salt such as the mineral flotation therapy, in which you can have a similar experience as if floating in the Dead Sea, and salt cave healing.

1053-11, Jidojeungdo-ro, Jeungdo-myeon, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do

+82-61-261-2266

9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Flotation Bath Mineral Therapy Experience Course: KRW 40,000, Salt Cave Healing Room: KRW 10,000

www.taepyungsalt.comat

Jeju Province

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Hanwha Resort Jeju Spa Therapy Center

The healing spa offers attractive therapy programs from natural and watsu therapies to detox programs.

575-107, Myeongnim-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do

+82-64-786-1300

7:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. (Opening and closing hours vary by season, so check the website.)

Natural Therapy: KRW 35,000; Sauna: KRW 8,000

www.hanwharesort.co.kr

The Seoul metropolitan area

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Tea Therapy

Carrying a concept of a “teahouse of Korean medicine doctors,” this café offers tea that suits your physical constitution after taking a simple test. Foot baths with medicinal herbs are also available.

74, Yunboseon-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

+82-2-518-7506-7

10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Hyangtong (stress free) tea: KRW 8,000; Lunch: KRW 8,000

www.teatherapy.com

The Seoul metropolitan area

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Korean Spa Yeo Yong Kuk

Cofounded by a doctor of oriental medicine and a therapist, it offers customized care programs that use a variety of ingredients and massage methods based on customers’ physical conditions.

60, Seokchonhosu-ro 12-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul

+82-2-412-0100

10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. (closed on Sundays)

Reservation required

Facial care (50 min): KRW 60,000; Prenatal and postpartum care (80 min): KRW 110,000

yeoyongkuk.modoo.at

Gyeongsang Province

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SKYLAKE

SKYLAKE is a cosmetic café where visitors can make their own cosmetic products suited to their skin type, such as soaps, shampoos, mask sheets, and lip balms, with traditional Korean herbs.

3, Gongpyeong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu

+82-53-253-2380

Weekdays: 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.; Weekends: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

www.sky-lake.co.kr

Gyeongsang Province

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Donguibogam Village

Donguibogam Village is Korea’s biggest traditional Korean medicine theme park where visitors can enjoy hanok stay, Korean Medicine Museum, an herb greenhouse, and more.

45-6, Donguibogam-ro 555beon-gil, Geumseo-myeon, Sancheong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do

+82-55-970-7216

Expo Themed Hall, Korean Medicine Museum: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (closed on Mondays)

Adults: KRW 2,000; Children: KRW 1,000

donguibogam-village.sancheong.go.kr(leaflet)

Gangwon and Chungcheong provinces

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Donghae Mureung Health Forest

Located in the fantastic environment of Mureung Valley, the facility is equipped with accommodation, a themed experience zone, a healthy organic restaurant, a health counseling office, and more.

455, Samhwa-ro, Donghae-si, Gangwon-do

+82-33-530-2391

8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

forest.dh.go.kr

Gangwon and Chungcheong provinces

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Farm Kamille

The herb garden features 600 kinds of herbs and wildflowers under 10 different themes. It also offers various experience programs.

56-19, Uun-gil, Nam-myeon, Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do

+82-41-675-3636

Summer: 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., Winter: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Fees: Adults: KRW 8,000; Footbath: KRW 10,000

www.kamille.co.kr

Suncheon Bay National Garden and Suncheon Bay Wetland Reserve

Jeolla Province

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Suncheon Bay National Garden and Suncheon Bay Wetland Reserve

At Suncheon Bay National Garden, you can enjoy various garden styles from around the world. Suncheon Bay Wetland Reserve is also nearby, where you can see a well-preserved ecosystem.

47, Gukgajeongwon 1ho-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do

+82-1577-2013

8:00 a.m. – sunset

Adults: KRW 8,000; Teenagers: KRW 6,000; Children: KRW 4,000

garden.sc.go.kr

English, Chinese, and Japanese (upon request for a culture guide)

Jeolla Province

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Jangheong Woodland Woodland

This dense forest located in Eokbulsan Mountain has about 470,000 cypress trees. A natural salt detox program is available at the Cypress Salt House.

180, Udeuraendeu-gil, Jangheung-eup, Jangheung-gun, Jeollanam-do

+82-61-864-0063

8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Woodland: Adults: KRW 3,000; Teenagers: KRW 2,000; Children: KRW 1,000; Cypress Salt House: Adults: KRW 8,000; Teenagers: KRW 6,000; Children: 5,000

www.jhwoodland.co.kr

Gyeongsang Province

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National Center for Forest Therapy

Located in Sobaeksan Mountain, the National Center for Forest Therapy offers various experience programs ranging from trekking and aquatic therapy to mediation and tea treatment.

209, Therapy-ro, Bonghyeon-myeon, Yeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do

+82-54-639-3400

Reservations required

daslim.fowi.or.kr

Jeju Province

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Jeju Herb Dongsan (Herb Garden)

This herb-themed botanical garden grows around 150 kinds of herbs. Various healing and experience programs are available, including a one-day Pilates class, an aroma foot spa, and natural soap-making.

170, Donoreum-ro, Pyoseon-myeon, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do

+82-64-787-7362

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Adults: KRW 10,000; Teenagers: KRW 8,000; Children: KRW 7,000

www.herbdongsan.com

Jeju Province

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Seogwipo Healing Forest

The forest, which is located at an altitude of 320–760 m, offers forest healing programs with the unique charms of a Jeju forest, which is home to a variety of vegetation.

2271, Sallongnam-ro, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do

+82-64-760-3067~8

Summer: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Winter: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

healing.seogwipo.go.kr

The Seoul metropolitan area

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Vista Walkerhill Wellness Club

The club provides various experience programs that help build correct lifestyle habits and promote health including weight loss and posture correction treatments.

177, Walkerhill-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul

+82-2-2022-0450

6:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Day Program: KRW 380,000; Healing Package (2 days, 1 night): KRW 690,000

www.walkerhill.com

Gangwon and Chungcheong provinces

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Park Roche Resort&Wellness

The wellness club is operated under three slogans: “Fix Lifestyle Habits, Inspire Passion, and Enrich Your Spirit.”

9-12, Jungbong-gil, Bukpyeong-myeon, Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do

+82-33-560-1111

Prices vary by season, so check the website.

www.park-roche.com

Gangwon and Chungcheong provinces

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Healience Seonmaeul

The name “Healience” is a combination of “healing” and “science.” Considered as Korea’s first well-aging center, Healience offers programs designed to help people self-heal by changing their habits.

122, Jongjasan-gil, Seo-myeon, Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon-do

+82-1588-9983, +82-33-434-2772

Reservations required

Classic Package (one night, two meals, meditation, and trekking) two adults per room / Prices start at KRW 210,000

www.healience.co.kr

English, Chinese, and Japanese

Gangwon and Chungcheong provinces

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Godowon Healing Center

Originated from “Morning Letters from Godowon,” the center offers various meditation programs with the motto of “Brief Pause.”

201-61, Useong-1-gil, Noeun-myeon, Chungju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do

+82-1644-8421

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (closed on Sundays and Mondays)

Reservations required

Brief Pause Mediation (two days and one night): KRW 220,000

www.godowoncenter.com

Jeju Province

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The WE Hotel Wellness Center

Known as a “health resort,” the center is located in Hallasan Mountain, Jeju Island. It provides various wellness programs including hydrotherapy with natural volcanic bedrock water and forest therapy.

453-95, 1100-ro, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do

+82-64-730-1200

Reservations required

www.wehotel.co.kr

English, Chinese, and Japanese