2012 Seoul Tango Festival - Map, Hotel, & Transportation

Map & Venues

The general area of the festival is located around Garosu-Gil (Garosu Street) in Sinsa-Dong (新沙洞, 신사동). It is one of the most lively and dynamic areas in Seoul, with plenty of restaurants, coffee shops, botiques, and night life. Here are some useful tourist information:

The closet subway stations are Sinsa Station and Apgujeong Station of the orange line (line #3).

Here is a map of recommended hotels and tentative festival venues. We will release a complete list soon.



Hotels

Discounted rooms are available at Young Dong Hotel for festival participants. Please see details below.

Young Dong Hotel (website)

  • Festival discount prices:
    • Single Room (1 mini double bed): ₩102,000 per night (₩157,300 normal price)
    • Standard Double Room (1 double bed) or Standard Twin Room (2 single beds): ₩112,000 per night (₩175,450 normal price)
    • Deluxe Double Room (1 king size bed): ₩130,000 per night (₩193,600 normal price)
    • Deluxe Twin Room (1 double bed + 1 single bed): ₩140,000 per night (₩211,750 normal price)
  • How to make a reservation:
    • By telephone: 82-2-542-0112
    • By E-mail: master@youngdonghotel.co.kr - Please be sure to include the following information: your name, check-in & check-out date, room type, number of rooms, your contact e-mail and phone number.
    • By website: www.youngdonghotel.co.kr
    *** To obtain the festival discount please be sure to mention that you are a "participant of Seoul Tango Festival" when making your reservation.
  • Rating: 3-star
  • Telephone: 82-2-542-0112
  • Address: Nonhyeon-dong 6, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (서울시 강남구 논현동 6)

Riverside Hotel (website)

  • Rating: 3-star
  • Telephone: 82-2-6710-1100
  • Address: 6-1 Jamwon-dong, Seocho-ku, Seoul (서울시 서초구 잠원동 6-1)

Hotel Highland (website)

  • This is a low-budget business hotel located across from El Bulin.
  • Telephone: 82-2-541-1250
  • Address: Nonhyeon-dong 7-1, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (서울시 강남구 논현동 7-1)

Seorim Motel 서림모텔

  • This is a very low budget motel located right next to El Bulín. A room costs about ₩50,000 per night.
  • Telephone: 82-2-544-1312
  • Address: Sinsa-dong 561-19, Gangnam-gu, Seoul (서울시 강남구 신사동 561-19)

Tea Tree & Co Hotel Seoul

*** We regret to inform you that Tea Tree Hotel has been closed. Now the building has become a very fashionable botique...

Transportation from Incheon Airport

Airport Bus

  • Airport bus #6009 will take you to Sinsa-dong station, which is about 6 minutes walk from El Bulín and within walking distance to many of the recommended hotels and other festival locations. Sinsa-dong is the first bus stop after the bus enters Seoul.
  • Airport bus #6010 will take you to Misung (美星) Apartment in Apgujeong-dong (狎鷗亭洞), which is about 15 minutes walk from El Bulín. Misung Apartment is the first stop after the bus enters Seoul.

Bus ticket price is ₩15,000. Bus runs every 10 to 15 minutes, from about 5am to 11pm daily, and takes about 50 minutes to get to Seoul. There are other airport buses which go to various locations in Seoul, see details here.

Taxi

It costs about ₩65,000 to ₩90,000 to take a taxi directly from Incheon Airport to Sinsa-dong.

A Note about Using Taxis for Foreigners

From our experience taxi drivers can usually find hotels, but finding other festival locations has proved to be difficult sometimes.

It is because South Korea has not yet fully-adopted an address system with street and street number. Most taxi drivers does not know where a place is by looking at the address, even if the taxi is equipped with a satellite navigation system.

Locals usually provide detailed directions of how to get to the destination, or a reference to a famous landmark. Please also note that most taxi drivers do not speak any foreign language.