The Walkerhill Transit Hotel has facilities in both terminals in Incheon airport. Offering standard and family roomes, the rooms in Terminal 1 looked a bit more fancy for the same price but I stayed at the one in Terminal 2, since I was flying out from there the next day. And surprisingly the hotel was just next to the gate for my flight the next day. Since it was still Covid19 times there were not that many guests. The entrance was nice and minimal, leading to a long corridor and on to the common area and reception.
The little common area was the first place you enter, just before the reception. It was very cozy, with a round table, seats and plugs, plus a nice selection of books.
The reception also served as a cafe, with small tables next to a glass wall, overlooking the airport corridor below. The service was friendly and cheerful, they even ask if you need a wake up call when you check in at the hotel. Depending on your booking you can stay for 6h, 12h or 24h. After that you can stay even longer for a small additional charge per hour. The cafe served coffee, tea and milk at very reasonable prices. For example a cappuccino was 4000KRW (~3€ or 3.6$US) and a Mint herb tea was 3000KRW (~2.2€ or 2.7$US) etc. At the time of my visit the exchange rates for Korean Won (KRW) were approximately €1 = KRW1330 and US$1 = KRW1100. The reception also provided hot water (to drink or prepare your own cup noodles etc.).
The rooms were lined up in a corridor next to the reception, I had a standard room for 12 hours. It had two really big beds (for my standards these were double beds), a little desk to work, a chair, toilet and shower. There were two small bottles of water, towels and shampoos. The desk had universal plugs and a USB outlet for charge. It had an air condition, a small air purifier unit, a TV, a hair dryer and free WiFi with pretty good speed. Everything was very clean and the hot shower felt like heaven.
Due to the Covid19 virus, all restaurants in the airport closed at 19.00. I had just missed them but fortunately there was a 7-11 convenient store which was 24h open. They always have some nice things you can eat! Korean dry seaweed is -personally- the tastiest in all of Asia. I love kimchi, a traditional Korean side dish of salted and fermented cabbage, radish and various seasonings. Some people say it smells bad but I even like its smell! Plus it’s very good for our health. Finally a little Japanese treat, inarizushi, sushi rice stuffed inside seasoned deep fried tofu pockets, one of my favorites as well. Got all these and went back to eat at the transit hotel, it was a great simple dinner!
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Incheon International Airport : 37°27’31.7″N 126°26’31.3″E
Walkerhill Transit Hotel at Terminal 2 : 37°28’06.2″N 126°26’08.3″E
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