Jeongeup Elystay Poolvilla

This was a weird one. We booked the hotel as a base for exploring Naejangsan National Park that we thought would be quite luxurious. The positives: the room was huge and well-equipped with a great view of the mountain. Well equipped includes a small kitchen, a jacuzzi, good bed, good wifi, etc etc. The staff are really friendly and helpful (although no-one speaks a word of English, you can get by with Google Translate). The negatives: the restaurant is fairly hopeless - it doesn't open for breakfast until 10am (!), has one menu for lunch and dinner that is entirely comprised of mediocre and over-creamy renditions of Italian food. And that's it. There's a restaurant a few hundred yards from the hotel that it rather better. Another thing is that - at least when we were there in October there was hardly anyone staying there, so it seemd semi-abandoned. It's also quite out of the way - you need cabs to get to and from both Jongeup and the National Park, and none of the local cabbies seem to have heard of it. In summary: if we went back to Naejangsan, we'd stay in town next time. Not really any less convenient, and with a lot more dining options.