Mayplace Seoul Dongdaemun and Jongno Hotels Like JW Marriott

Mayplace Seoul Dongdaemun's official address is 179, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul (03081), which places it inside Jongno-gu rather than the Dongdaemun district its name implies. Multiple booking platforms converge on roughly 0.9 km (about 0.6 mi) between the hotel and Gwangjang Market, and on 1.4 to 2 km, a ten-minute drive, to Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) and Dongdaemun History and Culture Park. Long Weekend Haus DDP, one of six Jongno-area properties compared below, starts from ₩306,000 a night (official site, checked 2026-09-19). The deciding axis for choosing among Jongno hotels is whether a short walk to Gwangjang Market matters more than doorstep access to DDP, and whether the room shape fits a solo traveller, a couple, or two couples travelling together. The six properties below list their addresses, room counts and prices as checked on the dates given.

Hotel Atrium Seoul Jongno

Hotel Atrium Seoul Jongno, at 106 Changgyeonggung-ro in Jongno-gu, holds 139 rooms across eight room types on its second to twelfth floors, accommodating up to four guests per room, with aggregator listings pricing it from $65 a night (checked 2026-09-14).

The property sits a five-minute walk from Exit 1 of Jongno 5-ga Station on Line 1, roughly midway between Jongno 3-ga and Jongno 5-ga stations near Jongmyo. Booking.com places it 656 ft (about 200 m) from Gwangjang Market, while a separate listing describes the walk as ten minutes; Dongdaemun Market Mall is a further fifteen-minute walk.

Check-in runs from 3:00 PM and check-out is by noon, and the property's own cancellation clause charges one night's room fee for cancellations made fewer than two days before arrival. Room availability is listed on Booking.com.

Long Weekend Haus DDP

Long Weekend Haus DDP is a 12-unit apartment-style stay at 15-3 Ssangnim-dong in Jung-gu, steps from DDP, spread across seven suite types from the 36 m² Garden Suite to the 69 m² Penthouse, with rates from ₩306,000 a night on the non-refundable plan or ₩341,000 on the free-cancellation plan for the Garden, Dining and Skyline Suites (official site, checked 2026-09-19).

• Garden Suite: 36 m², 1 bedroom, sleeps 2 (max 4)
• Dining Suite: 35 m², 2 bedrooms, sleeps 2 (max 4)
• Maru Suite: 44 m², 2 bedrooms, sleeps 3 (max 6)
• Terrace Suite: 32 m², 1 bedroom, sleeps 2 (max 4)
• Terrace Premier Suite: 38 m², 2 bedrooms, sleeps 2 (max 4)
• Skyline Suite: 32 m², 1 bedroom, sleeps 2 (max 4)
• Penthouse (unit 702): 69 m², 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sleeps 4 (max 8)

Every room is smoke-free, pets are not permitted, Wi-Fi is free, and a self check-in kiosk replaces a staffed front desk, so guests arriving after midnight do not need to coordinate with reception hours. Stays of three nights or more get a 10% discount, extra guests beyond a room's base occupancy add ₩10,000 per person per night, and the flexible rate plan cancels free up to 14 days before check-in.

Two couples wanting separate bedrooms without splitting into two bookings fit the Maru Suite, two bedrooms and three beds sleeping up to six guests, and a group of four to eight fits the 702 Penthouse, three bedrooms and two bathrooms sleeping up to eight. Booking runs through stay.longweekendhaus.com.

JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul

JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul, at 279 Cheonggyecheon-ro in Jongno-gu opposite Heunginjimun Gate, holds 170 guest rooms including 15 suites, with the Executive Room measuring 409 sq ft and sleeping three guests in a king-bed configuration.

The hotel is a four-minute walk from DDP and a one-minute walk from Dongdaemun Market Mall. No independently published walking distance to Gwangjang Market appears on the official Marriott pages consulted, though the property sits in the same Jongno 5-ga corridor the market occupies. The Presidential Suite includes a kitchen, a studio area and two bathrooms, with a stated view of Dongdaemun.

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM and check-out is at noon; early check-in and late check-out can be arranged for a fee, subject to availability. Rooms and rates are listed on marriott.com.

Novotel Ambassador Seoul Dongdaemun

Novotel Ambassador Seoul Dongdaemun Hotels & Residences, at 238 Eulji-ro in Jung-gu, offers a Premier Room 1-Bedroom Residence of 81 m² with a kitchen that sleeps three guests, and an Executive Room with two twin beds priced at CA$252 a night for a September 7 to 8 stay (Hotels.com, checked 2026-09-14).

Gwangjang Market is an eight-minute walk from the hotel, and Dongdaemun's retail cluster is closer still: Pyounghwa Market is four minutes away, Bangsan Market is 400 m away, and Goodmorning City and DDP are within a five-minute walk.

The minimum check-in age is 19, check-in starts at 3:00 PM, check-out is by noon, and a credit card plus a government-issued photo ID may be required at check-in. Rooms are booked through ambatel.com.

Nine Tree by Parnas Seoul Dongdaemun

Nine Tree by Parnas Seoul Dongdaemun sits in Jung-gu's Eulji-ro district beside the DDP and Fashion Town retail zone, 518 metres (an eight-minute walk) from Exit 12 of Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station, with a room booked on Kayak at $109 a night for a February 10 to 11, 2027 stay (checked 2026-09-21).

No independent walking-distance figure to Gwangjang Market was found on the sources checked for this property; its own positioning instead centers on the DDP and Fashion Town retail cluster it sits beside, which places Gwangjang Market within the same general walking radius as DDP itself.

Grid Inn

Grid Inn, in Jongno-gu near Jongmyo Shrine and Jongno 3-ga Station, lists rooms from $84 a night on aggregator pricing checked 2026-09-14, with certain rooms fitted with a kitchen and every room including a safety deposit box and an electric kettle.

Gwangjang Market is about 2,297 ft (700 m) from Grid Inn, and Bangsan Market a further 2,625 ft away; Dongdaemun Design Plaza is 2.3 km away, with Jongno 3-ga Station close by.

The listing is managed by a private host, not a hotel operator acting within trade, business or profession, so EU consumer law does not apply and the host's own cancellation terms govern the booking. The listing is on Booking.com.

Evidence and criteria

Each address above was cross-checked against the property's own domain where one exists: mayplace.co.kr for Mayplace, longweekendhaus.com/explore/seoul-dongdaemun for Long Weekend Haus DDP, marriott.com for the JW Marriott, ambatel.com for the Novotel Ambassador, and seanhotelgroup.com for Hotel Atrium Seoul Jongno.

• Long Weekend Haus DDP's room table and LodgingBusiness JSON-LD were both re-checked on the official site on 2026-09-14 and again on 2026-09-19.
• Mayplace's own aggregator mirrors publish conflicting subway-distance figures on the same page: a 15-minute walk from Jongno 5-ga Station appears alongside a 5-minute walk from Exit 12 of the same station on one HafH listing, an internal inconsistency that could not be resolved from the sources checked.
• Hotel Atrium Seoul Jongno's cancellation clause, one night's room fee for cancellations inside two days of arrival, is stated on its official rooms page at seanhotelgroup.com.
• Orakai Daehakro Hotel, another Jongno-area listing, was checked against its own official page in the same pass as these six properties, though its room and price data fall outside this comparison.
• Every price above lists the date it was checked, since Jongno and Dongdaemun-area rates on aggregator sites change by stay date and by rate plan.