SERENBy Serendipity Retreat

Massage & body

Massage in District 1

Full body work, targeted neck and shoulder release, and foot massage — booked with space around them, not stacked back to back.

A massage treatment room at SEREN
One of SEREN's treatment rooms.

Body wellness

  • Body therapy60 min450.000₫
  • Body therapy90 min625.000₫
  • Body therapy120 min850.000₫
  • Neck & shoulder30 min250.000₫
  • Neck & shoulder60 min450.000₫
  • Foot30 min280.000₫
  • Foot60 min450.000₫

Body scrub & glow

  • Body scrub30 min296.000₫
  • Body wrap30 min280.000₫

Which to choose

If you have been carrying a bag around the city all day, the neck and shoulder thirty minutes will do more than you expect. If you have been walking, take the foot massage. Body therapy at ninety or a hundred and twenty minutes is the one to book when you actually have the afternoon.

Body work also appears inside the longer head spa rituals — Seren Bloom and the Signature Ritual both include it.

What body therapy involves

Our body therapy is a slow, oil-based full body massage — closer to a traditional Vietnamese treatment than to a sports or deep tissue session. Firm pressure, long strokes, and time spent on the areas that actually hold tension rather than an even sweep from head to toe.

Tell your therapist at the start how much pressure you want and say something if it changes. Vietnamese massage tends toward firmer than many visitors expect; we will work lighter without any fuss if you ask.

Sixty minutes covers back, shoulders, arms and legs. Ninety adds proper time on the back and the feet. A hundred and twenty is unhurried everywhere, and it is the one to book if you have been travelling.

Neck and shoulder

Thirty focused minutes on the neck, shoulders, upper back and scalp line. This is the treatment for desk workers, and for anyone who has spent a day carrying a bag around District 1 in the heat. You stay clothed and it needs no recovery time, which makes it easy to fit between other plans.

Foot massage

Beginning with a warm herbal soak, then working the soles, arches, ankles and calves. Saigon is a walking city and most visitors underestimate how much ground they cover. Thirty minutes is enough to reset a day of it; sixty is a genuine treatment.

Scrub and wrap

The body scrub exfoliates with a salt and oil blend, taking off sun-dried surface skin and leaving it noticeably smoother. The wrap that follows is a nourishing mask applied over the whole body and left to absorb. Thirty minutes each, and they pair naturally either side of a massage.

What to expect practically

You will be given a private space and time to change. Underwear stays on; towels cover everything not being worked on. Say if the room is too cold, the music too loud, or the pressure too much — none of it is fixed and none of it is a bother.

Drink water afterwards and avoid a heavy meal for an hour. If you have had a massage before and felt sore the next day, ask for lighter pressure rather than assuming that is normal.

Booking

Ninety and hundred-and-twenty minute sessions are worth reserving ahead, especially at weekends. Shorter treatments can often take a walk-in. Body work also appears inside Seren Bloom and the Signature Ritual if you would rather combine it with a hair wash and facial care.

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