Deoksugung Palace's Daehanmun Gate (덕수궁 대한문) - Area information - Korea travel information

Deoksugung Palace's Daehanmun Gate (덕수궁 대한문)

5.2Km    2025-01-13

99 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-771-9951

Located near City Hall station, Daehanmun Gate is the main gate of Deoksugung Palace, one of the princiapl five palaces of Joseon dynasty. The name "Daehan" means wish for eternal prosperity of the Korean Empire. In front of the gate, the Palace Royal Guard Changing Ceremony is held twice daily, along with the reproduction of costumes and style throughout the year.

Jeongdong Culture Night (정동야행)

5.2Km    2025-05-20

99 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3396-4625

Jeongdong Culture Night is dedicated to promoting the history and culture of Jeongdong, a neighborhood in Jung-gu, Seoul. The festival programs allow participants to understand how the history is connected to today's culture and offers an opportunity to view Jeongdong's cultural facilities in a different perspective.

Baekbeom Kim Koo Statue (Baekbeom Plaza) (백범김구선생상(백범 광장))

5.2Km    2024-10-22

Hoehyeon-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul

Baekbeom Kim Koo Statue is located in Baekbeom Plaza in Namsan Park, Seoul. Erected in August 1969, the statue stands at a x_height of 10 meters. It commemorates the patriotic spirit of Kim Koo, who was both an independence activist and a politician in South Korea. During the Japanese colonial period, he actively participated in anti-Japanese movements, and after liberation, he played a leading role in the establishment of the government of the Republic of Korea.

Realssagoon [Tax Refund Shop] (안경창고싸군)

5.2Km    2024-06-27

85, Sinmok-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul

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CheongKwanJang - Gwanghwamun Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (정관장 광화문)

5.2Km    2024-04-22

20, Sajik-ro 8-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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Re-Heater(리히터)

5.2Km    2025-05-21

서울특별시 중구 세종대로19길 16 (정동)

Ahn Junggeun Memorial Museum (안중근의사기념관)

5.2Km    2024-03-06

91, Sowol-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
82-2-3789-1016

The Ahn Junggeun Memorial Museum honors the memory of Ahn Junggeun (1879-1910), an independence activist and soldier who advocated for Korean independence and peace in Asia. He fought against the Japanese to defend the Korean Empire (1897-1910). He was executed in 1910 for assassinating Hirobumi Ito, the Japanese who led the invasion of Korea in 1909, in Harbin, China.

Daewoo Motel [Korea Quality]대우모텔[한국관광 품질인증]

5.2Km    2023-05-23

22-2, Sejong-daero 14-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-755-8067

Located in Bukchang-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, the Daewoo Motel is 10 minutes’ walk from city sights such as Seoul Plaza, Deoksugung Palace and the Myeongdong shopping district. There are also many restaurants within a few minutes’ walk. The motel was remodelled and renovated in 2013, and rooms are equipped with all the usual amenities. A free breakfast plus luggage storage, laundry, and fax/photocopying services are provided.

Wangdaebak Jijimichon (왕대박지지미촌)

5.2Km    2021-03-29

62-1, Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-752-3337

A great store to visit on a rainy day. This Korean dishes restaurant is located in Jung-gu, Seoul. The representative menu is three-colored pancake.

Samick Fashion Town (삼익패션타운)

5.2Km    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.