Heosimcheong Spa () is a

spa A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to pre ...

10 km north of

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, South Korea. It is said to be the largest

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fed

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. It has facilities to accommodate 3000 guests on five floors. Known to have been bathed in by kings of

Silla Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...

(57 BCE – 935 CE), the spring has been developed into a 4,300 m² urban complex with 4 million visits a year. The current building was completed in 1991. Separated and largely duplicated by gender, facilities include hot, lukewarm and cool baths, fountains,

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s (including an "igloo" chilled to 0 °C),

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, exfoliation, and exercise rooms. The spring water is alkali, emerging at 45 °C to 56 °C, and has the highest concentration of magnesium in Korea. Forty different bath types are available, depending on the season, with different medicinal herbs and fruit essences, including cherry, pepper, lavender and citrus, mixed with the water. The complex also has a

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, a lounge, several banquet halls, a bakery, a bar (HurShimChung Bräu) and a

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restaurant, and is connected to a neighboring hotel by skywalk.Hotel Nongshim site
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Images of the different baths
Buildings and structures completed in 1991 Hot springs of South Korea Tourist attractions in Busan Destination spas Restaurants in Busan Buildings and structures in Busan 1991 establishments in South Korea 20th-century architecture in South Korea {{SouthKorea-struct-stub