Here’s another entry for my South Korea tips for the beginner mid-budget traveler! Hopefully, this can help you in that first ever adventure to Seoul!
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[UPDATED] SOUTH KOREA 2017: Guesthouses in Seoul
EDIT: Updated March 2018
Since I began traveling mid-budget, I rarely stay at hotels. I’ve never stayed in a hotel in Seoul. But I loved staying at guesthouses.
Guesthouses, generally, gives you a feeling of community, like a home away from home – but not quite (depending on your perspective of home, I dare say). To begin with, I’ve stayed at three different guesthouses whenever I’m in town. This is because I still want to explore staying at different parts of town and find out which is the best neighborhood for me.
For this post, I’ll discuss each guesthouse based on the following criteria: proximity to nearest subway station, proximity to Airport Limousine Bus stop, breakfast, reception, toilet/bath, space, price, facility, night life, and shopping. These are the ten points I look at when choosing a hostel or guesthouse in general. This can be your starting point in choosing your guesthouse in Seoul. Or even in other cities.
To make comparing objective, I’ll give one (1) point if it’s positive, and zero (0) if it’s negative, and point five (0.5) if there’s both positive and negative, based on my experience. I will also give explanation as necessary.
So let’s get right down to each of them.
SOUTH KOREA 2016: Shopping in HongDae, MyeongDong and Ehwa
This will be a rather short post compared to the others.
Comparing the shopping experience in HongDae, MyeongDong, and Ehwa is hard, if not impossible. The three places cater to different markets, but are all popular shopping destinations. That said, this will be just a general overview of what to expect from the three – in case you’re pressed for time and just have one place to visit.
MyeongDong Shopping Street
SOUTH KOREA 2015 Day 6: (Oh Gosh the memories of Day 6!!!): M Plaza, Ehwa Womans University and Café J Holic
This is the last day we’ll be spending in Korea, and we made sure we covered a lot of places.
The last time I went to Korea, my sister teased me that I did not even try wearing a hanbok – Korea’s traditional clothing. I actually forgot about it, to be honest.
SOUTH KOREA 2015 Day 5: Nami Island
Now we have an extremely short title.
Tired from the previous day, we left the guest house late. HAHA. Which was really a bad decision since we will be going out of Seoul for the day to Nami Island, and supposedly to Petite France.
SOUTH KOREA 2015 Day 4: MyeongDong Cathedral, Gyeongbukgeong, Gwanghamun Square, Cheonggyecheon, Bukchon Hanok Village, Samcheondong, Dongdaemun Design Plaza
I’m starting to see my titles are always a mouthful.
I was so thankful that we didn’t walk too much in our K-Pop adventure. Day 4 was the real all about walking.
SOUTH KOREA 2015 Day 1: Seoul Touchdown, MyeongDong, and N Seoul Tower
We arrived after lunch in Incheon airport. We changed Pesos and Dollars at the airport because I couldn’t find any good exchange rate in the Philippines and we were running out of time. Also, I needed cash to pay the guesthouse upon our check-in. And the Airport Limousine only takes cash, I believe. I also bought T Money at the convenience store and look what they gave us!
Line T-Money!
SOUTH KOREA 2013 Day 2: MyeongDong Area
Just a quick summary of day 2: Myeongdong Cathedral, Paris Baguette, Myeongdong Shopping, N Soul Tower, Teddy Bear Museum, Lotteria, SPAO
I officially admire the weather forecast in Seoul. They said it was going to rain on April 6 and it actually rained! The whole day we were there, it was raining non-stop. Imagine the cold wind and freezing rain water.
With this arrangement, we decided to venture around one place with roofs to protect us from the cold rain.
At around 9am, we set out for Myeongdong Cathedral. Our original schedule was to attend Mass here on Sunday, but my relative invited us to attend one with Filipinos at Hyehwa.
MyeongDong Cathedral: taken from its patio
My Little Heaven on Earth 