Busan-Seoul Day 2: Spa Land Centum City & Haeundae Blueline Park

We woke up at 8am and prepared to leave while the Hubby and Mum-in-law ate cup noodles in the room.

Morning view from our room window

We left our hotel at around 9.30am and headed to the nearest Paris Baguette Cafe to buy bread for the rest of the family who did not eat in the room.

Yummy bread from Paris Baguette Cafe

We wanted to visit the famous Spa Land, which was located at Centum City. We took Line 2 (green) from Seomyeon Station to Centum City Station (direct train). 

Spa Land was located within Shinsegae Shopping Mall, at Level 1.

We entered Shinsegae via this entrance once we exited the train station

Look out for the entrance to Spa Land, nestled between Prada and Dior

Spa Land Shinsegae

The Littlest did not meet the minimum age of 7 years old (she just missed it by 2 months!) so the Mum-in-law brought her to shop at Shinsegae Department Store instead. We bought tickets for the rest of the family, which cost ₩25,000 per adult and ₩20,000 per student (ages 8-18 years old). We were each given a key that could be worn on our wrists. The key was used to unlock lockers and even pay for food and services.

We stored our footwear at the shoe lockers on entry; each person was allocated to a locker that corresponded to the key number on our wrists.

Map of Spa Land to orientated ourselves to the 2 floors and 1 mezzanine level

After collecting our spa clothes, we headed to the Woman's Locker to change. 

Walking to the Woman's Locker

Sneaked a photo of the interior of the lockers when the area was empty;
Photo of us in our spa outfits at the entrance.

The Woman's Locker was directly connected to the Woman's Bath so we took a bath first. There were 22 baths to choose from, with varying temperatures, so there's something for everyone. I really enjoyed the baths! Warm and relaxing! Spa Land even provided hair oil, which I used generously on my very dry hair! It was so good! 🤭

After we got dressed, we explored the rest of Spa Land. We discovered the Outdoor Feet Bath, which we enjoyed more than we expected!

Directions in case you got lost in Spa Land! 😅

Help yourself to coats in case you feel cold outside

Relaxing on the swing

The foot reflexology pool was great!

Different-sized cubicles if you wanted more privacy

Cubicles for one-on-one chats

Of course we had to check out the 13 unique dry saunas that Spa Land was famous for!

Yellow ocher room and salt room

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Exploring the different rooms on the Mezzanine Floor

We felt nothing in the Body Sound Room... Not sure what it is for...

There were relaxation rooms and restaurants on Level 2 but we decided not to visit. Some of the people here could really sleep in the rooms from morning to afternoon! 😅 Slacking is totally not my thing so the Girl and I bought a vanilla soft serve ice cream instead!

Order at the counter and 'pay' using your locker key
(You'd settle the payment when you exit)

Getting our yummy soft serve from the machine and enjoying it!

We returned to the Outdoor Feet Bath because we really loved it! We didn't need coats this time as our bodies were already fully warmed up!

We love hanging out outdoors!

After about 2.5 hours, we decided to regroup with the rest of the family even though we could use the spa for up to 4 hours. It was time for lunch and the Hubby decided on Il Forno at Level 9 of the mall.

Salad and Meatballs at Il Forno

Pizza and pasta

My Littlest loves the good ole Bolognese pasta!

After lunch, we walked outside to explore Zooraji, a mini park with dinosaurs on the same floor!

Zooraji

Long neck dinosaur (I don't know their names obviously 😅)

Triceratops (I only know the easy ones! 😅)

It's quite fun taking photos with dinosaurs

Slide built within a dinosaur structure

View from the roof

The Hubby wanted to try raw oysters from the Shinsegae supermarket.

The oyster lovers enjoying their oysters!

Unfortunately, the Boy started vomitting a lot that night and thought it was the oysters but it was more likely that he caught a virus as his dad was ok. As a result of the negative association, the Boy developed an aversion for oysters! The dad lost his oyster-buddy overnight and was devastated! 🫠😢 Hope that it's just a phase... 🤞🏻

We decided to leave at close to 3pm and hailed two regular taxis at the taxi stand along the road where there were many taxis waiting (each taxi cost about ₩8,000). We arrived at Haeundae Blueline Park (Mipo Station) after about 20 minutes.

Haeundae Blueline Park

We realised when buying tickets at the ticketing counter that the Sky Capsule was not in operation! Super sad! 

Since we could not ride the Sky Capsule, we had little choice but to ride the Beach Train, which cost us ₩12,000 per adult and ₩8,400 per child (below 12 years old). The next available train was at 4.30pm so we had to wait for about 45 minutes.

The Sky Capsule was closed for maintenance;
You can see Busan x The Sky, the tallest building in Busan, in the background

View of the sea from a viewing platform near Mipo Station

While waiting, we took some photos along the boardwalk and ate cheese sticks and ice cream.

Bought my Boy's favourite cheese sticks from this food cart

Enjoying their afternoon snacks

It finally came time for us to board the Haeundae Blueline Beach Train! 

Beach train

It was very crowded but we managed to snag a couple of seats while the rest of us stood

Watching the beautiful Haeundae coastline as we passed by

It was almost time for sunset! Super beautiful!

Haewol Observatory

We travelled from Mipo Station all the way to Songjeong Station.

All the stations on the route are displayed on trains and at each station

Since we bought return tickets, we took the train back to Mipo Station

Along the way, we decided to stop at Daritdol Skywalk Station and take photos at the Cheongsapo Daritdol Skywalk.

The Daritdol Skywalk Station

Cheongsapo Daritdol Skywalk Observatory

Kids took the stairs down to this lookout to be closer to the sea

Beautiful views of Busan coastline at sunset!

Family photo taken by the Mum-in-law

Glass floors to see the sea below!

It was fun for us but not for folks with a fear of heights 😅

Surrounded by nature

Information board explaining the significance of Cheongsapo

View of the opposite side 

Once we were done, we had wanted to board the next train to Mipo but realised our tickets did not allow for repeated boarding! We had to walk to Cheongsapo Station to see if we can hail two taxis instead.

It was a nice 10-minute walk to Cheongsapo Station

There were some taxis waiting in line for passengers near the station so we got into two regular taxis (₩6,500 per taxi) and headed to Wonjo Abalone Porridge for dinner.

Wonjo Abalone Porridge

We were super hungry and couldn't wait to eat!

Various dishes we ordered

Of course the winner had to be the abalone porridge! It was so good! 👍🏻

Our meal cost us ₩128,000, which was very reasonable for our large family! 😄

After dinner, as we were contemplating whether to take the metro or taxi back to our hotel, a regular taxi pulled up on the road beside us and waited to see if we'd "take the bait" 🤭 We did, because it was just too convenient! 😝 Although each taxi cost us ₩17,400, it was so worth it for the convenience and time savings. 

We ended the night with our usual sauna/spa at our hotel before resting early for the night! It had been a tired but fruitful day! 🩷

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