24 venues open 24 hours in Seoul

Thu, 03/01/2012 - 23:01 — Anonymous by Cin Woo Lee , Heidi Chung, Violet
Kim In Seoul, no one goes home by midnight.  In fact, many of the city's
night owls emerge around then, to enjoy the nocturnal entertainments that kep
this perpetually lit city humming till dawn.    The unintended side effect
of this city-wide insomnia is that travelers from another time zone don't
have to feel alone when they wake up at 2 a.m. and crave breakfast.    They
can join the thousands of other Seoulites on the street, who, despite their
lack of jet lag, apparently feel the same way.    Because nighttime fun
doesn't have to be all about partying -- although there are parties aplenty
(most clubs and bars stay open until 6 a.m.).   You can shop for clothes at
any one of the malls in the Dongdaemun area, such as Migliore, which closes
at 5:30 a.m. Nothing like a bit of shopping after a pint (or three), when
your judgment is just impaired enough to make everything you try on look
stunning.   So for anyone prowling around the city at random hours, here are
24 places in Seoul that never close.   The Medi Spa Getting a foot massage
while browsing CNNGo. Better than dreaming. The Medi Spa, run by the
Riverside Hotel in Jamwon-dong, is a mecca for stressed and worn-out males
who find regular spas a little too feminine -- both in decor and clientele. 
Originally an all-male spa, Medi Spa occasionally accepts female clients as
well. The menu is too good to limit to one gender, whether you go for the
two-hour VIP massage (₩140,000), any one of three different kinds of
80-minute massages (aroma, sports, and healing, all ₩100,000), or the
40-minute or 50-minute partial massages (₩60,000).  Packages are another
option if time and money permit. You can get a full body massage (either
aroma, sports, healing, or VIP), a full body scrub, a glass of juice and a
cup of tea for ₩125,000 (₩170,000 for VIP massage), admission fee
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