# Where to stay in Seoul with kids

Written 2026-10-10 by Play Day. Seoul hotels and serviced apartments for a family: kitchens and washer dryers in Jongno and Namdaemun, the indoor pools that take toddlers, the two next to Lotte World, and Yeouido and Gangnam south of the river.

K-pop is on every screen in Seoul, and kids get a theme park at Lotte World.

The old center north of the river (Jongno, Insadong, Namdaemun) has the palaces, the markets and the easiest walking, and it's where the serviced apartments cluster. Jamsil in the southeast is Lotte World, with two hotels on top of it. Gangnam and Yeouido are the business districts, with the subway doing the rest. Several hotels have a heated indoor pool, and some a separate shallow pool for small kids.

## Serviced apartments in the old center

These are all within walking distance of the palaces. With five of you, [Seoul hotels for a family of five](https://ourplayday.com/guides/south-korea/seoul/hotels-for-family-of-five) counts the beds.

### [Orakai Insadong Suites](https://ourplayday.com/places/orakai-insadong-suites-seoul)

Area: Insadong, Jongno

Our first pick north of the river, in the middle of Insadong's tea houses and craft shops, with Gyeongbokgung palace and Bukchon's hanok lanes a walk away. The suites have a separate bedroom and a full kitchen, and there's an indoor playroom and a heated pool.

- Cribs: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Kitchenette: Yes
- Pool: Yes, indoor, heated
- Indoor pool: Yes
- Heated pool: Yes
- Laundry: Yes

### [Somerset Palace Seoul](https://ourplayday.com/places/somerset-palace-seoul-seoul)

Area: Jongno

Across from the Japanese embassy and a few minutes from Gyeongbokgung, with one- to three-bedroom apartments and a pool. There's a guest playroom next to the gym. It's quiet and residential, good for a week in the old city.

- Cribs: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Kitchenette: Yes
- Pool: Yes
- Laundry: Yes

### [Fraser Place Central Seoul](https://ourplayday.com/places/fraser-place-central-seoul-seoul)

Area: Seodaemun, by Seoul Station

A short walk from Seoul Station, so the airport train and the KTX to Busan are at the door. The apartments have a separate bedroom, and there's a guest playroom and an indoor pool with a wading pool.

- Cribs: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Kitchenette: Yes
- Pool: Yes, indoor
- Indoor pool: Yes

### [ENA Suite Hotel Namdaemun](https://ourplayday.com/places/ena-suite-hotel-namdaemun-seoul)

Area: Namdaemun, Jung-gu

Beside Namdaemun market and a walk from Myeongdong's shops and street food, with a living room and a kitchenette in every suite and a toddler pool next to the indoor one. It's well priced for what you get.

- Cribs: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Pool: Yes, indoor
- Indoor pool: Yes

### [Novotel Ambassador Seoul Dongdaemun Hotels and Residences](https://ourplayday.com/places/novotel-ambassador-seoul-dongdaemun-hotels-residences-seoul)

Area: Dongdaemun, Jung-gu

By the Dongdaemun Design Plaza and the night markets, in the residence wing that's set aside for families, where rooms have a kitchenette and there's a bunk-bed suite. The rooftop has a pool and a view, and the Cheonggyecheon stream walk starts nearby.

- Cribs: Yes
- Connecting rooms: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Kitchenette: Yes
- Pool: Yes, indoor
- Indoor pool: Yes
- Laundry: Yes

## Hotels in Jongno and Dongdaemun

### [Four Seasons Hotel Seoul](https://ourplayday.com/places/four-seasons-hotel-seoul-seoul)

Area: Gwanghwamun, Jongno

A block from Gwanghwamun square and the main palace gate, with rooms that link and an indoor pool with a plunge pool for kids. It's the only hotel here that mentions lending bed rails.

- Cribs: Yes
- Connecting rooms: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Pool: Yes, indoor, heated
- Indoor pool: Yes
- Heated pool: Yes

### [JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul](https://ourplayday.com/places/jw-marriott-dongdaemun-square-seoul-seoul)

Area: Dongdaemun, Jongno

Facing the old Heunginjimun gate at the east end of the old city, with the Cheonggyecheon stream below and the Dongdaemun markets across the road. It has an indoor pool and rooms with two double beds.

- Cribs: Yes
- Pool: Yes, indoor
- Indoor pool: Yes

## Jamsil, at Lotte World

Jamsil has the theme park, the aquarium and Korea's tallest tower in one block, with the subway underneath.

### [Lotte Hotel World](https://ourplayday.com/places/lotte-hotel-world-seoul)

Area: Jamsil, Songpa

You walk from the lobby into the theme park and the mall without going outside, about as easy as Lotte World days get. The residential rooms sleep four in double-doubles.

- Cribs: No
- Pool: Yes, indoor
- Indoor pool: Yes
- Laundry: Yes

### [Signiel Seoul](https://ourplayday.com/places/signiel-seoul-seoul)

Area: Lotte World Tower, Jamsil

The hotel takes floors 76 to 101 of the Lotte World Tower, with an indoor pool on the 85th and the aquarium and the mall at the bottom of the lift. You get the skyline from every window.

- Cribs: No
- Pool: Yes, indoor
- Indoor pool: Yes

## South of the river and out east

### [Novotel Ambassador Seoul Gangnam](https://ourplayday.com/places/novotel-ambassador-seoul-gangnam-seoul)

Area: Gangnam

The indoor pool takes infants in swim diapers, with life jackets and arm floats allowed, and it's the reason the hotel is here. Rooms are standard hotel rooms with suites above, and Gangnam's restaurants and the COEX mall and aquarium are a short subway ride.

- Cribs: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Pool: Yes, indoor
- Indoor pool: Yes

### [Conrad Seoul](https://ourplayday.com/places/conrad-seoul-seoul)

Area: Yeouido

On Yeouido island, with the Han River park and its playgrounds and bike paths outside and the mall underneath. It's quiet on weekends when the offices empty. The subway into the old city takes about twenty minutes.

- Suites: Yes
- Pool: Yes, indoor
- Indoor pool: Yes

### [Grand Walkerhill Seoul](https://ourplayday.com/places/grand-walkerhill-seoul-seoul)

Area: Gwangjin, east Seoul

On a wooded hill above the Han River at the east edge of the city, more resort than city hotel. The forest park has lawns and trails for a picnic, and a shuttle covers the distance to the subway.

- Cribs: Yes
- Suites: Yes
- Pool: Yes, indoor
- Indoor pool: Yes

Page: https://ourplayday.com/guides/south-korea/seoul/family-hotels