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Koreana HotelvsTHE PLAZA Seoul, Autograph Collection
Koreana Hotel and The Plaza are both rated highly by travel writers. On balance, Koreana Hotel ranks marginally better than The Plaza. Koreana Hotel scores 78 with praise from 5 reviewers such as Michelin Guide, Frommer's and Rough Guide.
Koreana Hotel
Frommer's
Fodor's
Rough Guide
Michelin Guide
61-1 Taepyeongno 1-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-101, South Korea
From $62/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Frommer's "A pleasant hotel with an equally pleasant staff, this 14-story building is centrally located." Full review
Fodor's "It may not stand out in any single category but the Koreana offers travelers the best combination of location, space, and value of any high-end hotel in Seoul." Full review
Rough Guide "Half the price of some of its competitors, but with similar rooms and service standards."
Michelin Guide "A mid-range hotel in a prime central location, close to Seoul City Hall and Gyeongbokgung and Deoksugung (royal palaces)."
THE PLAZA Seoul, Autograph Collection Rough Guide Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Afar Magazine
Time Out Michelin Guide
119 Sogong-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-864, South Korea
From $139/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Rough Guide "Directly facing City Hall and adjacent to Deoksugung, you could hardly wish for a more central location."
Fodor's "After a six-month long renovation in 2010, the Plaza emerged as downtown Seoul's most strikingly unique luxury hotel." Full review
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Opposite the rising glass edifice of the new City Hall, you couldn’t get more central than the Plaza, which was given a striking makeover inside and out in 2010." Full review
Afar Magazine "From your bedside touch-screen phone in The Plaza Hotel in central Seoul, you can control almost everything--the lights, the drapes and curtains, the air conditioning." Full review
Time Out "Situated in front of City Hall, right next to Seoul Plaza, the Plaza hotel boasts of the most vibrant and metropolitan sceneries of Seoul" Full review
Michelin Guide "Forget any connotations of old-world glamour: staying at the Plaza means something a little different in Seoul than it does in New York. Built in 1976, and reopened in 2010, the property..." Full review
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In an effort to go against the grain — the owners wanted to avoid the generic contemporary style typical of so many large hotels, including the original Plaza — the hotel enlisted the Italian designer Guido Ciompi to choose an inspired color palette and custom-made furniture, contemporary musicians to collaborate with an innovative sound design project, and a range of Korean artists and craftsmen to create the hotel’s one-of-a-kind art collection.
