Verified old towns & squares in Seoul — descriptions, map and practical info.
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Gwanghwamun Square stretches south along Sejong-daero from Gwanghwamun, the main gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, and is Seoul's best-known public square. It occupies the site of Yukjo-geori, the "Street of Six Ministries" lined with governme…
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A few steps from Chungmuro Station the office blocks give way to tiled roofs and earthen walls. Namsangol Hanok Village, on the northern slope of Namsan, is a group of five Joseon-era hanok, traditional Korean houses, moved here and restor…
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Buam-dong is a neighbourhood of Jongno-gu tucked into the valley between Inwangsan and Bugaksan. Being so close to the former presidential compound, it spent decades under military and green-belt restrictions, so there are almost no tall b…
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Bukchon Hanok Village is a neighbourhood of traditional houses on the hill between Gyeongbokgung and Changdeokgung palaces and Jongmyo Shrine in Jongno District, Seoul. Tiled roofs step up the slopes of Gahoe-dong, Samcheong-dong, Wonseo-d…
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Seochon is an old Seoul neighbourhood between the western wall of Gyeongbokgung Palace and Inwangsan Mountain. Its name means "west village", and behind the palace wall you will find hanok alleys, a small market and houses where painters a…
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Sinsa-dong Garosu-gil is a two-lane street in Gangnam that runs from Dosan-daero near Sinsa Station to the junction in front of Hyundai High School. Its name simply means "tree-lined street": about 160 ginkgo trees stand along both sides,…
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East of Daehangno, on the slope just below Naksan Park, Ihwa Mural Village is a tangle of stairways and alleys that became Seoul's best-known mural village after a public art project in 2006 painted its walls and steps. Many works have sin…
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Just north of Jongno 3-ga Station, a patch of low tiled roofs is squeezed between office towers. Ikseon-dong is one of the oldest clusters of hanok in Seoul, and its alleys, often barely wide enough for two people, are now lined with cafés…
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Brushes and hanji paper, old ceramics and quiet tea houses all share one street. Insa-dong has been at the heart of Seoul since the Joseon dynasty, and today its main street and side alleys are lined with craft shops, galleries and tea roo…