You couldn't ask for a better location. A five-minute walk from Blu Guest House's quiet side streets takes you into the heart of Hongik University (Hongdae), Seoul's most trendy cultural district. Busy streets and outdoor gathering places are lined with bars, live music and dance clubs, galleries, restaurants, karaoke rooms, cafés, flea market (art market), clothing stores - all geared towards modest budgets. Grab an inexpensive, tasty bite, then join the crowds watching performers in the square performing everything from capoeira to hiphop. A fifteen minute walk in the other direction takes you to a serene and forested hilltop park with a natural spring, dotted with public exercise equipment. Two nearby subway stations and numerous bus lines quickly and affordably connect Blu Guest House guests with Seoul's old town, palaces, museums and other key destinations in less than twenty minutes.