Hwasun's Amortel (아모르텔)

I'm writing this in January but I only published it in February, to help fill the void while I'm on vacation. I had planned a bunch of other posts in January and February, but they're really long and I didn't have enough time to prepare them. So, it'll be another short write-up on a local motel. Last month, in another post-dated entry, we read about the Jungfrau Motel in Hwasun county. Today it's the Amortel.

I mentioned this one in my longer entry on love motels, remarking on the goddamn telescope in the room. The Jungfrau's VIP room also has a telescope, so maybe it's not that special. But I'll tell you what, the Amortel looks like an excellent motel. There are five kinds of rooms, ranging from 40,000 to 100,000 won per night. All of the rooms look good, but if you're going to make the trip out there, you might as well splurge on the four-room VIP room. Both the VIP and the Special rooms have access to a balcony with a shower, steam sauna, bath, and goddamn telescopes. Take a few minutes to browse the photos on the motel website; that'll be far more interesting than me talking about everything.


Balcony of the VIP room.


A look inside the VIP room.


The loft in the Special room.


In the Semi-special room. What a disconcerting name, but included here so you can see it's got a tub.


The Equalizer.

Like the Jungfrau, the Amortel is located near Dogok Spa Land, a bit of a drive from Hwasun-eup---the main town in the county---but would thus be accessible via buses 200 and 318 from Gwangju. Hwasun itself is boring---as is nearby Gwangju, come to think of it---but the motel could be either a nice change of pace for night, or a starting point for trips into Boseong, Damyang, Yeonggwang, or the other attractions in Jeollanam-do.