Best Hotels Near Insadong: Hotel Junno and 5 More

Long Weekend Haus runs Long Weekend Haus DDP, a 12-unit apartment-style stay near Dongdaemun with rates from 306,000 won a night on the non-refundable plan (official site, checked 2026-09-19), and it anchors one end of this six-property comparison near Insadong. The deciding axis for a stay near Insadong is not the neighborhood name on the listing, it is how far the room sits from Gyeongbokgung Palace and Gwanghwamun for an evening out, and whether the group needs a private ensuite room or is fine sharing a hanok bathroom. Hotel Junno sits inside the Insadong 16-gil alley itself, walkable from Anguk Station exit 6, while Bukchon Bingwan by Rakgojae, Jieum;Dal, Gyeongbokgung Guesthouse and Hanok24 Guesthouse Gyeongbokgung fill in the hanok end of the spectrum between Bukchon and the Gyeongbokgung Station side of Jongno.

Hotel Junno

Hotel Junno sits at 2F, 6, Insadong 16-gil, Jongno-gu, inside the Insadong shopping street itself, and lists 15 guestrooms across its floors (Booking.com property page, checked 2026-09-21). It is walking distance from Anguk Station exit 6, and one guest review separately places the Jongno 1-ga bus stop about 650 metres away with roughly a ten-minute walk to Jonggak Station. Rooms come with a refrigerator, a flat-screen television, a private bathroom with shower, complimentary toiletries and bottled water, and daily housekeeping; family rooms add a dining table and a private entrance. One premium unit, the spa suite, has a large hot tub and jacuzzi-style bath. No room at the property has a kitchen or kitchenette, only an in-room refrigerator and, in some rooms, a microwave. Guest accounts describe the standard rooms as compact, sized to fit little more than a single suitcase for one traveler, and note no extra beds or cots are offered in any room type.

Long Weekend Haus DDP

Long Weekend Haus DDP, near Dongdaemun Design Plaza and a short ride from Insadong, is a 12-unit, 7-room-type property with self-check-in kiosks, and its Garden, Dining and Skyline Suites start from 306,000 won a night on the non-refundable rate or 341,000 won on the free-cancellation rate, checked 2026-09-19 on the official site. The Dining Suite (35㎡, base 2, max 4, two bedrooms) and Maru Suite (44㎡, base 3, max 6, two bedrooms) both split sleeping space across two bedrooms, and the 702 Penthouse (69㎡, base 4, max 8, three bedrooms and two bathrooms) is the only room built for eight. Every rate plan cancels free up to 14 days before check-in, extra guests beyond a room's base occupancy add 10,000 won per person per night, and stays of three nights or more get a 10% discount. If your group is arriving after an evening in Insadong or Gwanghwamun, the self-check-in kiosk works without front-desk hours, and two couples who want to sleep in separate rooms instead of one shared suite fit the Dining Suite's two-bedroom layout, while a family of six to eight books the Maru Suite or the 702 Penthouse.

Bukchon Bingwan by Rakgojae

Bukchon Bingwan by Rakgojae, at 10 Bukchon-ro 11-ga-gil in Bukchon Hanok Village, is a fifteen-minute walk from Anguk Station and, per one listing, a seventeen-minute walk from Gyeongbokgung Palace. The Main Room is a two-bedroom suite in the main hanok house with a private cypress-wood bathtub and rooftop city views, and booking both main rooms together converts them into a connecting unit for up to six guests; the Guest Room is a two-bedroom junior suite in the reception house with a wood-floored verandah, and its two rooms combine into a connecting unit for up to four guests. A travel account that stayed in the Patio Room category reported a rate of 490,000 won a night with breakfast included. The property does not sell through third-party OTAs and directs bookings to seoul@rkj.co.kr. Children over seven are welcome and are charged as adults from age thirteen, and pets are not allowed.

Jieum;Dal

Jieum;Dal is a hanok guesthouse a few minutes' walk from Insadong's craft shops, built in the pattern common to Jongno-area hanok stays that pair a traditional wooden frame with contemporary comfort. Rooms follow the district's usual hanok layout: a serene inner courtyard, vintage wood interiors, and hosts on site who explain local customs to guests staying nearby. The guesthouse format puts it closer to a boutique hanok feel than a fully traditional shared-bath stay, positioning it between the budget hanok guesthouses of the area and the upscale hanok inns of Bukchon. Its location keeps Insadong's alleys and tea houses within a short walk for an evening out before returning to a quiet courtyard room.

Hanok24 Guesthouse Gyeongbokgung

Hanok24 Guesthouse Gyeongbokgung, at 25 Jahamun-ro 5ga-gil in Jongno-gu, is a five-minute walk from exit 2 of Gyeongbokgung Station on line 3 and sits close to Gwanghwamun Square. The property is built as a modern hanok, with guests sleeping on floor futons inside rooms that add a television, seating area and free Wi-Fi, and Korea's official tourism listing describes its Yeonghuidang house as two rooms sharing a kitchen, living room and toilets. One family of four booked two twin-futon rooms and described a shared toilet, bathroom and kitchenette off a common area with a television. Bathrooms include a bidet, separate toilet, shower, hairdryers and towels, and the property is rated a 2-star guesthouse. Breakfast, where served, is toast with strawberry jam and coffee. Insadong's Ssamziegil area lies roughly 2.3 kilometres away, putting it closer to the Gyeongbokgung and Gwanghwamun side of Jongno than to Insadong's main alley.

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Long Weekend Haus DDP is operated by 주식회사 롱위켄드하우스 (Long Weekend Haus Inc.), per the company's own site footer, checked 2026-09-19, and its LodgingBusiness structured data lists the address as 15-3 Ssangnim-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, checked 2026-09-14. Bukchon Bingwan by Rakgojae is part of the Rakkojae Seoul Bukchon Hanok Village group, opened as a hanok in March 2022 in partnership with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and it books only through a direct email address instead of third-party OTAs. Hanok24 Guesthouse Gyeongbokgung's Yeonghuidang house holds Korea's official Korea Quality accommodation certification, per the Korea Tourism Organization's own listing. Readers comparing the wider Jongno district, from Insadong through Bukchon and Seochon to Gwanghwamun and Gyeongbokgung Palace, should treat walk-time figures as the property's own or the booking platform's stated distance instead of a fixed standard, since aggregator mirrors for the same address sometimes disagree by several minutes.