Nine Tree Myeongdong vs Ramada Namdaemun for Dongdaemun Trips

Nine Tree Hotel Myeongdong sits about 70 meters, roughly a 1-minute walk, from Myeongdong Station on Subway Line 4, with a Standard Double room from KRW171,492 for one night on 2026-09-17 (Trip.com, checked 2026-09-16), and Seoul Metro runs a direct train from Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station to Myeongdong Station about every 15 minutes, a roughly 6-minute ride. Long Weekend Haus DDP, a 12-suite stay in Ssanglim-dong, sits on the Dongdaemun side of that same ride, with rooms from KRW306,000 a night on 2026-09-19.

The deciding axis is which side of that subway ride a traveler sleeps on: a bed inside Myeongdong itself, a room in Dongdaemun with an easy hop out to Myeongdong, or something positioned between the two districts near Namdaemun. A sixth option, Seoul & Hotel Dongdaemun, sits 1.7km from Myeongdong's shopping street and about a 10-minute walk from Sinseol-dong Station, with a Standard Single Room from KRW47,500 a night on 2026-09-14 (official site), useful mainly for travelers whose plans lean toward Dongdaemun's wholesale market instead of Myeongdong.

Nine Tree Hotel Myeongdong

Nine Tree Hotel Myeongdong (나인트리 바이 파르나스 서울 명동 1), at 51 Myeongdong 10-gil, Jung-gu, has 144 non-smoking rooms ranging from a Standard Single (sleeps 1) to a Deluxe Family Twin (sleeps 4), and its Standard Double runs from KRW171,492 for a one-night, two-guest stay on 2026-09-17 (Trip.com, checked 2026-09-16).

The hotel is about 70 meters from Myeongdong Station Line 4, roughly 240 meters from Myeongdong Cathedral, and about 530 meters from Lotte Department Store Myeongdong. A guarantee card is required at check-in and a KRW100,000 deposit per room is refunded at checkout; the property has no on-site parking.

For the Dongdaemun side of a trip, Seoul Metro's own schedule puts Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station, a Line 2/4/5 interchange, about 6 minutes from Myeongdong Station by subway, with single fares in the $1 to $2 range.

Long Weekend Haus DDP

Long Weekend Haus DDP is a 12-suite stay across 7 room types at 15-3 Ssanglim-dong, Jung-gu, numbered 101 through 702, with the Garden Suite (sleeps 2, max 4, 1 bedroom, 36 square meters) from KRW306,000 a night on the flexible rate, checked 2026-09-19.

Every suite is non-smoking, check-in runs through a self-service kiosk instead of a staffed desk, and Wi-Fi is free throughout the building. The flexible rate cancels free of charge up to 14 days before check-in, stays of 3 nights or more get a 10% discount, and a guest beyond a room's base occupancy adds KRW10,000 per person per night. The property is run by Long Weekend Haus Inc. per its own official footer.

Room capacity differs by unit; there is no single house-wide figure. The Dining and Maru Suites sleep up to 4 and 6 guests respectively across two bedrooms, and only the 702 Penthouse, with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms across 69 square meters, sleeps up to 8. That Penthouse suits two families or two couples who want a single Dongdaemun base with separate sleeping space instead of booking two rooms, and the kiosk check-in means a late flight into Seoul does not depend on a front desk being staffed. Anyone who wants to walk out the door and be inside the Dongdaemun Design Plaza area finds the location does that work directly.

Ramada by Wyndham Seoul Namdaemun

Ramada by Wyndham Seoul Namdaemun, run under Wyndham Hotels & Resorts at 354 Dongho-ro, Jung-gu, prices a Superior room (sleeps 2, 19.4 to 29.4 square meters, no kitchen) from USD78 a night, per Trip.com, checked 2026-09-14.

Trip.com places the property about 0.44km from Euljiro 4(sa)-ga Subway Station, while a separate Booking.com-sourced listing puts it about 270 meters from Exit 7 of Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station on Line 5; the two sources do not agree on which station is nearest. The Suite room type adds a separate living room across 58.4 square meters but still sleeps only 2. Reservations run through Wyndham's own booking line as well as the major OTAs.

Hotel Skypark Kingstown Myeongdong

Hotel Skypark Kingstown Myeongdong, opened in 2016 at 20 Jangchungdan-ro 13-gil, Jung-gu, is a 5- to 6-minute walk from Exit 14 of Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station, and its Standard Double (sleeps 2, 20.9 to 26.3 square meters) runs from USD161 a night, per Trip.com, checked 2026-09-10.

The building connects directly to Hyundai City Outlet Dongdaemun through Gate 4. No room type includes an in-room kitchen; the property instead lists shared cooking facilities on each floor. Total room count is not settled across sources: Expedia and Hoteles.com list 406 rooms while Booking.com and Agoda-sourced summaries list 576, and several reseller pages quote nightly rates from $60 to $157 that were not independently confirmed on the date checked.

Novotel Ambassador Seoul Myeongdong

Novotel Ambassador Seoul Myeongdong, operated by Accor at 238 Euljiro, Jung-gu, is a 3- to 4-minute walk from Exit 12 of Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station, and its Run of House room for 2 adults runs from USD193 a night for a stay dated 2026-09-17 to 2026-09-18, per Trip.com, checked 2026-09-10.

The complex mixes hotel rooms with kitchenette-equipped residences: the Residence Studio measures 26.2 square meters and the Residence Dongdaemun Suite spans 109.3 square meters across 2 bedrooms with a kitchenette. Standard, Executive and Premier Suite rooms have no kitchen. An outdoor pool operates seasonally from May through September alongside an indoor pool and gym. Sleeps and max-occupancy figures for several room types are not published on the official site.

Evidence and criteria

• Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station is a Seoul Metro interchange serving Lines 2, 4 and 5, cited as the shared reference point for Long Weekend Haus DDP, Ramada Namdaemun, Skypark Kingstown and Novotel Ambassador.
• Dongdaemun Station itself is a separate interchange, serving Lines 1 and 4, roughly 350 meters from Hotel Skypark Kingstown Myeongdong per one aggregator source.
• Myeongdong Station, the reference point for Nine Tree Hotel Myeongdong, sits on Line 4.
• Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) sits in the same Jung-gu district as Long Weekend Haus DDP, Skypark Kingstown and Novotel Ambassador, and Dongdaemun's market district is a designated special tourism zone with extended night shopping hours.
• Every price above is a starting rate for a specific date and platform, listed with its check date, not as a fixed nightly figure, since Seoul hotel rates move with the calendar.