Hotels near Ocean World, Hongcheon

Beautiful view and comfortable stay for my family

The hotel is connected to Vivaldi underground mall, which makes it super convenient to walk to and from the ski slopes. Big spacious room, perfect for a family with kids. Clean.

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.

The resort is beautiful! So many things to do and explore. The staff was gracious and kind, and the food on site was excellent. There were so many choices and it did not seem overpriced as so many higher end resorts are prone to do. My family regretted only booking two nights--we should have booked an entire week to do all the things there!

We loved the heated pool with gorgeous mountains view. The room with 3 bedrooms and living room was perfect for 7 people. We enjoyed sitting on a balcony and having coffee in the mornings. The hotel is 10 minute drive to the Vivaldi Ski Resort. We loved our stay.