Bed down in a Korean temple
The Korea Tourism Organization is making it easier for visitors to find accommodation options beyond hotels.
An easy-to-search section of the KTO website includes lots of English-language details on unusual places to lay your head. For instance, there are links to over a dozen hanok–traditional Korean homes, usually featuring wide porches and sloping roofs–where you can book a B&B-style room with the resident family. The information on short-term rental apartments focuses mainly on apartment hotels and similar facilities for business travellers. The KTO site also provides a link to the Templestay program, which allows visitors to stay at one of four Buddhist temples and participate in the monks’ daily life.
Hmm, well, should I ever GO to Korea (not a great chance I will, but never say never), this is good to know 🙂
Yeah, don’t those temple stays look amazing?