Hotels in Seoul — Book & Earn Cashback

Myeongdong for a first visit — it is central, has the widest choice of hotels, and puts the main palaces and the old centre within walking distance. Insadong and Jongno are more characterful and quieter at night. Hongdae suits a trip built around nightlife, and Gangnam makes sense mainly if your reasons for being in the city are south of the river.

Three covers the palaces, Bukchon, a market or two and an evening in Hongdae or Myeongdong. Four or five gives you the Han River, a hike up Bukhansan or Namsan, and time on both sides of the river without rushing between them.

September to November — clear, dry, cool, and with autumn colour on the mountains that ring the city. Spring is the other good season and brings blossom, though its timing moves year to year. Winter is genuinely cold, often well below freezing, and summer is hot and humid with a concentrated monsoon.

Yes. The metro is extensive, fast and cheap, with English signage and announcements, and a T-money card works on the metro, buses and in taxis. The city is also more walkable than its size suggests once you are within a district, and taxis are affordable when the metro stops for the night.

The range runs from guesthouses and small business hotels through to international chains, with Gangnam generally the most expensive district and the north-bank neighbourhoods better value. Rates climb in the autumn and spring peaks. The list on this page is priced live for your dates, so you are seeing real figures rather than an estimate.

Yes — the rate is shown on each property before you book, exactly as it is everywhere else on DerLeng Free. It is credited to your balance as LENG after your stay, and you can hold it, convert it to USDC, or cash it out. You pay for the room normally.