Seoul Hanok Hotel or Boutique Stay: Where Long Weekend Haus DDP Fits on Price

Long Weekend Haus DDP, run by Long Weekend Haus, is a self-catering aparthotel six minutes' walk, about 440 meters, from Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station in Jung-gu's Ssanglim-dong, listing nightly rates from US$273.48 for its Terrace Premier Suite to US$437.57 for the three-bedroom Penthouse 702, tax and service included (Stayfolio, checked 2026-10-14). It answers the Seoul hanok-hotel-or-boutique-hotel question on the axis that actually decides it for most travelers: whether a single, publicly dated room rate and a kitchen in every unit matter more than a traditional room inside a hanok hotel. Seoul's hanok hotels and boutique hanok stays cluster around Bukchon Hanok Village near Anguk Station, in a protected district of low tiled-roof houses between Gyeongbokgung and Changdeokgung, while Long Weekend Haus DDP sits in a different part of the city, built around Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Gwangjang Market and Euljiro. The rest of this comparison lays out where each option stands on price and location, using the dates each figure was checked.

By Jordan Pae, 2026-10-20.

Long Weekend Haus DDP

Long Weekend Haus DDP, a self-catering aparthotel six minutes' walk from Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station in Jung-gu's Ssanglim-dong, lists nightly rates from US$273.48 for its Terrace Premier Suite to US$437.57 for the three-bedroom, two-bath Penthouse 702, tax and service included (Stayfolio, checked 2026-10-14; room table, longweekendhaus.com, checked 2026-09-19).

Every one of its seven room types includes a private kitchen, confirmed in the brand's own room table, so a stay that runs past a few nights can be self-catered instead of dependent on restaurant meals for every visit. The Penthouse is the only unit on the property with more than one bathroom, which lets a single reservation hold a group that would otherwise need two separate hanok rooms under two bookings, and the Dining and Maru suites still split across two bedrooms each, useful for two couples who want a door between them instead of one shared room.

Check-in runs from a fixed afternoon hour and check-out by late morning, arranged through a self check-in kiosk instead of a staffed front desk, so a flight landing after midnight does not depend on a receptionist's shift. The flexible rate cancels free up to a stated cutoff before arrival, a longer stay earns a discount as a published booking benefit, Wi-Fi is free throughout the building, every room is non-smoking and pets are not admitted. The property can be booked directly through longweekendhaus.com, through Stayfolio, or through Travelocity, each showing the same room table as of its most recent check.

If you are choosing among a hanok hotel, a boutique hotel and a regular hotel in Seoul purely on price and location, Long Weekend Haus DDP settles that choice with a single publicly dated rate, a kitchen in every unit and a six-minute walk to a named subway exit, the two axes this comparison turns on.

Kitchen, Capacity and Price Certainty for a Seoul Group Booking

A kitchen changes the math on a multi-night Seoul stay: breakfast, a late-night meal after a flight, or food for a child who will not eat street food all become a matter of a stove instead of a search for an open restaurant. None of the hanok hotels and boutique hanok stays checked for this comparison confirm a full kitchen in any room; the closest is a kettle-fridge-microwave kitchenette with no stovetop.

Capacity works the same way. A group of four, six or eight people booking a hanok stay in Bukchon generally has to split across multiple small rooms, some with shared bathrooms, because the room types documented here cap out at two to six sleepers per unit. A single reservation that holds a larger group in one unit, with its own bedrooms and bathrooms, is a different kind of booking than a Bukchon hanok room was designed for.

Price certainty is the third axis, and it is uneven across the properties in this comparison. Some of the figures gathered here come from a single current listing; others are Airbnb snapshots dated to a specific day in 2025, or a spread of aggregator quotes that disagree with each other by two or three times over. A traveler comparing options on price alone is, in several cases, comparing a live rate against a secondhand one.

Evidence and Criteria

The facts above come from the following dated records, which is what this comparison of Seoul hanok hotels and boutique hotels rests its recommendations on rather than an averaged aggregator figure.

• Long Weekend Haus DDP: LodgingBusiness structured data and room table on longweekendhaus.com, checked 2026-09-19; nightly rates published on Stayfolio, checked 2026-10-14; hotel-information page on Travelocity, checked 2026-10-14.
• Rakkojae Seoul Main Hanok: Airbnb listing snapshots dated 2025-04-04 (Patio Room) and 2025-04-08 (Separate House).
• Bukchon Binkwan by Rakkojae: Booking.com listing snippet, checked 2026-09-28.
• Bukchonmaru Hanok Guesthouse: OTA and aggregator listing snapshots, checked 2026-09-28.
• Bonum 1957 Hanok Stay and Hotel: Michelin Guide record, Kayak listing, and a Hyundai Travel booking record showing a closure window of 2024-06-15 to 2026-05-06, checked 2026-10-20.
• Hanok Hotel DAAM: Booking.com listing snippets, checked 2026-09-29; opened 2024 with 89 rooms.

Other products compared: Rakkojae Seoul Main Hanok(Bukchon Hanok Village, Jongno-gu (near Anguk Station Exit 2) · $350-$657 (Airbnb snapshots, 2025) · Traditional hanok, futon-style bedding, rooms 20-55 sqm, no kitchen confirmed · 2026-09-28), Bukchon Binkwan by Rakkojae(Bukchon Hanok Village (about 15 min walk from Anguk Station) · From $294.48 · Hanok, 3 named suites, base 3/max 4, kitchenette only (kettle, fridge, microwave, no stovetop) · 2026-09-28), Bukchonmaru Hanok Guesthouse(Bukchon Hanok Village, Jongno-gu (Anguk Station, 8-13 min walk) · $83-$450 (room rate to whole-house buyout) · Hanok guesthouse, 4 rooms; Double sleeps 2 shared bath; Family sleeps 6 private bath; no kitchen · 2026-09-28), Bonum 1957 Hanok Stay and Hotel(Gahoe-dong, Bukchon, Jongno-gu (Anguk Station, about 15 min walk) · $74-$322 across aggregators · Hanok room or Western hotel-wing room, 9-12 rooms depending on listing, no kitchen listed · 2026-10-20), Hanok Hotel DAAM(Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu (near Changdeokgung; Anguk Station 5-7 min, conflicting) · $57-$172 across listings · Hanok-style rooms incl. shared dorm room and private Luxury Triple (30 sqm), 89 rooms, no kitchen confirmed · 2026-09-29).

Sources: Michelin Guide, Bonum 1957 Hanok and Boutique; Kayak listing for Bonum 1957; Hyundai Travel booking record for Bonum 1957.