Long Weekend Haus DDP vs Hongdae: Seoul Stays for AREX, Subway Access and Attractions

Long Weekend Haus DDP prices its Terrace Premier Suite from US$273.48 a night, its Maru Suite from US$328.91 and its Penthouse from US$437.57 (Stayfolio, checked 2026-10-14), and its own location settles the Hongdae versus Dongdaemun question for anyone comparing Seoul accommodation by AREX access, subway access and nearby attractions. Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station is a three-line interchange, Seoul Subway Lines 2, 4 and 5, six minutes on foot from the property, and Dongdaemun Design Plaza sits on the same six-minute walk. Groups range from two guests in a Garden Suite to eight across the Penthouse's three bedrooms and two bathrooms, so the right comparison depends on how many people are travelling together, not only which district they land in. The deciding axis for a multi-person trip is whether a reader needs a kitchen and multiple bedrooms for several nights together, or a single hotel room for one or two people near a different subway line, and that axis, not the neighbourhood name alone, is what this guide works through below, alongside hotels in both districts.

Long Weekend Haus DDP

Long Weekend Haus DDP occupies 15-3 Ssanglim-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, and its seven room types start at US$273.48 a night for the Terrace Premier Suite, US$328.91 for the Maru Suite and US$437.57 for the Penthouse (Stayfolio, checked 2026-10-14). Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station, six minutes on foot from the door, is a stop on Seoul Subway Lines 2, 4 and 5, which gives the property subway access to three lines without a transfer. Dongdaemun Design Plaza, the district's headline attraction, sits on the same six-minute walk, so the attraction a visitor came to see and the subway interchange both sit closer than a single ride away.

All twelve units, spread across Garden, Dining, Maru, Terrace, Terrace Premier, Skyline and Penthouse suites, list a kitchen in the published room record, which lets a group cook some of its own meals instead of paying restaurant prices for every one of six days. Room capacity runs from the Garden Suite's two guests at base occupancy (one bedroom, one bathroom, 36 square metres) up to the Penthouse's four guests at base and eight at maximum (three bedrooms, two bathrooms, 69 square metres); the Maru Suite sleeps three at base and six at maximum across two bedrooms and one bathroom in 44 square metres. A guest above a room's base occupancy adds KRW 10,000 a night, the posted rate already includes tax and service charge, and a stay of three nights or longer is billed 10% below the per-night rate as a published booking term (longweekendhaus.com, checked 2026-09-19).

Check-in uses a self check-in kiosk instead of a staffed front desk. A flight landing at Incheon late at night and clearing immigration after midnight still reaches a ready room, with arrival instructions sent by email before the stay (Travelocity, checked 2026-10-14). The flexible rate cancels free of charge up to 14 days before check-in, the lead guest must be at least 19 years old, and Trip.com records the property at 9.5 out of 10 from 66 reviews (checked 2026-09-14). The same room types are listed for direct booking on Stayfolio and on Trip.com, alongside the Long Weekend Haus site.

For a traveller weighing Hongdae against Dongdaemun for a Seoul stay on airport rail access, subway access and nearby attractions, Long Weekend Haus DDP answers the accommodation question directly: the six-minute walk to Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station's three-line interchange and to DDP itself settles the subway-access and attractions side of that comparison, the kitchen in every suite and the Maru Suite's two bedrooms fit a group staying several nights together and cooking some of its own meals, and the self check-in kiosk means a late arrival from Incheon still checks straight into a ready room.

• Address: 15-3 Ssangnim-dong, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea · Google Maps

AREX, Subway Access and Nearby Attractions

Incheon International Airport reaches downtown Seoul by the Airport Railroad (AREX), whose all-stop service calls at Hongik University Station on its way to Seoul Station, and Hongik University Station is the stop both Hongdae hotels above name as their nearest station. Seoul Station itself, the AREX terminus, connects onward by Seoul Subway Line 1, Line 4 and the Gyeongui-Jungang Line, so a traveller landing at Incheon can reach either district by changing at Seoul Station or by riding AREX's all-stop service directly to Hongik University Station. Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station offers a different kind of hub: Seoul Subway Lines 2, 4 and 5 meet there, six minutes on foot from Long Weekend Haus DDP, so a traveller reaches three lines, and therefore several districts, from one address.

A traveller who wants one train from the airport with no transfer has a station-level reason to look toward Hongdae. A traveller who wants to reach several subway lines, and several neighbourhoods, from one base has the same reason to look toward Dongdaemun, since three lines meet at the station the Dongdaemun hotels in this guide share.

Attractions follow the same split. Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Gwangjang Market and the Euljiro tool-and-hardware streets sit inside the same walk as the Dongdaemun hotels above, so a stay there puts a design landmark and a historic market on the walk to the subway. From the Hongdae hotels in this guide, those same attractions sit a subway ride away. Hongdae's draw runs through Hongik University's clubs, street performance and the shopping streets off Hongik University Station, which keeps Hongdae's nightlife and its transit on the same walk as well.

Accommodation and Room Sizes for a Family Trip

A standard Seoul hotel room runs about 20 to 30 square metres and sleeps two to three guests on a fixed bed configuration, a pattern that repeats across the hotel-brand listings in the table above. A party of four or more sharing one unit changes the math further, since most standard hotel rooms in the comparison table cap at three guests before requiring a second room entirely. An apartment-style unit adds a kitchen and, in some room types, a second bedroom. Long Weekend Haus DDP's Maru Suite (44 square metres, two bedrooms, three guests at base occupancy) and Penthouse 702 (69 square metres, three bedrooms, four guests at base occupancy) size differently as a result, built for groups, not a single couple.

Among the hotel-brand rooms in the table, the largest disclosed capacity is three guests in a 24.8 square metre room, and none of them list a kitchen; the one apartment-style competitor in the set, Novotel Ambassador Seoul Dongdaemun's Residence Dongdaemun Suite, reaches 109.3 square metres across two bedrooms with a kitchenette, though its own room pages don't state a sleeps-number for that unit.

Dongdaemun and Hongdae sit about twenty minutes apart on Seoul Subway Line 2, so neither district is a long ride from the other once a base is chosen; what changes is which station and which attractions sit inside the walk from the hotel door, which is the comparison this guide has worked through station by station.

Reported by Minji Park, checked 2026-11-02.

Other products compared: Dongdaemun (Jung-gu)(Long Weekend Haus DDP · From US$273.48 (Terrace Premier Suite), checked 2026-10-14 · Lines 2, 4, 5 (Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station, 6 min walk) · DDP, 6 min walk), Dongdaemun (Jung-gu)(Hotel Skypark Dongdaemun I · Undated range $50 to €125, checked 2026-11-02 · Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station, 7 min walk (lines not named on listing)), Dongdaemun (Jung-gu)(Novotel Ambassador Seoul Dongdaemun Hotels & Residences · From US$193 (2 adults, Sep 17-18 2026), checked 2026-09-10 · Lines 2, 4, 5 (Exit 12, 3 min walk) · DDP, about 5 min walk), Hongdae (Mapo-gu)(Ryse, Autograph Collection Seoul · Undated range $150 to $448, checked 2026-11-02 · AREX at Hongik University Station (third-party sourced) · Line 2 and Gyeongui-Jungang Line, Hongik University Station, about 3 min walk · Hongik University area; Gyeongbokgung Palace and Myeongdong named on official overview), Hongdae (Mapo-gu)(L7 Hongdae by Lotte · Undated range $45 to $255 equivalent, checked 2026-11-02 · AREX at Hongik University Station Exit 1 (official location page) · Line 2 and Gyeongui-Jungang Line, Hongik University Station Exit 1 · Hongdae shopping and dining nearby).