August is a month where everyone is exhausted from the heat. At times like this, if you want to stay in a cooler place, take care of your body and mind, and get rid of the last summer heat in a cool way, it is recommended to enjoy a hotel vacation. There are many accommodations with luxurious swimming pools in Incheon. You can enjoy swimming comfortably and blow away the heat of summer without going far. Feel the relaxation and romance of a midsummer night, as you enjoy Korea's representative summer dishes, and explore the lodge facilities, the surrounding night view and shopping streets in Songdo.
Recommended Travel Sites
A cool summer Hotel vacation
Paradise City and Art Paradiso, located on Yeongjong Island, are luxury resorts. You can fully relax due to the facilities in the resort, such as indoor and outdoor swimming pools, saunas, spas, clubs, theme parks, and fitness centers. The Week & Resort is a lodging with various styles of rooms, and the interior is finished with aesthetic colors to enhance the feeling of travel. Facilities include a modern bar and restaurant, an aqua venture water park, a sauna, and a mini golf course.
If you are looking for a lodging with a high level of satisfaction at a reasonable price, the Orakai Songdo Park Hotel in Songdo is recommended. It operates indoor and outdoor swimming pools as well as fitness clubs and business centers. You can fall asleep while enjoying the night view of Songdo International City from your room. The guest rooms at Grand Sheraton Incheon in Songdo are divided into a city view overlooking the skyscrapers and a park view overlooking the Central Park. The high ceilings and open windows enhance the comfort of the rooms.
※ Recommendation: Yeongjongdo_Paradise City, Art Paradiso, The Week & Resort
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Songdo_Orakai Songdo Park Hotel, Grand Sheraton Incheon
Activities
Water sports experiences to cool off the summer heat
In Incheon, which lies along the west sea, there are many sports facilities to enjoy. Wangsan Marina in Yongyudo Island, Jung-gu is a place where you can experience sailing on a yacht. You can sail to the islands around Yeongjongdo Island and back. You can run programs such as parties and proposals on the yacht. You can also enjoy water leisure activities on the seawater created waterway of Songdo Central Park. Various boats such as water taxis, kayaks, moon boats, party boats, and family boats are available. Enjoy the unique aesthetic of Songdo International City as you ride a boat along the waterway.
※ Recommendation: Yeongjongdo_Wangsan Marina /
Songdo_Songdo Central Park Water Leisure (Moon Boat, Water Taxi, Family Boat, Party Boat, Kayak)
Accommodation
Infinity Pool Hotels
Paradise City, located in Yeongjong-do, operates an indoor pool and an outdoor pool. With the indoor pool, you can swim and enjoy the view of Yeongjongdo Island through panoramic windows. While the outdoor pool, you can enjoy the sunset over the West Sea. Art Paradiso, located on Yeongjongdo Island, is a boutique hotel consisting of only suites and is only available to adults. Cimer is a spa facility operated by Art Paradiso. Facilities include an aqua spa zone, sauna and indoor/outdoor swimming pool. Nest Hotel in Yeongjongdo operates an infinity pool called Strand, where you can swim and watch the sunrise and sunset. It also maintains a water temperature suitable for swimming all year round. Strand has facilities such as an infinity pool, cozy pool, spa pool, kids pool, and Finnish sauna.
The Week & Resort, located in Yeongjongdo Island, has an Aquaventure Water Park facility. The interior is decorated with sea, wind, sun, mountain, and the six continents concepts. It also operates a running water pool and a massage pool. Orakai Songdo Park Hotel is the first outdoor swimming pool in Songdo, and you can see the sunset through the forest of buildings. There is a 1.2m deep and 28m long outdoor swimming pool where you can enjoy swimming while enjoying the surrounding scenery. There is also a 0.9m deep infant pool. Although it is smaller than the outdoor swimming pool, it also operates an indoor swimming pool. A one-time pass per night to the indoor swimming pool in Grand Sheraton Incheon in Songdo, is provided to staying travelers.
※ Recommendation: Yeongjongdo_Paradise City (Indoor, Outdoor Pool), Art Paradise (Cimer),
Nest Hotel Incheon (Infinity Pool), The Week & Resort (Aqua Venture Water Park) /
Songdo_Orakai Songdo Park Hotel (Infinity Pool), Grand Sheraton Incheon (Indoor Swimming Pool)
Food
Korea's representative summer food, Mulhoe and Naengmyeon
Mulhoe is a food eaten with various seafood and vegetables mixed with spicy seasoning. There are many restaurants in Yeongjongdo where you can eat mulhoe. The representative mulhoe menu of Seonyeopung is Hwangje Mulhoe. Served together with sashimi, abalone, sea squirt, sea cucumber, octopus, and somen. Rainbow Mulhoe is popular in Eobu Singwangho, in Yongyu-do, Jung-gu. As the name suggests, the mulhoe has various colors from various seafood and fruits. Naengmyeon, the representative summer food in Korea, is a dish made with boiled noodles in cold broth.
Songdo is famous for its delicious cold noodles, and at Sungui Myeonok and Baengnyeong Myeonok, which have original shops in Sungui and Baengnyeongdo, Mulnaengmyeon and bibim naengmyeon are the basic menu items. At Sungui myeonok, grilled meat is served with naengmyeon. Baengnyeong myeonok's naengmyeon is Baengnyeongdo-style naengmyeon, and it is characterized by a little bit of canari fish sauce.
※ Recommendation: Yeongjongdo _ Seonnyeopung (Hwangje Mulhoe), Eobu Singwangho (Mujigaemulhoe) /
Songdo_ Sungui Myeonok, Baengnyeong Myeonok
Shopping & Nightlife
Culture and shopping in a cool interior
Art Space is an exhibition space in Paradise City, located in Yeongjongdo. There is a permanent exhibition room where works of world-renowned artists such as Damien Hearst and Jeff Koons are on display, and a special exhibition room that displays paintings, designs, and media. Safari Park, located on Yeongjongdo Island, is an entertainment spot in Paradise City, where you can enjoy bowling, pocket ball, playstation, and darts. Around the Techno Park Station on Incheon Line 1, there are several spaces where you can enjoy shopping and dining together. Among them, Honestar, Hyundai Premium Outlets Songdo, and Triple Street are representative places, and these facilities are all connected and from shopping to restaurants, indoor entertainment, and hospitals are all conveniently gathered.
※ Recommendation: Yeongjongdo_Paradise City Art Space, Safari Park (Arcade) /
Songdo_Honestar, Hyundai Premium Outlet Songdo, Triple Street