Thai massage provides therapeutic healing with a history going back 2500 years. A good massage takes two hours but many take just one hour or even half an hour which is too rushed. You can tell the masseur whether you hard, medium or soft and it is a good idea to point to where you have pains that can be dealt with. Foot massage is an alternative and takes one hour. You recline in a chair.

Massage parlours exist all over Bangkok where you normally lie in a cubicle and are given baggy pyjamas to wear. Alternatively massage is popular in your hotel room and most hotels have an arrangement with a local massage company.

There is also non traditional massage and sold under many names, such as special body, in the privacy of your room and other similar names. This is not traditional massage and means extras are provided.

Spas have emerged everywhere over the last few years and often well managed and beautifully presented.