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[freethought]

I'm heading to Gwangju tonight and I was hoping someone might be able to give me the name and/or directions to a hotel near the KTX station. Nothing to posh or expensive, but i'd also like to avoid cockroach infestations...

Thanks.

[Bibbitybop]

There's gonna be yeogwans all over near the KTX station. I've never stayed in Gwangju, but usually, yeogwans are decent places and I've never seen a c.ockroach in one.

You can ask to see rooms before you pay, too. Look for the sauna sign to locate yeogwans, it looks like 3 lines of steam rising.

Also, there's usually new buildings that say "hotel." These are pricer, but nicer and newer.

[regicide]

[freethought]

I used called it the KTX station since I don't know what the station is called. I have never been to the city, but I know the KTX stops there, at a station... hence the KTX station. It's likely the general train station, but I don't know how many train stations Gwangju has.

[regicide]

[Smee]

No specific recommendations, but there are motels near Gwangju Station. When I searched on Naver a few of the people in the Q and A section said "on the right," so exit and go that way. I'd suspect they'd all be fairly identical. When I'm looking for a motel, and I want to avoid a roach motel, I just avoid the ones that look like they're probably roach motels.

Anyway, folks on the Naver Q and A say that the "Koreana" motel is decent, and 35,000 a night. There's also one next door that's 30,000.

[freethought]

thank you

[JZer]

Exit the front doors and turn to your right. There are several yongwans on the right. They should cost you from 30,000 to 35,000 a night.