The best-known of Koreatown's Korean spas, Wi Spa is a four-storey jjimjilbang open around the clock. The gender-segregated lower floors hold the wet area — hot and cold pools, scrub stations, and the optional, brisk full-body scaldown — while the co-ed upper floor has a series of themed clay, salt, and jade saunas where you lounge in spa uniforms.
It is a genuine slice of Korean bathhouse culture and a budget traveller's secret weapon: a day pass is inexpensive, the heated jade room is a fine place to nap, and there is a Korean restaurant on site so you never have to leave. First-timers should read up on the etiquette before going.