Life is a different Wave moving by Time and ending at Shore: Proudly Recommendable Seoul Best 7 Destination to Foreign Friends

When we receive question from foreigners about best destination in Seoul, we used to face somewhat embarrassing position since we have normally not think this point in our mind. I have experienced such awkward situation onetime when I got friend’s proposal taking a look around best destination in Seoul together. I have normally and seriously thought this issue and just simply pass away such issue since that is no sweat and simple. But I found it was not so easy and simple as I thought before. Therefore I have checked and reviewed the best seven destinations in Seoul which we could cover daily tour and selected following seven best destinations in reference to my friends working or experiencing at relevant tour field as below.

1. Secret Garden Behind Changdeokgung Palace and Changkyeonggung Palace

If you get a proposal foreigners like to take a look around royal palaces, you may suggest Secret Garden Behind Changdeokgung Palace and Changkyeonggung Palace since these palaces may not be known to foreigners as Kyeongbokgung Palace but quite and beautiful palace garden. When Kyeongbokgung Palace was destroyed by Japanese invasion, this Changdeokgung Palace had been playing a role of alternative main palace for 258 years which most kings at Joseon Dynasty was loving as priority palace. Kyeongbokgung has been presently under recovery process works but Changdeokgung and its relevant halls comparably keeping its original structure and shape which we could easily figure King’s life at Joseon Dynasty.

Secret garden behand Changdeokgung is one of the best place along with Buyeonggi Pond which is spreading at 462,000 m2. This secret garden was only limited area where only King and his relatives could enter which they alternatively call banded area. Tourist should get approval for entering to the secret garden prior to their visit for preservation of valuable historical secret garden. If you apply entrance permission to the garden through guided tour, you could take a chance to looking around this secret garden along with official guide. One guide said “This secret garden is unique one principally different from western style garden which they are utilizing existing forest and mountains as it is. That is why many foreigners are loved to look around the Secret garden”. Guided tour has been organized in four different languages, English, Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese. They told More than 100 English tour guide used to take a part at English tour program sometimes at peak season

l Tip 1: If you visit to the garden at season for night program, you could try to apply entrance permission which is normally bloody and tough competition. But foreigners could buy the ticket without permission process and enter into the garden at night times without permission up to daily 500

l Tip 2: If foreigners like to try to wear Korean dress, they could rent Korean dress near to Changdeokgung main gate or Changkyeonggung main gate which they could take an opportunity they could enter free without ticket purchasing due to Korean dress wearing. Palace. Rental fee of Korean dress is normally KRW10,000 per pair and hour. . 만약

l Open Hours : June to August 09:00 ~ 18:30 hours. Every Monday is off. . .

l Entrance Fee : KRW 3,000 per head for adult. Special tour to secret garden is extra KRW 5,000 per head.

l Tour Language to Changdeokgung Palace: Korean, English (Daily 2 times), Japanese (Daily 1 times) and Chinese (Daily 1 times),

l Additional Special Tour to Secret Garden: English (Daily 3~4 times), Japanese (Daily 1 times) and Chinese (Daily 1 times),

2. Bukcheon Korea House Village

Bukcheon Korea House Village is pretty and charming which is completely different form palaces style. We took a look King’s living and life at Palaces Tour. We then took a chance to look high level’s life and living at Joseon Dynasty like noble people. When you walk at small transitional path lined up with traditional Korea houses, you could face traditional tea shop and café and restaurant. You could enjoy nice traditional Korean tea and look down neat view of Korea house village which you might feel you become noble people at Joseon Dynasty

3. Hongdae – Yeonnam Dong

Some foreigners learning Korean at Yeonsei University for several month said “We may call Itaewon is foreigner’s area while this Yeonnam Dong is Korean style as well as foreign style. We do not feel any inconvenience at Yeonnam Dong culture”

She recommends playground in front of Hongdae University should be the best place which everybody could take a cup of draught bear and enjoy unknown musician performance at the playground and fully immersed to Hongdae mood. If foreigners like to take shopping, you could guide them to shopping road from Hongdae Station to Sangsang Maeul (Imagine Village). It is also recommended you could take them to walk to Yeonnam Dong village where many foreigners comes to know through mouth to mouth as see at the photo attached.

4. Seongsan Daekyeo Bridge – one of Han River Bridge and Han River Park

We said sometimes width of worldwide well known to the people like River Thames in London or River Seine in Paris are much smaller than that at Han River in Seoul. not wider Han River in Seoul. Some foreigners visiting to see Han River said Han River is not river but sea because it is much wider. Therefore It should be a good location we could take foreign visitors to wonderful and fantastic Han River night scenery. We aggressively suggest you may take them to Han River Park where they could see not only awesome night view of Han River but also gorgeous longer bridge at the Han River. There are 28 bridges at the Han River. We call Seongsan Daekyeo Bridge is the best night view which is related with unique design of bridge column and used to appear at several TV drama or movie. You could see beautiful night view of Seoul at the Han River park regardless what time because they are lighting always all days. If you take a cup of bear with chicken, calling as Chimaek and looking around fantastic night secenery, it should be a unforgettable memory to foreign visitors.

Tip: Banpo Daekyeo Bridge is also reputedly known to foreigners as nice spot where they could see peculiars picture of falling down water with colorful light from the bridge, calling as Moon Light and Rainbow Spring Show.

5. K Star Road at Cheongdam Dong

There are many bear monument imaging top star idol group at Cheongdam Dong K Star Road from Apgujeong Dong to Cheongdam Dong and JYP head office adjacent to this road which is under plan moving to New Head Office at Seongnae Dong soon. One coffee shop just crossing over JYP Head Office is known to JYP foreign fans as their Mecca. There is SMT Restaurant at this road which is running by SM entertainment company, IDOL Group. .

Most People was concerning that K Star Road was made suddenly and shortly which would be sloppy works and arrangement. But most idol fans were unexpectedly pleased and easily satisfied to the fact they visited the K Star Road where popular idol group walked and visited at TV drama or movie.

Two German hot fans to Nichkhun, member of 2pm at JYP said “ We are really hot fans to Nichkhun and come over Korea first time for Nichkhun’s Birthday. We used directly to arrange K Pop event in Germany sometimes. We are quite satisfied to take an opportunity to take meals at the Street Restaurant running by JYP and get a chance to touch idol hand bronze print. We have been a good experience to do that”

Tip : Please note SM Town, SM Goods Shopping Mole is at KOEX Mall at Samsung Dong. If you have any foreign visitors hot fan to SM, you may recommend visiting to this shopping mole.

6. Myeong Dong

Myeong Dong, optimally arranging for shopping is worthwhile to visit with foreigners because most foreign visitors satisfying to so active Korean movement as they sometimes lost their original plan or schedule.

One Philippine Tourer said “I could enjoy buying Korean products with much lower price here in Myeong Dong than that at Philippine and additionally tax free. There are many reputed brand products close by so that I could easily take around all relevant shops at the same time and conveniently comparing”. Please note food price is normally higher than average price at other places because of land and shop rental price is highest in Korea. Foreign visitors could take a chance to see active shopping area.

7. Yongsan War Memorial Hall

This War Memorial Hall is surprisingly the most popular to 20^th age foreign visitors. When you visit the Hall, you will see more foreign visitors than Korean visitors who came there with family and sometimes see foreign visitors coming alone without any body.

Foreigners quickly and deeply recall Korea means as divided country who mostly like to take a tour to DMZ where they could easily find the separated country. If any foreigners lie to learn more about recent Korea History and Korean War History, we could confidently say this hall should right palce answering to their questions about recent and war history.

It would take normally 1~2 hours for complete tour which would take 3 hours in case anybody like to more carefully look.

l Open Hours: 09:00 ~ 18:00 hours. Every last Wednesday at month opening until 20:00 hours. Every Monday is off.

l Entrance Fee : Free

Guide Language : Servicing with mobile guiding facilities in English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, French and Arabic.