2020-09-03
1 FL, 64, Gaepo-ro 118-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-10-3908-1617, I have a what's app.
The house of Yehbon(예본의 집) is a guesthouse in a single-story residential house. The owner of the guesthouse has stayed at many guesthouses in the US while traveling and loved how they decorated the rooms according to the unique characteristics of the region. This is why she furnished the rooms with a traditional Korean cabinet inlaid with mother-of-pearl and other furniture that are more than 100 years old and covered with mantles that she herself embroidered. The antique furniture is one of the outstanding features of this guesthouse, which has two guestrooms, living room, kitchen, and two bathrooms. Many guests are from India, Canada, America, Netherlands, and Russia, including Koreans living abroad, and they say they find this place very comfortable. It's like homestay, but the owner of the guesthouse tries to provide enough privacy for those who wish to be left alone as well. It’s very conveniently located in Gangnam with access to public transportation within the vicinity and close to the subway station(3rd Daecheong station).
I give my guests space but I am available when needed. Privacy is protected. You can always communicate with the host. The guests stay in the 1st floor, and the host lives in the 2nd floor. You can cook and enjoy a meal together in a spacious kitchen. You can take a shower but no bathtub in the bathrooms. It's very easy to find my place. Parking: Just next to the gate. (20 steps) There're a lot of delicious inexpensive restaurants and a CU convenience store just in front of the house.
2023-04-13
Samseongyo-ro 4-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
Seoul Naksan Stay is a guesthouse in a downtown area. The owner, who originally ran a guesthouse in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, opened this guesthouse after moving to Seoul. Naksan Stay is located at the low end of the fortress wall of Naksan Park, which is a great place to enjoy the night view of Seoul. The guesthouse has two gates: one leading to the small building where the owner and her family reside, and the other one leading to a bigger building that serves as a guesthouse with a spacious two-story room. Majority of the guests are from France and Russia. It’s a great place to stay for those wishing to enjoy the daytime and nighttime views of the city.
2020-09-09
31-18, Samil-daero 32-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-745-8008, +82-10-8704-9981
The Moon Guesthouse is situated near a number of interesting tourist destinations including Unhyeongung Palace (3min on foot), Bukchon Hanok Village (5min on foot), Changdeokgung Palace (5min on foot), and Changgyeonggung Palace (10min on foot). The guesthouse was named ‘moon’ (‘door’ in English) because it has many 176 doors and windows. Upon entering by the gate, visitors will see a ‘ㄷ’-shaped hanok building in the courtyard, in which a wooden bedstead and a table are placed. On the opposite of the hanok building there is a wall roofed with tiles engraved with Korean patterns such as deer, pine, turtle, etc. Flowers in the flowerbed lined up along the wall are in bloom and the bonsai are also well-kept in the house. Renovated and opened as a guesthouse in September 2011, Moon Guesthouse consists of a bonchae (main building) and a byeolchae (detached house). The rooms are decorated with red clay and hanji (traditional Korean paper handmade from mulberry trees), and have under-the-floor heating (ondol). Each room is equipped with an air-conditioner, and has a 40cm-thick layer of red clay over the ceiling for insulation, making the rooms cool in summer and warm in winter. The house has seven individual guestrooms and five modern bathrooms, but the entire building (bonchae or byeolchae) can be rented, too. In particular, the unhyeondang of the bonchae is very popular as it can be converted into one large space for special events, group workshops, etc. simply by opening all the sliding doors (Bunhapmun – Goryeo construction style). This room, which is decorated with a flower-patterned windscreen, a landscape painting, and calligraphy, has been used as a shooting location for various TV programs including KBS2’s TV reality program Man’s Qualification and its variety show The Human Condition. The guestrooms are also equipped with traditional furniture including a cabinet inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The guesthouse also provides a variety of experience programs from 11am to 3pm, including tea ceremony, wearing Hanbok (traditional Korean clothes), making kimchi and gochujang (red chili paste), playing a traditional musical instrument, making a rubbing of a stone inscription, calligraphy, drawing orchids on a fan, and so on. The house has about seventy hanbok and other clothing accessories, as well as a royal costume. Its calligraphy and drawing orchid programs are run directly by the owner, who used to work as a classical Chinese teacher at a high school.
2021-04-08
5 FL, 53, Wausan-ro 35-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul
+82-10-4244-0608
LikeU is a guesthouse in Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, one of the downtown areas of Seoul that’s popular among young people. It's within a 2-minute walk from Hongik Univ. Station on Subway Line 2. For this reason, majority of the guests are young people from Hong Kong and Singapore. The owner of the guesthouse goes the extra mile to make sure that the rooms, beds, sheets, and blankets are clean, so the minimum length of stay is 3 days. All the guestrooms are two-story rooms for more space. There is a washing machine in each of the rooms for the convenience of the guests. Use of the washing machine is free.
2023-04-13
20, Haegwan-ro, Jung-gu, Busan
+82-51-243-8001
Central Park Hotel is located in the middle of Jungang Station and Nampo Station on Busan Metro Line 1. It’s a 15-story building with a total of 67 rooms in different sizes, and some of the rooms have a view of the ocean. The cafeteria serving breakfast is a few steps up from the first floor. There is an indoor terrace right next to the elevator with a table next to the window, and it's free to use for all the guests. The hotel has a parking tower for the guests to park. The lobby is open 24 hours with staff to provide services, with maps and booklets for tourists. The hotel offers luggage storage service for guests who have arrived before the check-in hour or who plan to stay in the area after the check-out hour. Nearby tourist destinations include Yongdusan Park, Gwangbokro Fashion Street, Changseondong Meokja Golmok, Bupyeong Jokbal Golmok, and BIFF. It's easy to get to the downtown area from the hotel.
2019-12-10
4 FL, 151, Gwangnam-ro, Suyeong-gu, Busan
010-5822-3755
The Park Guesthouse is a homestay located in Gwangalli Beach, Suyeong-gu, Busan. The living room and kitchen are just like those of an ordinary home, and guests are free to use all the basic facilities including washing machine. The guesthouse has guests from all over the world, particularly because of the affordable rates. There is a bathroom in each of the rooms and a shared bathroom in the living room. All the cookware in the kitchen can be used for free for the guests to cook their own food. The guesthouse is located about 200m from Gwangalli Beach and is very close to famous fish restaurants and street stalls in Millak-dong.
2021-04-01
20, Cheonwon 1-gil, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
010-9505-5367
As a new hanok guesthouse, Gyeongju Hanok 1st is located at the entrance to Cheonwon Village, Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do. It has various modern amenities while preserving the features of a traditional Korean house. The guesthouse is kept cool in summer and warm in winter, so guests can experience the traditional Korean house. It has various rooms in different sizes that can accommodate 3 - 8 people. There is a stand-alone guesthouse furnished with kitchen and bathroom as well. All other rooms also have a bathroom inside, but the kitchen must be shared among the guests. There are no beds in the room as is typical of a traditional Korean house, but there are high-quality sheets and blankets for the comfort of the guests. The guesthouse has a large front yard with a miniature traditional Korean house with dolls adorned in traditional clothes, not to mention other traditional artifacts. Popular tourist destinations within the vicinity of the guesthouse include Anapji Pond, Cheomseongdae, and Gyeongju National Museum.
2020-09-08
7, Hahoebukchon-gil, Pungcheon-myeon, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-54-853-2110, +82-10-2228-1786
Located in Hahoe-ri (Pungcheon-myeon, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do), Hahoe Bukchondaek House is a hanok stay that was originally built by a civil official named Ryu Sa-chun in 1797 (the 21st year of the reign of King Jeongjo of the Joseon dynasty). It consists of a small sarangchae (men’s quarters) with two wing buildings at sides. As the anchae (women’s quarters), large sarang, daemungan (gate building), and shrine were built by Ryu’s great-grandson, Ryu Do-seong (who served as a governor of Gyeongsang-do), in 1862 (the 13th year of the reign of King Cheoljong), the house displays the typical features of a Joseon nobleman’s house and is the largest in Hahoe. The large sarangbang, Bukchonyugeo (measuring 7-kan* at the front, 3-kan at the sides), consists of two 2-kan rooms, two 1-kan rooms, a 4-kan daecheong (wooden floor), a 3-kan numaru (upper floor), a 3-kan kitchen, a 3-kan garret, a 5-kan toe (the narrow wooden veranda running along the outside of the building), and a jjokmaru (narrow wooden veranda). The entire building can be converted into a single space simply by opening the sliding doors between the rooms and the doors between the rooms and the daecheong. The medium-sized sarang, Hwagyeongdang, consists of a 2-kan room, a 1-kan daecheong, a 3-kan toe, and a jjokmaru, while the small sarang, Susinwa, consists of a 1-kan room, a 1-kan daecheong, and a 2-kan toe. The anchae has a courtyard in the middle, a kitchen, a main room, a daecheong, a gobang (storeroom), a witsangbang (upper room), a toenmaru (a narrow wooden porch running along the outside of the building), an araetsangbang, a jungmun that links to the large sarang, an araetgwang (storeroom), a dwiju (grain-chest), and a munganbang (gate building room). The munganchae (gate building) and shrine are also situated within the grounds of the house, along with a 300-year-old pine tree that is known for its curved shape, which is said to resemble the Nakdonggang River as it meanders around the village of Hahoe. The house contains valuable cultural heritages including Doseongpaldojido (Map of the Eight Provinces of Korea), which is estimated to date from the seventeenth century, and is regarded as an invaluable historic material as it includes Dokdo Island and Jiandao as part of the Korean territory, and a painting titled ‘Sehwa,’ which is believed to have been given to Ryu Yi-jwa (pen-name: Hakseo, 1763-1837) by the king as a New Year’s present. Bukchondaek House was built by one of the richest families in Hahoe, who are well known for their generosity as they have helped local people on many occasions throughout history. *kan: a unit of measurement referring to the distance between two columns.
2021-04-01
3 Songsogotaek-gil, Pacheon-myeon, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
+82-10-3530-6119 / +82-54-872-6119
Under joint management with the Korean Tea Association’s Yeongeun Culture Center, Chungwon Gotaek is a great place to enjoy traditional Korean tea time while experiencing a traditional Korean house where you will see all the features of an old Korean house as well as how people lived a slow and leisurely life in the past. Since Chungwon Gotaek only has one stand-alone guestroom that can be booked by only one couple/group at a time, it’s the perfect place to stay for leisure. The guesthouse has a separate tea room managed by the Yeongeun Culture Center, where you can enjoy traditional Korean tea while learning the proper way to drink tea in Korea, which is quite different from that of other Asian countries. Many Korean guests will agree that they feel at home. The guesthouse also serves Korean-style breakfast, which includes various side dishes that vary by season.
2023-04-13
경상북도 안동시 임동면 경동로 2661-8
+82-10-8590-0625
Boasting more than 300 years of tradition, Jeongjae Traditional House is the head house of Ryu Chi-myeong (pen-name: Jeongjae), who inherited the study of Togye Yi Hwang (1501-1570), one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of Joseon. The old house features the characteristic construction elements of a Joseon hanok, including the stylobate, wooden pillars, toenmaru (the narrow wooden porch running along the outside of the building), tiled roof, and other structures, and commands an open view of Imha Lake. The house was originally built by Ryu Gwan-hyeon, the great-great-grandfather of Ryu Chi-myeong, in 1735 (the 11th year of the reign of King Yeongjo of Joseon) in the village of Handeul in Imdong-myeon, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, but it was relocated to the foot of Guamsan Mountain in 1987 when Imha Dam was built and the surrounding area was submerged as a result. The house consists of the daemunchae (gate building), jeongchim (a ‘ㅁ’-shaped house with a tiled roof), haengnangchae (servants’ quarters), a shrine, and a pavilion. The sarangchae (men’s quarters) is clearly visible, while the anchae (women’s quarters) is concealed within the house. The sarangchae has a sarangmaru (wooden floor), a large sarangbang room, a small sarangbang room, and there is a small maru between the two rooms. The buildings of the sarangchae and anchae are clearly divided into segregated spaces for men and women according to Confucian tradition. The anchae has a daecheongmaru (large wooden floor) in the middle; a main room, kitchen, and toilet on the right; and a numaru (upper floor) and sangbang (upper room) on the left. The small side door of the main gate links to the door by which to enter the anchae, which has a small vegetable garden. Manujeong Pavilion (Gyeongsangbuk-do Cultural Heritage Material No. 37) is a half-hipped roof building with single-layered eaves located on the left side of the house outside the main gate. It is the place where Ryu Chi-myeong used to teach his students, and consists of a large maru and a guest room. The pavilion is also surrounded by the beautiful scenery of Imha Lake, mountains, and chestnut trees. Jeongjae Traditional House provides two special experience programs: Making Songhwaju, which is the Ryu family’s home-brewed liquor (15 to 18 degrees) made with rice, glutinous rice, yeast, pine needles, and chrysanthemums, led by the owner’s wife (Intangible Cultural Asset No. 20); and Making Tarak, which is a fermented milk drink that has been made by the Ryu’s family for some 500 years. As the recipe for making Tarak is relatively simple, and uses yeast that is usually used to make raw rice wine like Makgeolli, people can easily make it at home. The house also runs a traditional music program designed to show participants how to play the gayageum (Korean zither with twelve strings) and sing Korean folk songs, and stages small concerts.