Vista Walkerhill Seoul

A playground of a hotel where timelessness meets trends

An international sensation when it opened as Asia’s first W Hotel in 2004, this hipster hilltop hotel Vista Walkerhill Seoul reinvented itself with a sustainable locavore vibe in 2017, taking inspiration from its lofty, if slightly isolated, location atop Mount Achasan. The all-glass facade means many of the 252 crisp white guestrooms feature wall-length windows over the Han river, which divides the South Korean capital. All accommodations are endowed with little luxuries such as Fragonard bath products and tech toys like NUGU, SK Telecom’s voice-activated AI assistant. Social spaces include Skyard, the fourth-floor outdoor botanical garden with a foot spa, an acupressure walking trail, al fresco bar and yoga platform. There’s even a virtual reality all-ages play zone and a serene library with more than 3,000 titles. W Seoul-Walkerhill’s Woo Bar has been replaced by the more subdued but still cool Re:Bar, poised over the river with an inviting 18-metre-long communal table.

177 Walkerhill-ro, Gwangjang-dong, Gwangjin-gu; +82 2 455 5000