Insider Tip: The Ramada is across the road from the Sun Reung Park (also known as Seoulleung Park), which offers walking trails that take in a series of royal tombs displaying Korea’s seasonal flora and offering insight into the country’s history. Guestrooms on the park side of the hotel offer views of the park’s trees, grassy hills, and temples.

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Rooms

The Ramada Hotel Seoul has 245 guestrooms, each offering a warm gold/brown color scheme with glass and timber furnishings. Views to the north are of Seoul’s city sprawl, and, to the south, the Sun Reung Park. All rooms feature high-speed Internet access, desks, cable TVs, and premium TV channels.

Room Amenities

• Internet access - surcharge

Recreation

The 2,000-square-meter (18,000-square-foot) 24-hour health club at the Ramada includes a sauna for men, and other facilities such as a dry sauna; steam sauna; cold, warm, and hot bath; spa tub; sports massage service; and body scrubbing service. It also has three resting rooms, two ondol or Korean-style rooms, a theatre, sleeping chair room, fitness center, and barber shop. The health club’s diner serves Korean and international food as well as snacks and beverages.

Ice skating at the COEX mall, 800 meters/yards away, is the only significant recreational activity in the area apart from jogging in the Sun Reung park across the road.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Property Amenities

Built in 1994, the Ramada Seoul stands fourteen floors high. Housing 245 guestrooms, it offers contemporary European design and décor generated by marble, mirrors, and warm lighting. The hotel’s men’s-only health club/spa, occupies an entire floor and offers massages, sauna, baths, fitness equipment, and several relaxation rooms.

Valet parking:
KWon 10, 000 (US$11–$15) per 24-hour period. Free for women. Secure underground garage.
Fees do not include tax and are subject to change without prior notice.
Self parking:
Free for guests. 200-space garage.

Business facilities are housed within the Club Lounge, which offers basic business amenities such as Internet access, printers, fax machines, and copiers. Flexible private meeting spaces are also available. Click the link below for more details.

Business amenities (click for details)

Business center: Forming part of the executive Club Lounge, the hotel’s business center offers projectors, a fax machine, copier, Internet access, and secretarial services.

Internet access: Wireless and high-speed Internet access is available in Club Lounge for surcharges in 10- and 30-minute increments.

Conference/function room(s): The Ramada’s ballroom accommodates up to 350 and is suited for weddings or larger conferences. Three conference rooms and two private meeting rooms (one boardroom, one lounge style) are also available.

• 24-hour front desk
• Audio-visual equipment
• Banquet facilities
• Breakfast available (surcharge)
• Business center
• Business services
• Complimentary newspapers in lobby
• Conference room(s)
• Dry cleaning service
• Elevator/lift
• Express check-out
• Fitness equipment

• Full-service health spa
• Health club
• Laundry facilities
• Limo or Town Car service available
• Multilingual staff
• Parking (valet)
• Restaurant(s) in hotel
• Room service (limited hours)
• Safe-deposit box - front desk
• Sauna
• Secretarial services
• Spa tub
• Steam room

Policies

Late check-out complimentary upon request until 4 PM. Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.

Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.

• Pets not allowed
• Check-in time is 2 PM
• Check-out time is Noon

Location Details

Incheon International Airport (INC): Approximate travel time is 60 minutes and distance is 50 km (30 miles).

Getting there: By far the most practical airport transport solutions are the KAL shuttle buses, which depart the airport every 20 minutes throughout the day and night and go directly to the hotel's front gate. If urgent transport to the airport is required, taxis may be used but the cost may reach US$100, and taxis are only marginally quicker than the KAL shuttles buses. Rental cars are not recommended for travelers unfamiliar with this area. Click the links below for instructions/details.

Getting around: Taxis are widely available through the streets of Seoul, and offer convenient and relatively cheap transportation (US$6–$10 for a 10–15-minute ride). In addition, Seoul offers bus and subway metropolitan public transport networks.

By shuttle (click here)

Travel time from the airport to the hotel: 60 minutes
Approximate cost (subject to change without notice): KWon13,000 (US$5–$15)

Schedules and directions (subject to change without notice): Shuttle service is available from 5 AM until midnight, operating every 20 minutes both to and from the airport. Shuttles take passengers from the airport and back on several routes, which each travel via a number of Seoul’s major hotels. Tickets can be purchased prior to boarding the bus through KAL shuttle staff, wearing KAL vests, at the airport bus stops, or from the Ramada Seoul front desk.

By taxi (click here)

Approximate travel time from the airport to the hotel: 60 minutes
Approximate cost (subject to change without notice): KWon90,000–12,500 (US$36+)

Taxi-driver instructions: The Ramada Hotel was known as the New World as recently as 2004, which may confuse taxi drivers. If in doubt, Seoul taxis offer free remote translation services

Know Before You Go

South Korean citizens will be charged the VAT on the spot prior to check-out.

Fees

Please note that until 12/31/2008, the standard 10% hotel VAT will not be charged to foreign nationals staying in South Korea for fewer than 6 months. Foreign guests will be required to present a passport upon check-in for the VAT fee to be waived.

South Korean citizens will be charged the VAT on the spot prior to check-out.

Dining

Tatsumi - Japanese restaurant open for lunch and dinner. Outfitted with paper walls and dark timber accents. Dishes include special sashimi or sushi courses and rice with braised seabream. Equipped with 13 private dining rooms.

De Stasio - Lobby-level modern Italian restaurant with contemporary European décor. Dishes include Mediterranean Antipasti, Grilled King Prawns, Grilled Red Snapper, Pasta Carbonara, and tiramisu. Open morning until night. Three private dining rooms.

Le Bar - Offers cocktails and range of liquor. Open evenings until after midnight. Piano player each night.

Windows - Lobby coffee shop open morning till late evening.

Ollie’s Bakery - Bakery and delicatessen open morning until evening.

Address

112-5 Samsung-dong, Kangnam-ku

Seoul, 135-010

Korea, Republic of

Nearest major airport:

Seoul, Korea, Republic of (ICN-Inchon International)

Area:

Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea