Best Western Premier Hotel Kukdo

This hotel was very clean and modern. It was tastefully decorated with wooden floors, and modern decor. The rooms have a mini fridge to keep drinks cold, an electronic safe, closet space and a toilet with a bidet. The hotel is located in a section of town where there are tons of lighting stores and shops but it has two mini mart stores next to the hotel for drinks and snacks. The subway is about a 1 min walk from the hotel and takes you anywhere. At first it seems there are no restaurants around but you need to walk around and explore. We ate at a small hole in the wall restaurant in an alley next to the hotel and it was only about $15.00 US for three people and it was excellent Korean food. You can take the subway to the next stop or two for fine dining in Lotte Hotel or Top Cloud or a taxi ride is very cheap about $10-$5.00 US for pretty far destinations. Taxis are everywhere here in Seoul. But I found the subway very easy to navigate as it was in both Korean and English. Conceirge desk was helpful and gave suggestions on where to eat or shop. Namdaemun, Myeong Dong, and Dongdaemun are about 2-3 subway stops away (all shopping districts). Hotel was quiet and when we were lazy we had their breakfast buffet (18,000 won) expensive but very good with Western items (eggs, bacon, toast, sausage, etc) I would definitely stay here again. Also, the staff will give you a US plug converter so that your electronic items from the USA can be plugged into the Korean wall plugs (to charge PSPs, camera battery chargers, etc).

This place was very nice, that is, if you love a beautiful, artistically decorated (modern) super clean room super modernly appointed, with a view. The price was right around $90 a night U.S. (winter time). I'd stay here again, for sure. Front desk English was OK. They tried to please. Delivered the KTX trains schedule to my room.

This hotel would rival any of the best hotels in the US (Westin, Hyatt, etc.). The decor, service, rooms and beds) are the best I have seen anywhere and the price is just incredible! The "modest" hotels were about $50 and the best hotels were almost $300. I chose this hotel because of my confidence in Travel website and paid only $109 per night. I only wish I could get this price for a fine hotel in the US.

Type:Area Attractions Distance: Short walk from hotel

Subway

This hotel is within a couple of blocks from the subway station in Seoul that will get you absolutely anywhere in Seoul or anywhere in the area. It is only a $10 taxi ride from the National Museum of Korea, one of the finest museums I have visited anywhere in the world.

My Wife and I were 3 days at this Hotel. I think that this hotel was a good option for stay at Seoul. The bedroom was nice and cozy. The shuttle from ICN leaved us directly at the hotel so that was great. The employees were very friendly and they speak English very well. The only thing that I didn’t like about the hotel was that the location. It is located on the middle of hardware stores!!! It is near to the subway station but if you want to have a breakfast/lunch you have to walk 10minutes or take the subway for Myendong.

The hotel had large and modern rooms with free internet. Even though it was located on a main road, we did not hear much road noise from our room. The hotel was located next to subway entrance in downtown Seoul and we found the location quite convenient. While we were there, it was too cold to walk on the street at night. So we walked on the underground path above subway line to go to Myondon which was located about 10 minutes walking. The town seemed quite safe at night and we found the place easy to navigate. We saw people cleaning streets and sweeping Ginko leaves everywhere while walking early in the morning. Our impression of the town was clean and friendly.

Type:Dining Distance: Short walk from hotel

Myeongdong, A Restaurant Row in Seoul

Try restaurant in Myeongdon for dinner. It is located about 10 minutes walk or 3 subway stops from hotel. This area is crowded with every kind of restaurants. Make sure you have Korean name of the food you like because a name of the food in English did not help us much and lot of the foods were hot and spicy! We found the foods quite good and inexpensive there.