One of eight vibes
You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
4 hotels
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul
Heated in-room relaxation pools, an eleven-suite spa, and thermal saunas with hot and cold herbal baths.
Four Seasons Hotel Seoul
Three wellness levels center on a traditional gender-segregated Korean sauna and lap pool.
JW Marriott Hotel Seoul
Natural underground hot spring baths and a three-story fitness complex with a scuba pool.
The Shilla Seoul
Traditional Korean thermal saunas and wooded jogging trails across the mountainside estate.
14 hotels
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Ananti at Gangnam
A heated indoor pool rests under brick arches, paired with Finnish saunas, cold plunges, and Pilates classes.
Andaz Seoul Gangnam
A sixteen-meter indoor pool bordered by a seven-meter LED media wall.
Conrad Seoul
A 25-meter glass-walled indoor lap pool pairs with hydrotherapy saunas, full spa suites, and indoor virtual golf bays.
Hotel Naru Seoul MGallery
A twenty-first-floor heated rooftop infinity pool and hot baths overlooking the river.
JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul
A chandelier-lit lap pool with Provence Spa treatments and indoor screen golf.
Lotte Hotel Seoul
Sulwhasoo Spa red ginseng treatments paired with oxygen rooms, wet saunas, and a retractable-roof pool.
Lotte Hotel World
Traditional Korean bathhouse saunas and cold plunges sit alongside a heated indoor pool.
Mondrian Itaewon
Facilities include Pilates reformer machines, indoor screen golf simulators, Korean saunas, and a media-walled twenty-five-meter pool.
Park Hyatt Seoul
A glass-walled infinity pool on the twenty-fourth floor overlooks Gangnam alongside thermal saunas.
Pullman Ambassador Seoul
An underground Korean sauna and screen golf range accompany the retractable glass-domed Urban Escape heated pool.
Signiel Seoul
An 85th-floor heated lap pool and Korean sauna with thermal plunge baths overlooking the metropolitan skyline.
Sofitel Ambassador Seoul Hotel & Serviced Residences
A heated indoor lap pool sits beneath a starry fiber-optic ceiling.
The Westin Seoul Parnas
A 6,000-square-meter fitness club with TrackMan golf simulators and a heated lap pool.
Vista Walkerhill Seoul
Rooftop botanical footbaths at SKYARD and an indoor pool with Han River views.
Gold. Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver. Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze. They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed. A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
Design. Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe. Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local. It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Heritage. A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness. You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic. The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort. A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.