Korean Spas

Okay, you need to walk about 20 minutes to get there but it is well worth it. Beverly Hot Springs is the only natural hot springs spa in L.A. proper. The natural artesian well 2,200 feet below ground, springs hot water loaded with minerals. The highly alkaline waters contain radium, sulfur, and sodium chloride. The mineral water helps to restore your PH balance if you're acidic, a symptom of modern stressful living. The waters also help to stimulate your circulation, relax muscles, treat arthritis, high-blood pressure and digestive disorders. Winner of "Best of L.A.", Beverly Hot Springs is also a full service spa offering treatments that you usually find in Korean spas, such as the classic full body scrub. Other services include; bamboo fusion massage, the classic hot stones and deep tissue massage combo, organic deep cleansing facials and wax treatments. If you just want to lounge in the hot springs, the entrance fee is $30 during the week, $40 Fri-Sun; if you get a body treatment they waive the entrance fee.

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Korean style foot massage. A great break from shopping and the price is right. A mere $24 gets you one full hour. Like many Korean spas, the staff may not speak English; just point to your feet, they'll know what you want.

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A traditional Korean women's bath house, not for the modest. Since the customary method of preparing the skin for treatment is hot tub soak, rinse/sauna/rinse/cold bath repeat, bathing suits get in the way. Most women walk around nude, but if you're not comfortable with your body, you can wrap a towel around you. Daengki offers the akasuri scrub- a full body exfoliation that works wonders on rough dry skin, circulation and cellulite. One of the few Korean spas that offers the V herbal therapy, a 45 minute treatment designed for women that helps with menstrual cramps, infertility, bladder infections and kidney issues. www.daengkispa.com

Open 24 hours. In the heart of Koreatown. Grand Spa is unique among Korean spas, the only place we know of where you can get a mandarin manicure with papaya enzymes, wrap your body in seaweed and do karaoke under the same roof! The full service spa caters to both women and men. Complete with jade stone and Finnish sauna. www.grandspala.com

Tucked away in the historic Wilshire Building, Natura is a modest, hidden Korean spa for those in the know. The classic scrub and Korean massage combo is only $80 and includes free admission. The women's section has a great traditional yellow clay room and the requisite heated jade stone room. The spa also caters to men. www.natura-spa.com

Just a short stroll from the Wilshire/ Western Metro Station in Korea Town. Most people come here for the cheap foot massage; for $20 it's really hard to go wrong. They also offer a $40 full body massage.

The three-level 48,000 square foot kid-friendly Korean Spa in the Westlake district offers affordable luxury for families and couples. Designed with the traditional Korean bath house in mind, Wi Spa has five different co-ed saunas, a kid-zone with comic books and wi video games. Wi also has a full menu of services including massage, body treatments, hair and nail salon, fitness room, and a restaurant. Open 24 hours. www.wispausa.com

A full facilities spa in Koreatown open 24 hours. The spa offers the traditional Korean full body scrub, hot and cold baths, and special healing rooms you can only find in Korean spas. Try the mineral salt-room which helps to balance blood sugar levels and hormones; or the heated pure onyx room made of 100% onyx stones to relax and purify mind and body. With a restaurant on the premises you could easily spend the day here. www.wilshirespa.com