2021-03-29
27, Chilpae-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-775-7000
Ramada Hotel & Suites by Wyndham Seoul Namdaemun is located in Sunhwa-dong, Jung-gu, at the center of Korea’s capital. Its location gives guests excellent access to Seoul’s major tourist sights, and some major sights like Namdaemun Market, the City Hall, Myeongdong, Gwanghwamun Gate, and Deoksugung Palace are reachable on foot. Seoul Station and City Hall Station are located nearby for good access to public transportation. The hotel is often used by international visitors to Seoul.
There are 244 rooms in total, from Superior Double and Twin to Deluxe Double and Twin, Triple, Premier Twin, Quad, Junior Suite Double, Corner Suite, Atrium Suite Family, etc. Facilities include a restaurant, a conference room, a cafe, an underground arcade, and a currency exchange kiosk. The business center offers copying, printing, scanning, and fax services. Up to 2 dogs can be brought into the room, but dogs carry a surcharge for cleaning per day and dog.
2021-03-29
75-3, Taesan-gil, Sejong-si
This hanok (traditional Korean house) accommodation is located in Taesan-ri, Janggun-myeon, Sejong Special Self-governing City. Its doors open to an expansive and handsome grass courtyard, with stone fences, a pond, a pavilion, stone figures, pine trees, and a furnace with a cast-iron pot.
The entire house with a courtyard is rented out in whole, with three rooms, a kitchen, a living room, and two bathrooms. There are a beam projector and a karaoke machine in the house, which makes it popular for family gatherings, corporate training sessions, or club meetings. The house has also been used for traditional marriage ceremonies and outdoor exhibitions. An outdoor barbecue area allows the guests to do some outdoor grilling, but guests can also opt to use the furnace and the traditional cast-iron pot for grilling as well. Seasonal vegetables and fruits grown in the garden are offered to guests free of charge as well. The management also offers traditional sauce-making, wood carving, tea ceremony, and meditation upon reservation.
2023-04-13
1529-45, Gaegi-ro, Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do
This hanok (traditional Korean house) accommodation is located in Bongnae-myeon, Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do. It is part of Boseong’s natural dye craft complex “The Sum,” which also offers a Korean traditional dye experience on site.
There are six rooms in total: Design (Special) Room and Pyeonbaek Room, two-person ondol (under-the-floor heating system) rooms with a maximum occupancy of 6; Jjokbang and Nokchabang rooms, two-person bedrooms with a maximum capacity of 4; Hwangtobang Room, a 6-person mixed dormitory ideal for families; and Honghwabang Room, a women-only dormitory ondol room with a maximum occupancy of 4. Each room has a restroom, and numaru (raised open floor space), which is also used as an exhibition space for dyed products, functions as a common rest area. The complex also has a shared kitchen, a shared bathroom, and a barbecue area.
The management offers a suite of experience programs for the guests, including herbal foot bath, meditation, bedding making, weaving experience, medicinal food, Korean paper craft, and natural dyeing, each with a small group size of 5 to 10 per session.
2023-04-13
8, Keunsaem 3-gil, Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do
+82-41-960-5525
Bonghwangjae Hanok Guesthouse exemplifies the quintessential hanok (traditional Korean house) experience. It is housed in a remodeled modern hanok, built in the 1960s. There are 4 rooms in total. The biggest room is a two-story room with an attic space. It can accommodate up to 4 guests, making it the favorite of family travelers. The room at the very end is the smallest room, but has an open narrow floor space that is ideal for some quiet time facing the courtyard. It can accommodate up to 3 guests. The other two rooms are small and comfortable, fit for 2 to 3 guests. Each room is equipped with a bathroom. The wooden-floored hall, kitchen, courtyard, and backyard are common areas used by all guests. Guests can also sign up for “Gongju Old City Tour on Foot,” which is led by the owner of the house. Complimentary breakfast includes toast, jam, eggs, cereal, and milk. A package program offers snapshot photography from a professional photographer for those staying in this guesthouse. The guesthouse lies only 5 min away from the Chungcheonggamyeong Provincial Office Site and Daetongsa Temple Site by foot, while Sanseong Market, Gongsanseong Fortress, and former Missionary House are reachable in 10 min.
2024-06-26
16-17, Donggye-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju
This hanok (traditional Korean house) guesthouse is located in a quiet residential area in Sansu-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju.
There are four rooms in total, all with ondol (under-the-floor heating system). Seoseokdae and Jungmeorijae rooms can accommodate up to 4, while Jangbuljae and Ipseokdae rooms have a maximum occupancy of 3. Reservations are made for one guest, and guests under age 5 can stay free of charge. Each room has an attached bathroom and is equipped with a refrigerator. A common washing machine is located in the outer restroom. Breakfast features a pumpkin porridge made by the owner. There are no separate parking spaces in the building, but visitors can use the public parking lot nearby. Traditional cultural programs offered on site include natural dye, rice cake making, hand mirror making with pressed flowers, sweet rice balls/puffs making, succulent plant pot making, candle making, and fan making.
2024-04-07
91, Hanji-gil, Wansan-gu, Jeonju-si, Région Jeonbuk
This “ㄱ”-shaped hanok (traditional Korean house) building, standing to the right-hand side of the gate, is an old house with a history of more than 120 years that was transplanted to its present site from its original location in Buan’s local Confucian school in Jeollabuk-do. The building to the left across the courtyard is a “ㄷ”-shaped building with a history of about 70 years. The buildings at Ihwa Gotaek stick to the classics of hanok architecture, featuring the trio of open wooden-floor spaces called numaru, toenmaru, and jjongmaru.
There are 8 rooms in total, 1 four-person room with eight maximum occupancy, and 7 two-person rooms with maximum occupancy of four. All rooms have their own attached restrooms. Guests are served with complimentary seasonal refreshments, either a sweet rice punch (sikhye) or shaved ice with sweetened red beans (pat bingsu) made in-house, and for breakfast guests have a wonderful spread that includes bibimbap, rice cake soup, black sesame porridge, and bean-powder-coated rice cake, served in traditional bronze tableware. Guests can also place their reservations for traditional cultural programs like pansori (epic chant), tea ceremony, natural dye, and Korean paper art, and enjoy a discount of 30% in hanbok (traditional Korean clothes) rental.
2023-04-13
851, Chojeongyaksu-ro, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do
+82-43-270-7332
Located within the Chojeong Culture Park in Naesu-eup, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Chojeong Haenggung (“Temporary Palace”) offers a hanok (traditional Korean house) stay. Chojeong Haenggung was originally a temporary palace where King Sejong stayed for over a hundred days in 1444 for treatment of an eye disorder. It was burnt down in 1448, and restored in June 2020 as hanok culture experience facilities. The palace itself also contains a number of interesting sights, such as the exhibition hall, reading room, foot bath, and a chance to sample Chojeong’s famous mineral water. Hanok Experience Hall, which acts as an accommodation, has 12 rooms in total, including Sejonggwan, Soheongwan, Hunmingwan, and Jeongeumgwan. There are 10 four-person (maximum of six guests) rooms in the complex, and 2 six-person (maximum of eight guests) rooms. Each room has a slightly different structure, but all follow the Korean ondol (under-the-floor heating system) room format with a large wooden-floored hall or a raised open floor space. Rooms also come with an attached restroom with a shower booth. Cooking is prohibited in the room, but a microwave oven and an electric kettle allow the guests to prepare some instant food or reheat their food. Citizens of Cheongju are eligible for discounts.
2024-04-07
15, Hoemun 3-gil, Imsil-gun, Région Jeonbuk
This hanok (traditional Korean house) is located in Deokchi-myeon, Imsil-gun, Jeollabuk-do. Opened in June 2020, it has quite clean facilities and a comfortable structure. Seomjingang River flows in front of the village, and Baengnyeonsan, Hoemunsan, and Palbongsan Mountains surround the area like a screen.
A wide grass lawn of 6611 m² around the four modernized hanok buildings offers a picture of pastoral comfort with pine trees and a water wheel. Each house is rented out as a whole unit and includes one ondol (under-the-floor heating system) room, one bedroom, a living room that doubles as a kitchen, and a restroom. “River” and “Wind’ units have raised open floor space, while the other two “Mountain” and “Field” units have narrow wooden porch along the outside of the rooms. All units have a standard occupancy of 4, but their size of 66–82 m² allows them to host up to 8.
Each unit also comes with an outdoor table. Guests are prohibited from cooking strong-scented food in the unit but may rent out the barbecue grill to be used in the lawn. The swimming pool opens in summer.
2023-04-13
36, Jungnimhaean-ro, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do
+82-55-644-0300
This hotel is located by the shores of Tongyeong, the “Naples of the East,” and lives up to its name with its view of the sea. It faces a small island called Ido Island, which blends in with the scenery to offer a spectacular view. It can be reached by foot in 8 min from Tongyeong Bus Terminal, but guests also have access to the pickup service offered by the hotel. The other strength of the hotel is that the building also contains a restaurant specializing in sliced raw fish. There are 30 rooms in total, all non-smoking, with three types of Standard, Special (Ocean View), VIP (Ocean View). Special rooms come with a balcony and a view of the sea, while the VIP room has a whirlpool bathtub. There are supermarkets, parks, and a police station located nearby the hotel. Tongyeong’s sights such as Dongpirang Mural Village, Seopirang Village, Tongyeong Jungang Market, and Chungmu Gimbap Street are reachable in 15 min by car.
2024-04-07
22-4, Ajung 2-gil, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Région Jeonbuk
+82-63-261-7000
This hotel is located 5 min from Jeonju Station by car. The exterior of the hotel is furnished with a chic grey decor, and there is a wide parking lot for the guests. There are 11 room types in total, all equipped with 50-inch smart TV and sofa, and whirlpool bathtubs with the exception of the Standard Double Room and Standard Double Circular Room. Latex beds ensure the comfort of the guests. Hotel Sol is dedicated to offering a restful stay in green nature. Terrace Spa Garden Room and Terrace Spa VIP Room, in particular, offer a comfortable garden furnished on the terrace, a space furnished with whirlpool spa and rattan furniture in a grass lawn surrounded by a screen of bamboo trees. Jeonju Hanok Rail Bike is reachable in 8 min by foot, while Jeonju Hanok Village can be reached by car in 7 min. Its location near Dongbu-daero gives it great access to Jeonju’s outskirts as well.