Park Roche — Hotel in Bukpyeong-myeon

Stayed for two nights, half weekend, half at the beginning of the week. Two different worlds. But still, if you would like to stay away from the crowds, you can. Go to the gym at 17:30 while everyone is getting ready for dinner or take a dip in one of the pools. Both places are less crowded than. Go for dinner around 19:00, even that the restaurants are busy, families with smaller children are done than. Choose, either Korean or International Italian, if you like, you can combine. While the bar is currently closed, you can still enjoy a glass of wine or some local brewed beer. ||Same for breakfast, as earlier you go, as less crowded it was. I went at 8am and there were plenty of tables available. The buffet contains more Korean than international flavours but looking at the guests, it shouldn't come with surprise. You still find your croissants, cold cuts and more. With the Breakslow concept, you can actually have breakfast until noon, but it will be more crowded on the weekend, for sure. There are plenty of places around the resort, where cellphones are not allowed, so it is nice and quiet. The glasshouse, some kind of library, where you can read and go through a great selection of books. They do offer a lot of Wellness classes, I didn't book any, all of them are in Korean. Spend more time at the pool or gym, take the Gondola from the 2018 wintergames and go up the mountain. 15,000KRW per person. Great views but nothing else to do. Walk along the rivers, disconnect, recharge and enjoy being in the middle of nowhere. Once everyone checked out on Sunday forget about everything I wrote, there is plenty of space any time anywhere. The menus are enough to keep you entertained for two, three days. If you come throughout the summer, a BBQ is available, it wasn't in April but book ahead, I've asked, it sells out fast. Yes, there are a lot of empty parking lots from the Olympics but it didn't bother me at all. A lot of guests seem to come for the Hot tubs, so don't expect to get one for yourself. You will share it with a lot of couples. Enjoy...

Given the lack of wellness resorts in korea, I think park roche serves a need but has a long way to go. I stayed here with my parents for 3 nights and it was overall a great experience especially for my parents. Having been to kripalu and miraval in the US, for me it was an okay experience and here are my thoughts and suggestions.||Pros:|- lovely and relaxing design anesthetics throughout the property|- well trained staff members leading the classes|- many types of wellness classes offered|- decent food from the buffet and the restaurant|- the most striking views at the sauna facility that even kings couldn't have dreamt of||Cons:|- severely limited restaurant options with nothing else around the property. Staying here for more than 3 nights would be quite challenging for this reason. They could try changing the menu a little bit from day to day. Also for a hotel that strives to promote wellness it felt confusing for them to not offer coffee in the room yet they sell alcohol in so many places. Similarly the cafe restaurant didn't really offer healthy options and instead had pizzas, fried foods etc. I do recommend 맛있네 맛있어 restaurant for their spicy checken stew which is 5 min walking distance from here|- while the wellness classes are great, they are very easy / introductory in nature because clearly most Koreans are severely out of shape in terms of fitness and I had to work out in the gym in addition to taking 3 classes a day. Wish they offered intermediate classes as well|- the gym on site is nicely equipped however was a bit small and felt crowded for a resort this size and given the focus on wellness|- the sauna is very nice but I wish their jacuzzi went up to 40c |- again for a wellness resort the lack of water fountains and extensive use of bottled water were rather...

Given the lack of wellness resorts in korea, I think park roche serves a need but has a long way to go. I stayed here with my parents for 3 nights and it was overall a great experience especially for my parents. Having been to kripalu and miraval in the US, for me it was an okay experience and here are my thoughts and suggestions.||Pros:|- lovely and relaxing design anesthetics throughout the property|- well trained staff members leading the classes|- many types of wellness classes offered|- decent food from the buffet and the restaurant|- the most striking views at the sauna facility that even kings couldn't have dreamt of||Cons:|- severely limited restaurant options with nothing else around the property. Staying here for more than 3 nights would be quite challenging for this reason. They could try changing the menu a little bit from day to day. Also for a hotel that strives to promote wellness it felt confusing for them to not offer coffee in the room yet they sell alcohol in so many places. Similarly the cafe restaurant didn't really offer healthy options and instead had pizzas, fried foods etc. I do recommend 맛있네 맛있어 restaurant for their spicy checken stew which is 5 min walking distance from here|- while the wellness classes are great, they are very easy / introductory in nature because clearly most Koreans are severely out of shape in terms of fitness and I had to work out in the gym in addition to taking 3 classes a day. Wish they offered intermediate classes as well|- the gym on site is nicely equipped however was a bit small and felt crowded for a resort this size and given the focus on wellness|- the sauna is very nice but I wish their jacuzzi went up to 40c |- again for a wellness resort the lack of water fountains and extensive use of bottled water were rather...