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Comment by Scott on November 6, 2012 at 6:39pm

I haven't been to a banya since I lived in Russia but I miss them tremendously. There is always a good brother hood there just chillin at the Banya.

Comment by Rockeman on November 3, 2012 at 9:24pm

I hope to visit my first bath in Hungary while I'm there this summer. 

Comment by Stephen Larsen on October 22, 2012 at 9:01pm

JP, you can find the info for the Korean Spa in Vegas here.

Ian (and everyone else), there is a Spa Finder that has a pretty cool find a spa feature.  Hope you guys find it useful.

Comment by Ian Wilson on October 22, 2012 at 7:24pm

i'll be spending a week in mid November in Kansas City MO.  anyone know of any banya like place?

Comment by JP on October 22, 2012 at 6:37pm

Hey Stephen....that is awesome! Maybe you'd consider doing a list of cities that you know have bathhouses, or Banyas, and the names of the places themselves. You could put a link here that we can click on to find out if there's a spa in a town we live in or are traveling to. I'm heading to Vegas this weekend, and I think I remember you mentioning a Korean Spa there, but I'll have to go back through all the posts to find that info. Thanks for considering it.....

Comment by Stephen Larsen on October 19, 2012 at 2:03pm

Hey, our group is featured! Cool!

There's a push in South Salt Lake to improve the Korean/Asian communities there.  Maybe a korean spa will open up.  Sheesh, I could totally use one with this cold weather!

Comment by David Arbogast on August 4, 2012 at 4:32pm

To add to the mix, there are Chinese bathhouses.  They are similar to Korean bathhouses, but seem to be evolving.  Basic Chinese bathhouses are very much like Korean bathhouses.  Modern upscale Chinese bathhouses also include things we might associate with spas.  The also have saunas and steam rooms.

Comment by Stephen Charles Bond on August 4, 2012 at 4:07pm

So, a Korean bathhouse has several pools of water at various temperatures as well as rooms of various temperatures/humidity. It seems like it's a "bather's buffet", to put it simply. Thanks for the carification. I'll have to search for one the next time I travel.

Comment by crandles on August 4, 2012 at 3:45pm

Stephen, there really isn't a temerature range for Korean baths because they are more of a complex than a single space (such as a Finnish sauna). A Korean bath usually has a large room with pools of water at various temperatures (from ice cold to near-scalding), surrounded by showers (both the type where you stand and the type where you sit). Along the perimeter of the room are stations where you can have someone scrub you with what feels like a Brillo pad, and then there are various rooms: a steam room, a sauna, etc. So, the whole place is steamy and warm but I don't think there is a specific temp/humidity ratio. I don't know if this helps.

Comment by Stephen Charles Bond on August 4, 2012 at 2:53pm

What is the difference between Korean Spas and the others?  I know that there's a difference between a Finnish sauna (low humdity, 5-10%; high temperature, 190-200 F); a Turkish steam bath (high humidity, 100+%; lower temperature, 100-110 F); and a Russian Banya (moderate humidity, ~60%; medium-high temperature 140-150 F).  Where does a Korean spa fit in the mix?

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