Inchon International Airport (ICN): Approximate driving time is 1 hour.

Hanazono - This authentic Japanese restaurant features fresh sashimi, a sushi bar, and a sizzling teppanyaki grill. Five tatami rooms overlooking the gardens offer privacy and enhanced personal service.

Chee Hong - Snapping turtle, shark's fin, and other Cantonese and Shanghainese specialties are served in a warm, contemporary setting. A cocktail bar and a dim sum menu are also available.

Café Fantino - This Mediterranean-themed restaurant uses infused oils, herbs, and spices to highlight the cuisines of Italy, Spain, France, and Morocco. It also offers a Sunday Brunch with 100 menu items; brunch is accompanied by live jazz.

The Buffet Restaurant - A team of talented chefs presents a buffet overflowing with Korean dishes, Japanese sushi and sashimi, and popular Chinese and Western dishes.

Caravali - Located in the atrium, this casual café offers deli sandwiches, fresh baked goods, and other light bites amid wicker chairs, large umbrellas, and flashing video monitors.

Nyx & Nox - This pub and disco features an open pizza kitchen, beer on tap, and five private karaoke rooms. Live entertainment is offered throughout the evening.

The Lounge - A traditional Afternoon Tea is served here every afternoon. In the evening, live music is featured. During the summer and fall, five-course barbeque dinners are served in a garden just outside.

The Bar - This meeting spot features live jazz and vocal entertainment every evening.

Amenity highlights: With a 30,000-square-foot rooftop spa and fitness center and 16,000 square feet of meeting space, the hotel offers stellar facilities for both vacation and business travel. The hotel shines brightest in its nine restaurants and bars, ranging from the classic cuisines of Korea, Japan, and China to Mediterranean specialties from Italy, Spain, and Morocco.

Insider tip: Despite the hotel's urban location, guests can work on their golf games—an enclosed driving range is located on the roof.

Guests in search of a soothing retreat will find it in the full-service spa, which shares the top two floors with the hotel’s fitness center. In addition to hot and cold plunge pools and steam and dry saunas, the facility features a Japanese soaking tub made of 500-year-old hinoki wood, believed to have curative powers. Wellness treatments include stress-reducing massages and relaxing body scrubs.

The hotel also offers Ritz-Carlton's signature menu of in-room bath options. Menu choices provided by the Bath Butler, including lavender-scented bath salts, Ylang Ylang essential oils, and tea light candles, turn any guestroom into a personal, private spa.

Business travelers frequently use the hotel’s 16,000 square feet of meeting space, which includes seven conference rooms, four theaters, and a ballroom. A 24-hour business center, high-speed Internet access, and simultaneous translation services provide state-of-the-art support. For guests with business outside the hotel, a complimentary shuttle provides once-a-day service throughout the Kangnam area.