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Hanok guest houses with heated floors, small design hotels and a few stone houses by the sea. Below is the kind of place we book in each area; each photograph shows the area, not the property. Your proposal names every property, with its own photographs.

A wooden hanok around a stone courtyard — Hanok courtyard, Seoul
A courtyard hanok

Seochon, Seoul · Hanok guest house

Four rooms around a stone courtyard, five minutes from the palace wall. Beds or floor mattresses, your choice.

Namsan Tower above a wooded hill and the old stone wall — Namsan, Seoul
A small hotel on the hill

Hannam, Seoul · Design hotel

A small hotel on the slope above the galleries, with a quiet bar and a view of Namsan.

A path to a village house with the hills behind — Hahoe Folk Village, Andong
A family house in the village

Hahoe village, Andong · Clan-village guest house

An old family house in the village. Ondol floors, shared bathrooms, breakfast in the courtyard.

A hanok with a wooden bench in front — Hanok, Jeonju
A hanok inn

Jeonju hanok village · Hanok inn

Inside the hanok quarter, so the early mornings are yours. Private bathrooms added inside the old frame.

Palace pavilions lit at night beside the pond — Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond, Gyeongju
A garden hotel by the tombs

Near Daereungwon, Gyeongju · Boutique hotel

A walk or a short bike ride from the royal tombs. Bikes come with the room.

Gwangan Bridge lit up over the bay at night — Gwangalli Beach, Busan
Rooms facing the sea

Haeundae, Busan · Sea-view hotel

Rooms facing the bay, ten minutes by taxi from the coast path.

A tea farm stay

Boseong · Farm stay

On a family tea farm. Wake up to the rows, help with the picking in May.

Black volcanic rock on the shore — Jeju coast
A stone house

East coast, Jeju · Stone house

Two restored stone houses behind a basalt wall, near a diving village.

Granite ridges rising out of fog — Seoraksan
A mountain hotel

Sokcho, Gangwon · Mountain hotel

Between the park entrance and the sea, so a ridge walk and a fish supper fit in one day.

How we choose

  1. 01

    We stay there first. A place goes on the list after one of us has slept in it, not after a site visit.

  2. 02

    Small over grand. Most have fewer than thirty rooms, many fewer than ten.

  3. 03

    The floor question. Every hanok on the list has at least one room with a raised bed, for knees that need one.

  4. 04

    Walkable. In cities, we choose by neighbourhood first; see the Seoul picker.

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