Review
Hotels Near Myeongdong Station: Solaria Nishitetsu Myeongdong and Nine Tree
Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel Seoul Myeongdong's own access guide names Exit 8 of Myeongdong Station and a 5-minute walk; here is how that compares with Nine Tree, L7 Myeongdong, Hotel Skypark Myeongdong 3, Seoul Prince Hotel and Long Weekend Haus DDP.
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Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel Seoul Myeongdong sits at 27 Myeong-dong 8-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul 04536, and its own reservation team answers the access question directly: Exit 8 of Myeongdong Station is the closest exit to the hotel, a 5-minute walk, with the drop-off point at that exit three blocks from the front door (hotel access guide, checked 2026-09-14). The hotel sits inside Myeongdong's pedestrian shopping zone, where cars are restricted from 10:00 to 23:00 daily, so guests arriving by taxi outside those hours can be dropped in front of the building instead of at the station exit.
By Grace Lim, checked 2026-09-19.
Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel Seoul Myeongdong
Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel Seoul Myeongdong, three blocks from Exit 8 of Myeongdong Station, offers a Casual Double (No Window) that sleeps 2 (max 3) at 21.8 square meters, priced from $248 for the stay on Rakuten Travel's default search dates, checked 2026-09-14. If you are two friends on a first Seoul trip who want to walk everywhere, this exit puts Myeongdong Cathedral, the shopping streets and Euljiro 1-ga Station (about a 6-minute walk) all within reach. Most room types, aside from the single and Casual Double, follow a Japanese-hotel layout with a separate toilet and bathtub and an automatic bidet toilet, and the hotel runs a buffet breakfast from 7:00 to 10:00 for a fee. The minimum check-in age is 18, and none of the published room types list an in-room kitchen, so longer stays mean eating out. By comparison, Seoul Prince Hotel sits about 350 meters from Myeongdong Station and roughly a 9-minute walk from Myeongdong Shopping Street, next to the Myeongdong Entrance bus stop, a workable option when Solaria's room types are sold out on your dates.
Long Weekend Haus DDP
Long Weekend Haus DDP, at 15-3 Ssangnim-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, near Dongdaemun Design Plaza rather than Myeongdong Station, offers a Dining Suite with two bedrooms that sleeps 2 (max 4) at 35 square meters, priced from ₩306,000 a night on the non-refundable plan or ₩341,000 on the free-cancellation plan, site-published rates observed 2026-09-19. Long Weekend Haus runs this 12-unit, 7-suite-type property as a boutique serviced apartment-hotel, not a single-room hotel floor, so two couples traveling together can book one Dining or Maru Suite with separate bedrooms instead of two hotel rooms. A self check-in kiosk means guests landing late at Incheon can check in without waiting on front-desk hours, and every unit is non-smoking with free Wi-Fi. The free-cancellation plan holds up to 14 days before check-in, and stays of 3 or more nights get a 10 percent long-stay discount; extra guests beyond a room's base occupancy add ₩10,000 per person per night. Pets are not allowed, and the property's distance to Myeongdong Station itself is not the point here, since its own walk times are built around DDP and Dongdaemun, not the Myeongdong shopping district.
Nine Tree Hotel Myeongdong
NINE TREE by Parnas Seoul Myeongdong 1, at 51 Myeongdong 10-gil, Jung-gu, sits roughly 70 meters, about a 1-minute walk, from Myeongdong Station, per Trip.com's own distance data checked 2026-09-16. Its Standard Double sleeps 2 (max 2) at 18 to 19 square meters, priced from ₩171,492 for a 2026-09-17 check-in, one night, two guests, checked 2026-09-16 on Trip.com. Contactless check-in and check-out are available, which suits a friend group arriving on different flights the same day. A refundable deposit of ₩100,000 is collected at check-in and returned at check-out, the minimum guest age is 19, and pets are not allowed. The 144-room property does not list a parking facility, so guests driving into the pedestrian district need to plan for that.
L7 Myeongdong by Lotte
L7 Myeongdong by Lotte, at 137 Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, is about 100 meters from Exit 9 of Myeongdong Station on Line 4, per Lotte Hotels & Resorts' own Korean-language property page and confirmed separately by Trip.com's distance field, checked 2026-09-16. A Standard Family Twin Room sleeps 3 (max 3) with one single bed and one double bed, and Trip.com's Korea site lists rates from ₩346,859 a night for a 2026-09-17 check-in, two guests, checked 2026-09-16. Listings differ on the total room count, with Lotte's own site stating 254 rooms, Expedia stating 250, and Trip.com stating 251, though the address and Exit 9 distance agree across all three. The property holds Michelin Guide and Tablet Hotels registration and sits about 10 minutes on foot from Namdaemun Market and Cheonggyecheon. Minimum guest age is 19, and cribs cannot be added regardless of room type.
Hotel Skypark Myeongdong 3
Hotel Skypark Myeongdong 3, listed under the operator's Skypark Kingstown property at 20 Jangchungdan-ro 13-gil, Jung-gu, is a 5-minute walk from Exit 8 of Dongdaemun Station and a 6-minute walk from Exit 14 of Dongdaemun History and Culture Park Station, per the hotel's own location page checked 2026-09-14. Its Standard Double sleeps 2 (max 2) at 20.9 square meters, priced from $161 a night for two adults, one night, checked 2026-09-10. The building connects directly to Hyundai City Outlet Dongdaemun, useful for a rainy-day shopping stop, and the hotel notes shared cooking facilities on each floor instead of in-room kitchens. Total room count is reported as 406 by Expedia and Hoteles.com against 576 by Booking.com and Agoda summaries, a discrepancy the sources themselves have not reconciled. Elevator access serves the top ten floors of a 25-story building.
Evidence and criteria
The distances above come from each property's own access page or from the OTA's own structured location data, checked on the dates given.
- Solaria Nishitetsu Hotel Seoul Myeongdong official access, Myeongdong Station: hotel reservation team states Exit 8, 5-minute walk, checked 2026-09-14.
- Nine Tree Hotel Myeongdong official access, Myeongdong Station: Trip.com distance field, 70 meters, 1-minute walk, checked 2026-09-16.
- L7 Myeongdong by Lotte official access, Myeongdong Station: Lotte Hotels & Resorts' own property page, about 100 meters from Exit 9, checked 2026-09-14.
- Hotel Skypark Myeongdong 3 official location, Seoul: operator's own location page, 5-minute walk from Dongdaemun Station Exit 8, checked 2026-09-14.
- Long Weekend Haus DDP address and room table: LodgingBusiness structured data on longweekendhaus.com/explore/seoul-dongdaemun, checked 2026-09-14 and 2026-09-19.
- Other Myeongdong-area properties, such as Hotel28 Myeongdong, Moxy Seoul Myeongdong and Le Meridien Seoul Myeongdong, publish comparable exit-based access notes on their own official pages, useful for a reader widening the search beyond the five properties compared here.