Guesthouses with unique attractions are in demand (Architecture BO.PUB. / Shin Hyun Bo and Architects, Photography by Photographer Byun Jong-seok)

Vacation season is just around the corner, it’s starting to get hot. Many of you would be thinking about how to spend the short summer vacation. How about a vacation made very special with your accommodation? Nowadays, accommodation goes beyond a place to sleep. You can spend quality time with your dogs, take time for meditation, enjoy beer and try leather craft; all sort of different reasons are why we love these new, unique guesthouses. From Taean, Chungnam, where Hyundai Motors Group’s leisure city ‘La Tierra’ is located in to Tongyoung, the ‘Korean Naples’, and Seochon in Seoul, where the view of Hyundai Construction is in sight; here are a few great staycation destinations that will make city travelers’ hearts skip a beat.

‘Mungzip’, a place for those traveling with their beloved dogs

Once you enter Mungzip, you will first see a wide grass field where the dogs play (Architecture BO.PUB. / Shin Hyun Bo and Architects, Photography by Photographer Byun Jong-seok)

“Will we be able to stay together there?” If you are a proud dog owner, this would be the first question you ask about the accommodation before your upcoming trip. In a picturesque village of ‘Pado-ri, Sowon-myeon’, located along a small beach in Taean, there is a picturesque dog residence named ‘Mungzip’. Husband and wife who are in love with dogs created this special place. The husband, architect Shin Hyun-bo, designed the pace himself in consideration of the ‘dogs’ happiness and coexistence with nature’. This place goes beyond allowing dogs into the human-oriented facility but allows the dogs to enjoy a vacation with the owners in a place created from the dogs’ perspectives.

We designed every window and location of the rooms from the perspective of the dogs’. (Architecture BO.PUB. / Shin Hyun Bo and Architects, Photography by Photographer Byun Jong-seok)

The first thing you notice upon entering the place is the huge grass playground where the dogs hangout and the two-floor building that goes well with the greenery. The lower floor operates as a guesthouse whereas the top floor is occupied by the owner husband and wife. Windows come down to the floor so that the dogs will be able to admire the landscape without hindrance. All rooms have access to the grass playground and common kitchen. Floor heating and air conditioning also took into consideration the fact that the dogs prefer cool temperature. This is to make sure that you and your dog have a comfortable time away from home. In Mungzip, you are guaranteed a memorable vacation with your dog.

Address: 71-7, Pado-gil, Sowon-myeon, Taean-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Tel. 010-7228-8151

Mireukmireuk Beer Hostel; dreaming of a peaceful trip with meditation and beer

There is a pub on the 1st floor of Mireukmireuk Beer Hostel (Photography by Mireukmireuk Beer Hostel)

If you love to drink, it will be very difficult to just pass this place by. The adorable name ‘Mireukmireuk’ comes from ‘Mt. Mireuk’ in Tongyoung. As the name suggests, the owner of this place opened the hotel with the dream of giving peace and hope to the travelers.

Mireukmireuk Beer Hostel serves handcrafted beer selected by a craft beer expert. (Photography by Mireukmireuk Beer Hostel)

Mireukmireuk Beer Hostel provides two things that a peaceful trip cannot do without: beer and meditation. In the pub located on the 1st floor, a craft beer expert will bring out handcraft beer ‘Mireuk sour’, Tongyoung IPA, Namhae Stout, and Geoje Weisen, all carefully selected. The beer list is updated every two months among great breweries around the country. It’s now known to the Tongyoung locals as a place where you can experience various types of handcrafted beer.

You can reflect onto yourself at a small meditation room (Photography by Mireukmireuk Beer Hostel).

A meditation of looking back at ‘myself’ is the epitome of true relaxation. Meditating in a quaintly decorated room will bring out your inner peace. There’s also a small meditation room on the 3rd floor, where you can use the music player there to fall deep into meditation. If your body and mind have been tired from all the work, we recommend a night at the Mireukmireuk Beer Hostel, where there is beer and meditation.

Address: 37, Haesongjeong 4-gil, Tongyoung-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea
Tel. 010-7291-9719

Bbungalo Guesthouse

Bbungalo Guesthouse is actually more famous among foreign travelers (Photography by Bbungalo Guesthouse)

When you don’t want to get away far, but you don’t just want to hang around at your place, people think of ‘staycation’. Bbungalo Guesthouse would make a great choice. This place is actually more famous among foreign travelers, as it is located in Seochon, which allows access to many famous tourism destinations. Of course, there are many special features to Bbungalo aside from its accessibility.

The leather craft room in the basement floor of Bbungalo carries out various programs (Photography by Bbungalo Guesthouse)

Bbungalo Guesthouse also operates Furato Restaurant, a gyukatsu specialist, and ‘Tabmourine project’, a leather craft workshop. You don’t have to go out to enjoy a great meal with a drink or spend time and money for souvenirs because you can do all those things here, creating something meaningful at the leather craft class. It goes beyond being a guesthouse and is a sort of a complex cultural space. Inquire Bbungalo Guesthouse for a leather craft class if you wish to participate during your stay.

(Caption) Inquire Bbungalo Guesthouse for a leather craft class during your stay (Photography by Bbungalo Guesthouse).

As the motive of this place is ‘your friend’s place, a comfortable and familiar place’, all rooms in the Bbungalo Guesthouse are individual rooms. Thus, you will be able to spend your private time in your private space. If you wish to do something productive rather than to spend meaningless time during your vacation, try something new at the Bbungalo Guesthouse.

Address: 47-1, Gyeongheegung-gil, Jongro-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Tel. 010-8433-9053