Posts tagged 'where to stay in Seoul'
Accommodation in Seochon, set out from official sources: only 2 registered lodging businesses with 39 rooms in the whole of Seochon and not a single hotel, yet 33 of Seoul's 133 hanok stays are here. Why the two figures do not overlap, and the 6011 airport bus.
Accommodation in Seongbuk-dong, set out from official sources: zero registered lodging businesses and zero rooms inside the legal-status neighbourhood, and zero hanok stays, while Seongbuk-gu as a whole has 54 businesses with 1,283 rooms clustered over by Sungshin Women's University. And there is a direct airport limousine from Incheon to the foot of Seongbuk-dong.
Jung-gu holds 25% of all the hotel rooms in Seoul. Yet the middle of Euljiro has hardly any. The difference between a registered tourist hotel and a residence, the trap in the name of the 6015 airport bus stop, and the conditions for using the City Airport Terminal at Seoul Station.
Accommodation around Ikseon-dong, set out from official sources: 100 of Seoul's 133 hanok stays are in Jongno-gu, what the hanok-stay registration standard really requires and what it does not, the fact that a third of the rooms within walking distance are in old-style inns, and the airport bus 6002 that stops at Jongno 3-ga.
Seongsu-dong has no registered tourist hotel at all, and 186 of its 299 rooms are old-style inns. That leaves the foreign-tourist homestay scheme, which is also where unlicensed lodging turns up. Which kinds of home the law allows, what to check before you book, and the airport bus that stops in Seongsu.
A complete guide to Itaewon and Hannam-dong: the food, the Leeum museum, the mosque, where to stay, how to get there from the airport, and what the hills are really like.
Itaewon and Hannam-dong accommodation: the Grand Hyatt and Mondrian, boutique hotels and guesthouses, which slope to book on, and whether the hills and the slow subway line are worth it.
A complete guide to Gangnam: which station to base yourself at, how to get there from Incheon Airport, where to stay and eat, and what is actually worth seeing south of the river.
Gangnam accommodation for visitors to Seoul: which station to book near, five-star hotels around COEX and Sinsa, mid-range and business options, and whether Gangnam is worth the price.
A complete guide to Jongno, Insadong and Bukchon: five royal palaces, hanok lanes with visiting-hour rules you must know, where to stay and eat, and how to get there from the airport.
Jongno accommodation for visitors to Seoul: what a hanok stay is really like, hotels around Gwanghwamun and Jongno 3-ga by budget, and the Bukchon visiting-hour rule that affects where you book.
A complete guide to Hongdae, the Seoul neighborhood with a direct airport train, the cheapest central rooms and the city's best nightlife: how to get there, which streets matter, where to stay and what to do.
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