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Gyeongbokgung Palace
Gyeongbokgung Subway Station (Seoul Subway Line No.3), walk for 5 minutes.
Gyeongbokgung Palace is arguably the most beautiful and remains the grandest of all the five palaces. The National Pal-ace Museum of Korea is located south of Heungnyemun Gate, and the National Folk Museum is located east within Hyangwon-jeong.
☎ 82-2-732-1931 8www.royalpalace.go.kr
Changdeokgung Palace and Huwon
Anguk Subway Station (Seoul Subway Line No.3), walk for 2 minutes.
Chandeokgung served as the principal pal-ace for many Joseon kings and remains the best preserved among the five royal Joseon palaces. The rear garden that was used as a place of rest by the kings boasts a gigantic tree that is over 300 years old, a small pond, and a pavilion.
☎ 82-2-762-9513 8www.cdg.go.kr
Changgyeonggung Palace
Hyehwa Subway Station (Seoul Subway Line No.4), walk for about 10 minutes.
Located in the heart of Seoul, Changgyeo-nggung Palace was first built by the 4th ruler of the Joseon Dynasty, King Sejong (1418-1450), for his retiring father, King Taejong. It often served as residential quar-ters for queens and concubines.
☎ 82-2-762-4868~9 8cgg.cha.go.kr
Deoksugung Palace
City Hall Subway Station (Subway Line No.
1), walk for about 2~5 minutes.
Deoksugung Palace is famous for its ele-gant stone-wall road. It is also the only pal-ace that sits alongside a series of Western style buildings that add to the uniqueness of the surrounding scenery.
☎82-2-771-9952 8www.deoksugung.go.kr
Jongmyo Royal Shrine
Jongno 3(sam)-ga Subway Station (Seoul Subway Line No.1), walk 10 minutes.
Jongmyo Shrine is the primary place of worship for the kings of the Joseon Dynas-ty. Jongmyo Shrine is registered as a World Cultural Heritage because the customs such as the memorial services and tradi-tional music are very well preserved.
☎ 82-2-765-0195 8 jm.cha.go.kr
Hangang River Citizen’s Park
Exit 2 or 3 of Yeouinaru Subway Station (Seoul Subway Line No.5).
It is a huge area that is dedicated to the citizens, providing areas for sports and re-laxation. You can see many people strolling or jogging along the paths, in-line skaters, bike riders, and soccer fields or basketball courts. The river cruise is especially good in the evening.
☎ 82-2-3780-0701 8hangang.seoul.go.kr
Namsan Park
Seoul Station (Seoul Subway No.1) City Hall (Seoul Subway No.2)
Mt. Namsan is a symbolic mountain locat-ed at the center of Seoul. At the top, there are various facilities such as Palgakjeong (an octagonal pavillion), N Seoul Tower, Maritime Aquarium, fountains, and Nam-san Library.
☎ 82-2-753-2563
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Namsan Hanok Village
Chungmuro Subway Station (Seoul Subway Line No.3), walk for 5 minutes.
The houses belong to various social ranks of the society from peasant to king. The furniture in the houses are situated to help guests understand daily life in the past.
You can also tea and refreshments. On the grounds, there are traditional games you may want to try.
☎ 82-2-2264-4412
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Information63 CITY
Free Shuttle Bus Daebang Subway Station, Yeouinaru Subway Station, Yeouido Subway Station
With 63 floors and measuring a height of 264m, the 63 CITY is one of Korea’s tallest and most recognized building. The 63 CITY boasts spectacular views of the Hangang River and the surrounding mountains of Bugaksan, Namsan and Gwanaksan. The 63 CITY’s basement floor boasts conve-nient facilities, including 63 Sea World, 63 Sky Deck, 63 IMAX theater.
☎ 82-2-789-5679 8 www.63city.co.kr
Seoul World Cup Stadium
World Cup Subway Station (Seoul Subway No.6)
In 1996, Korea and Japan were chosen by FIFA to organize the World Cup. Seoul, lack-ing a soccer marketlack-ing pitch big enough to hold what is probably the biggest media event on the planet, was soon to possess a brand new purpose-built stadium, the Seoul World Cup Stadium. Here is a pre-sentation of this stadium that symbolized
Apgujeong
Apgujeong Subway Station (Seoul Subway No.3)
Apgujeong is a mecca for shopping among trendsetters in their 20s and 30s. Shortly after Rodeo Street came into being during the 1990s, unique fashion shops, bars, and cafes began to open one by one, drawing young people en masse to come create their own fashion codes. There are many shops specializing in secondhand luxury
Insa-dong
Anguk Subway Station (Seoul Subway Line No.3), walk 1 minute.
Insa-dong, located in the middle of the city, is an important place where old but pre-cious and traditional goods are on display.
Within these alleys are galleries, traditional restaurants, traditional teahouses, and ca-fes.
There are traditional performances and ex-hibits as well. Insa-dong is especially pop-ular with foreign tourists. This is where they can experience and see traditional Korean culture firsthand, and also purchase pieces of fine art.
Itaewon Shopping Street
Itaewon Subway Station (Seoul Subway Line No.6)
Itaewon is the most exotic place in Seoul representing fusion culture with a distinc-tive atmosphere. Many people say, “You may not know Seoul, but you should know Itaewon,” showing how renowned a shop-ping district Itaewon is. The area has a vibrant ambience with shops, restaurants, bars and street vendors. Most signboards are written in English, and English speak-ing people are often seen on the street.
☎Tourist Information Center 82-2-3785-2514
Namdaemun Market
Hoehyeon Station (Seoul Subway Line No.4)
Opened in 1964, Namdaemun Market is the largest traditional market in Korea with various goods in store. All products are sold at affordable prices and the stores in this area also function as a wholesale mar-kets. Most of the goods are made directly by the storeowners. The Namdaemun Market sells a variety of clothes, glasses, kitchenware, toys, mountain gear, fishing equipment, stationery, fine arts, accesso-ries, hats, carpets, flowers, ginseng, and imported goods.
☎ Tourist Information Center 82-2-752-5728 8http://www.indm.net
Myeong-dong
Myeong-dong Subway Station (Seoul Sub-way Line No.4)
Located in the heart of Seoul, Myeong-dong is a representative shopping district in Korea. It also houses the headquarters of banks and securities brokers, and many Western and traditional restaurants. Com-pared to Namdaemun and Dongdaemun Market which sell products at low prices, Myeong-dong is lined with quality brand name shops, while mid-class brand name shops and no-name brand shops are lo-cated in the side alleys. All kinds of shops and restaurants are densely located on the main street.
☎ Tourist Information Center 82-2-774-3238
Dongdaemun Market
Dongdaemun Stadium Subway Station (Seoul Subway Line No.1, 2, 4)
Ever since its opening in 1905, Dongdae-mun Market has been one of the major markets in Korea. Specializing in whole-sale clothing, the market has grown large, having more than 20 shopping malls. A full range of fashion items that cover head to toe, are found in Dongdaemun Market at inexpensive prices.
☎ Tourist Information Center 82-2-2236-9135