If I were to tell you I’d planned to attend a “wellness ritual at a bathhouse”, this would no doubt conjure a mental image of aromatic vapours wafting through steam-filled rooms coupled with an air of ...

I have always wanted to try a banya - a traditional Russian steam bath. What is the particularity of these types of spas, you ask? Besides the fact the steam rooms are much hotter than a regular sauna ...

When 35-year-old Marina Pomaro purchased The Russian Banya in Carrollton, she and her husband were looking to save a bit of the Russian culture that stands in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. “Me and my ...

Ice baths aren't essential at this dogma-free spa; you can sweat, plunge, eat (and drink!) and repeat however you'd like.

Options are few for walking around naked in Seattle, but such is the experience at one of the city’s newest spas, Banya 5 (217 Ninth Ave. N., 206-262-1234). The Russian-style spa/health facility, ...

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) ''What's the score?'' asks Svetlana Fedorenko as she enters a bathhouse in The Russian Caucuses mountains with her husband and friends: the U.S.-Russia hockey game is ...

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