Spa Lei

The experience

A women-only jjimjilbang spread over three levels just off Gangnam-daero in Seocho, styled in a soft European art-nouveau look. It has hot and cold baths, several saunas, massage and body-scrub rooms, a snack bar and restaurant, and a terrace. The single-sex setting and English-speaking staff make it an easy, unhurried first bathhouse for solo women travellers.

A cleaner, calmer, women-only alternative to Seoul's big co-ed jjimjilbangs, where you can soak and get a scrub without the crowds or self-consciousness.

What a membership adds.

Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.