Top 10 Seoul Tourist Attraction you should visit while you stay in Seoul

1. GyeongBokGung Palace (경복궁)

There are many Royal Palaces in Korea but GyeongBokGung Palace is undoubtedly the best one. GyeongBokGung Palace is more Korean than any other architectures in Korea. You can see the harmony between Modern architecture and Ancient architecture in GyeongBokGung Palace.

2. SungNyeMun Gate (숭례문)

SungNyeMun Gate was the south end gate of Seoul Royal City. There were walls around Seoul City until 19th century. Therefore there were four gates around Seoul city but SungNyeMun Gate is the most well preserved gate in Seoul city. SungNyeMun Gate is personally my favorite Korean historical heritage in Seoul.

3. InSaDong Antique Street (인사동 골동품 거리)

Do you want to buy traditional souvenirs? Do you want to eat traditional Korean food? Then visit InSaDong Antique Street.

4. ChangDeokGung Palace and JongMyo Shrine (창덕궁과 종묘)

These are UNESCO World Heritage. ChangDeokGung Palace is the most environment friendly palace Joseon Dynasty built. Joseon Dynasty had emphasis on building architectures that are well cope with the nearby environment and ChangDeokGung Palace show this well. JongMyo Shrine is architecture for ancestral ritual formalities which is core value of Confucianism.

5. N Seoul Tower (남산타워)

Although there is observatory in Lotte World Tower, I recommend visiting N Seoul Tower for observatory reason.

6. National Museum of Korea (국립중앙박물관)

If you want to know 5000 years of history of Korea, then visit National Museum of Korea. You can see from prehistoric artifacts to Modern antiquity.
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7. BukChon Hanok Village (북촌한옥마을)

If you want to stay in Traditional Korean House and see Traditional Korean Streets, the BukChon Hanok Village is the place to go.

8. Lotte World Tower (롯데월드타워)

Lotte World Tower is currently world's Fifth tallest building and the tallest building in South Korea. Underneath this tall tower is largest shopping mall in Seoul.

9. Gangnam Station (강남역)

Every foreigners who visit Korea would know Gangnam Style. Gangnam Station is the setting of the song Gangnam Style. There are many tall buildings, many restaurants, and night life near Gangnam Station.

10. Samsung Head Office (삼성본사)

Samsung is one of the leading Electronics company in the world. When you visit Gangnam Station, you would see exotic buildings near Gangnam Station. That's Samsung Head Office. Visit there and see how 'Samsung Men' are working for Samsung.

Korea Tourist Attraction - Mountain (part 2) - JiRiSan Mountain (part 1) - NoGoDan Peak

JiRiSan Mountain(지리산) is the biggest Mountain in South Korea and second tallest Mountain(1915m) in South Korea. NoGoDan Peak is the easiest peak in JiRiSan Mountain to climb. It took about 1 hour and 30 minutes (3 km) to get to the peak from SeongSamJae (성삼재) parking lot where you can park your car.

 This wood building in the left of the photo is NoGoDan Peak mountain shelter. You can book the shelter in this website (http://english.knps.or.kr/). It gets very tough to book the shelter as there are so many demand for the shelter. One thing I want to notify is that you have to go to NoGoDan Peak until 3:00 pm for safety reason (I recommend getting the peak before 2:00 pm). From July 1st to end of October you should book allowance to get to the top of NoGoDan Peak.

 This was shot from the entrance of NoGoDan Peak.

 NoGoDan Peak is so beautiful. It was my second time visiting JiRiSan Mountain (지리산). I personally highly recommend visiting NoGoDan Peak(노고단).

Korea Tourist Attraction - Gyeonggi-do Province (part 1) - YongMunSa Temple (용문사)

YongMunSa Temple (용문사) is in YangPyeong(양평), Gyeonggi-do Province (경기도), South Korea. You can take subway from Seoul and go to YongMun station(용문역) and take taxi to YongMunSa Temple. YongMunSa Temple is famous for its 1000 years old Ginkgo tree.

 Stone towers are very common in temples in Korea. Stone towers are made for commemorate well thought of monk. You can see actual stone tower in YongMunSa Temple.

I couldn't find temple that was refreshing near Seoul. Most of my favorite temples are far away from Seoul. However, I could feel the same feeling when I visited this temple. I recommend foreigners to visit here if you can't go far away from Seoul but want to feel the real Korean temple and see magnificent 1000 years old Ginkgo tree .