Cottages in Hongcheon

We stayed four nights, with day trips to the Gangchon Rail Park, Alpaca World, and Nami Island. This place was recommended by friends and I'm so glad we decided to stay here. John and his wife were really kind and took very good care of us. Rooms were clean and neat. Hot water flowed freely during bathtime and we drank cold water straight from the tap. For the most part, we felt like we were visiting grandparents who kept feeding us. We skipped the Vivaldi Ski Park only to discover Pallbong-san was closed for the winter, but John got us four gimbap, brought us to a nearby service road up a small peak, and sent us on a short hike (that incline!). We still got to muck around in the mud and leaves on the way up. Our sons (9 and 7) enjoyed the outdoors, helping John build campfires, playing with his wife's dog, and generally just running around the property screeching like banshees and dipping into John's store of firewood and kindling as he looked on indulgently (city kids don't get campfires much). The charcoal barbecue most reviews mention was a highlight, as was (for me anyway!!) cooking kimchi ramyeon with actual kimchi in a pot on a stove in a proper pension in the Korean countryside. I saved the receipt from our trip to the mart to buy ingredients too, it's going into my journal. Thank you John and Mrs Lee for your hospitality, we will not forget it. p/s For runners, there's a short out and back - just follow the pavement that starts at one of the roads in front of the property (the road after the tunnel, you'll see when you get there) to the end. A round trip took us about 40+ minutes? We called it 6plus-7km. A pleasant enough route.

it was really nice to stay at, the view was amazing and it was close to Vivaldi ski resort. The host were really nice and welcoming as well.

Great space, comfy, and the owner was very nice and had great recommendations^^

We really loved our stay even though it was only for two nights. The owner was really helpful and suggested for usnto stay on the first floor with no stairs but had two queen size beds. The beds were soft unlike other hotels and pensions with the typical hard mattress. The view was great and the location as well. It was an 18 minute drive to Legoland but stopped by the cable car on our way back to the pension. The owner was kind enought to let our dog stay inside because a friend who was suppose to watch him had something important to do but I only put him on the doorway because we didn't bring our crate with us. The room was reaally clean and the floor and bathroom were squeaky clean. Even the outside and surrounding were so clean. We will definitely go back there if we go to Chuncheon again.