Same masseur for both Thai and oil massage, or different masseurs? If same masseur, I would think he would be too tired to give a decent oil massage during the second hour.

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Hero massage has been recommended to me as THE place to be pampered in for half a day. I'd appreciate if some of you experienced and updated guys could elaborate on the details: type of masseurs; interaction; prices; opening hours; what's to do between sessions; etc.

Thanks guys.

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i believe hero opens at 3pm, never knew they have a half a day package. i guess what you can do is get a couple of 1/1.5 hour massage. they have a garden for some cuppa in between sessions.

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Hero: Athletic to muscular guys (but not as steroided as Tawan's). Not for those who like twinks or fems.

Massage rooms: cramped, narrow beds. Showers the size of closets. Not for those of ample girth.

One hour massage = 600 baht.

I can't imagine spending half a day there. What's there to do after the massage? Eat in the restaurant?

Might as well go to Babylon (if you're non-East Asian) or Chakran (if you're East Asian). There's massage within Babylon and massage at V-Club adjacent to Chakran.

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Chakran/ V-Club is a better choice. U could have fun with the masseurS in V-Club and enjoy the spa facitlies in Chakran. Would be nice if they let u go between these two places with just a towel. :-)

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Hero is a massage place, not a spa. Chakran is a bit closer, at least it has a pool with a cafe next to it, dry/ wet steam rooms, and a gym.

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...but my experience with Hero guys has always been much, much better than with those greedy V Club guys. Anyone agree?

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Most of the straight mass. places or real SPAs offer packages, which essentially are several different treatments after 1 another. May include a sauna-all for yourself, or mani/pedicure etc. Total the sum-less a little discount. In places like the Healthland chain etc. I thinkhero just imitates that-to keep the punters in for longer.

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Late comment-nut I would not worry at all about that. I go weekly to a regular-only masasage place right below at the condo, with a pleasant guy from Kalasin. with excellent massage-skills. He saves to buy a motosay. He does daily 5-6 turns of 1 or 1,.5 hrs. Once he succeeded me in doing Thai+oil right after. Interestingly, he had quite another idea of how that il would be used-with just a towel drying up right after the massage. Always a modesty phaakamaa. But I stick to the Thai only since and have the oily or creamy things in other places.

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