Seeking to spend a few days on the Korean Seaside, we booked on short notice 2 nights in an Oceanview Double at Seamarq. Overall, we had a wonderful, very relaxing time: we particularly enjoyed - the spacious, beautifully designed and functional room and lobby area, which truly provides a sense of space and an extension of the hotel space into the sea - the absolutely stunning 5th floor pools area, which was never really crowded and also stayed open despite some minor rain on our first day: comfortable sunbeds, generous opening hours (06:30 - 22:00, great) and good service by the mostly very young crew up here - the nice ocean side loungers, even though we still find it awkward that there is (at least officially) a 1.5 hour limitation to the use of the sunbeds (though at least during our stay this did not seem to have been enforced) - the piano player who brought a serene, peaceful atmostphere to the lobby every night, and the Lobby Bar with an excellent drinks, tea and small food selection - the thought-through room design, incl. the practical wet clothes hanger with clips to secure any item, and the Nespresso machine, tea pot etc. - the overall good selection and tastiness of the food at breakfast and at the buffet dinner (which we only joined once) To be among the very best hotels, Seamarq needs to fix a few things - the setup and food presentation of the breakfast / dining room is more reminding of a low-end, family vacation style: relatively crammed seating, presentation of the food buffet is without love (though the have a great choice - it's more how it's presented), and erratic service (e.g. on first morning nobody cleared used dishes from our breakfast table, while today this was done promptly every time...). - while there is a wonderful beach with the hotel's sun loungers, there are no beach towels available: this is the first time ever around the world we experienced this. Why not provide the same service as at the pool (where those are freely available)? - as others wrote, the elevator availability and waiting time is a real issue - with only 3 elevators that are also partly used by staff to deliver luggage wait times are often excessive. All these were not significantly spoiling our experience, and we would definitely be back here if staying in the area - though it would be easy for the hotel to improve on some of the items above. Overall a wonderful place to stay if in Gangneug, and wanting to be at (or better above :-) ) the sea
對於想要捕捉江陵市城市風采的旅客來説,江陵城市酒店(Kangneung City Hotel)是一個理想的選擇。通過公路交通到達襄陽國際機場大約38km遠。著名的景點烏竹軒和江陵市烏竹軒市立博物館均可步行很短距離到達。從酒店到鏡浦台遊覽很方便,江陵端午文化館和船橋莊也均在附近。酒店提供的休閑設施,旨在為旅客營造多姿多彩、奢華完美的住宿體驗。24小時開放的前台服務可為您隨時提供訊息,以幫助您探索這個魅力之都。酒店客人可以額外使用免費停車場。
CCayaThis was a budget motel in Gangneung, and everything about the place seemed poorly conceived. Room was cold in winter, but the heated blanket on the mattress had two temperatures: scorching and off. The blankets had stains on them and the whole room reeked of cigarettes. There was even a lighter on the table seemingly to encourage it.
The electrical plug situation was incredibly inconvenient, as there weren’t many free outlets and the few that existed were located on the other side of the room from the bed. The bathroom was absolutely freezing, and the location of the shower head was between the bathroom sink and a shelf, requiring you to stand sideways in order to have the water hit you.
I get that you get what you pay for and this was a budget hotel, but I still think the hotel was overpriced for what you got. Doubtful I’d stay here again