Bamseom Island (Ecosystem Conservation Area) (밤섬 생태경관 보전지역)

3.0Km 2025-04-29

Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3780-0793

Located at the Hangang River, Bamseom Island derives its name from its chestnut-like shape (bam in Korean). The island was designated as an Ecosystem Conservation Area by the Seoul Metropolitan Government in 1999 and was later recognized as Ramsar Wetland in 2012. Now an uninhabited island, Bamseom Island was once home to around 443 people, who were relocated after the island was exploded as part of the Yeouido Development Project. Today, it is known as a habitat for numerous migratory birds and plant species. People can enjoy views of the Island from Bamseom Park.

Whixcom [Tax Refund Shop] (휙스컴)

3.0Km 2024-04-18

20-1, Namdaemun-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

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63 Buffet Pavilion (63뷔페 파빌리온)

3.0Km 2024-03-15

(63 Square, basement 1st floor, Yeouido area) 50, 63-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
+82-2-789-5731

63 Buffet Pavilion is a buffet restaurant located at GF floor of Yeouido’s 63 Square. The buffet spread here features dishes from around the world. The most popular feature of the buffet is the chaekkeut steak (strip loin steak), made freshly using top-quality beef. One can also find yanggalbi (lamb chops), hoe (sliced raw fish), chobap (sushi), and daege (snow crab). Note that visitors are required to reserve their spot.

Gaetmaeul (갯마을)

3.0Km 2016-09-23

248, Ichon-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
+82-2-798-5655, +82-2-798-1655

Gaetmaeul restaurant, located in Ichon-dong in the Yongsan area of Seoul, is widely known for its specialty dish, Son-manduguk (handmade dumpling soup). Not only does it serve exceptionally delicious food, but the service is friendly, and the facilities are clean. As well as the excellent mandu dishes, such as manduguk (dumpling soup) and tteok-manduguk (dumpling soup with rice cake slices), the menu also includes bindatteok (Korean mung-bean pancake) and suyuk (boiled slices of beaf). The kimchi used to fill the dumplings and offered as a side dish is also particularly good.

Dongnimmun Yeongcheon Market (독립문영천시장)

3.0Km 2023-01-17

189-1, Tongil-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul

Yeongcheon Market, which was formed in the 1960s near Dongnimmun Gate in Seodaemun-gu, is a marketplace with over 50 years of history and tradition, once famous as one of the largest rice cake wholesale markets in Seoul. It is set up near a residential district, which makes it one of the city's most notable street-style traditional markets that nearby residents frequently visit. The city of Seoul selected the area surrounding 38 Yeongcheonsijang-gil, Seodaemun-gu as the "Future Heritage of July" in 2021.

It is a large-scale traditional market that currently features around 198 stores, and it is well-known for its various foods and snacks such as tteokbokki and twisted donuts sold at about 40% of all shops.

Walking On The Cloud (워킹온더클라우드)

3.0Km 2024-03-07

50, 63-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
+82-2-789-5904

Situated on the highest floor of Yeouido’s 63 Square, Walking On The Cloud overlooks the Hangang River and downtown Seoul. Its signature menu is the grade 1 hanu ansim steak (Charcoal-grilled Beef Tenderloin Steak), grilled on charcoal, as well as badatgajae gui (grilled lobster), saeu gui (grilled shrimp), pasta, and dalpaengi (snail) dishes. The restaurant also offers lunch and dinner course menus and seasonal specials.

Seoul Gyeonggyojang House (서울 경교장)

3.0Km 2021-09-15

29, Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-735-2038

Gyeonggyojang House, a designated Historic Site, was the location of the provisional government and the place where Baekbeom Kim Koo passed away. Seoul reproduced the historical site, Gyeonggyojang House, to use the area as an educational site. Also, the house exhibits the history of the provisional government in order to see the history more clearly.

Restoration work included the demolition of the interior that was changed when the building was turned into a hospital facility and embassy after Kim Koo passed away in 1949. During the work, the remaining parts were maintained with the utmost care. Reconstructed parts were based on the building's floor plan written in Chosun and Architecture (8th edition in 1938). Visitors can see various contents related to the Korean Provisional Government history through relics, video, and information searching corners.

Olive Young - Yeonhui Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 연희)

3.0Km 2024-04-22

79, Yeonhui-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul

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The Hyooshik Aank Hotel Hongdae (더휴식 아늑호텔 홍대점)

3.0Km 2025-04-18

162-7 Donggyo-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul

The hotel offers rooms equipped with various entertainment options, catering to the diverse preferences of its guests. From a private movie room to a meditation room, guests can choose the type of stay they want, whether it is a fun movie time or a relaxing retreat to unwind. The business room provides the amenities needed for a workation, while the gaming room allows guests to relieve stress by gaming.

Samick Fashion Town (삼익패션타운)

3.0Km 2021-06-04

7, Namdaemunsijang 8-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-1566-4578

Located in the heart of the Namdaemun Market, the largest wholesale market in Korea and a popular tourist attraction, Samick Fashion Town is home to over 1,500 shops, spread among 15 floors. Opened in 1985, this giant, one-stop shopping destination offers shoppers virtually everything: from clothing (women’s, men’s, and children’s) and shoes to accessories for wholesale merchants and individual shoppers. The Samick Fashion Town is particularly known for its large children's section on the first floor and its giant shoe mall on the sixth that is unlike any other shoe store in Namdaemun Market. On the ninth floor is the food court and on the first basement level at MBIC Mall, visitors can find character products related to some of their favorite Hallyu stars. Character items include cushions, notebooks, mugs, t-shirts, postcards, stickers, mobile phone screen cleaners, and mechanical pencils featuring the comedians from Muhan Dojeon (Infinity Challenge) and other popular stars.

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