Four Points Josun Seoul Station

Location & getting around — 290m to Seoul Station, plus an underground link

The hotel is on Hangang-daero in Yongsan, 290m from Seoul Station, with the KTX platforms shown at 420m. That number is why most people book it, and the reviews say so directly: take the hotel lift down and a passage runs through to the station, so neither you nor your suitcase gets wet.

What you are buying at Seoul Station is the absence of a transfer. The airport train runs from here, so Incheon needs no change. Gimpo is 15.2km away and Incheon 47.4km (both straight-line). If the trip continues by KTX beyond Seoul, the first and last days look completely different from here.

Day-to-day supplies are close: a convenience store at 340m and a clinic at 460m. Reviews mention a convenience store and a drugstore nearby, and a coffee shop about three minutes’ walk away.

The caveat is that this is not a sightseeing base. Namdaemun Market is 1km away, the Namsan cable car 1.2km, Myeongdong 1.5km, Cheonggyecheon 2.1km and Changgyeonggung Palace 3.8km. Unlike a Myeongdong stay, you do not stroll out after dinner and back — most evenings involve the subway.

Rooms & occupancy — Deluxe Guest rooms and a Deluxe Corner Family

Listed types include a Deluxe Guest room, a Guest room with one double, twin configurations of both, and a room with either one king or two singles. Actual stay records add a Deluxe Guest room with a king and a Deluxe Corner Family. One review notes there was enough space for three people.

One occupancy rule matters more than the rest. Guests aged 14 and over count as adults, and extra beds are chargeable. If you were budgeting child rates for a teenager, the total changes. Families with young children score the hotel 8.2 against an overall 8.6, which belongs in the same picture.

Check-in is from 3pm and check-out at noon. That extra hour is genuinely useful when the last day ends with an afternoon flight. One review mentions there was no luggage rack in the room.

Facilities — breakfast buffet and a fitness centre

There is a restaurant, a bar and lounge, a fitness centre, and meeting and banquet rooms. Breakfast is served on site and is consistently well spoken of in the reviews. Laundry facilities are listed, which helps on a longer stay.

The overall score is 8.6 with location at 9.0, across 8,121 reviews; couples give 8.5 and families with young children 8.2. The position is what lifts the total, so it is more accurate to read this as a hotel you book for the transport than for the facilities.

The caveats are noise and crowding. Train noise recurs across the reviews — some guests heard trains every few minutes at night, others noticed nothing, which suggests it depends on the room’s aspect. Several reviews mention waiting for lifts at peak times, and one notes that a café that used to be inside the hotel has closed.

Compared & alternatives — against a Myeongdong walking base

Within the same central area, L7 Myeongdong is the opposite proposition. One buys walkability; the other buys the station.

L7 Myeongdong is 110m from its station with the shopping street 320m away, so evenings happen on foot. But reaching the airport train means travelling to Seoul Station or Hongik Univ first. Four Points puts Seoul Station 290m away and removes that transfer, at the cost of being 1.5km from Myeongdong.

Myeongdong if you intend to walk the city; Seoul Station if travel days bookend the trip.

The area itself splits further. If you also want the market and Namsan within walking distance, Hotel MANU; if four of you need one room, or the stay needs laundry, Ramada Hotel and Suites Namdaemun. For the rest of the city, see Where to Stay in Seoul.

Bottom line — you are buying travel time

One number explains this hotel: 290m to Seoul Station. The underground link, the transfer-free airport train and the noon check-out all point the same way. On a trip with a dawn flight or an early KTX, that combination outweighs a lot of other conditions.

Against it, the train noise and the 1.5km to Myeongdong are conditions rather than opinions. If walking the city is the centre of your trip, look at a hotel further inside the centre alongside this one.