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Hokie21
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 Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:43 pm Post subject: Best place in Seoul for shopping/site seeing? |
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| Hopefully no one will say the COEX. Have some friends visiting and was wondering where to spend a day/afternoon to do a bit of shopping and site seeing. Any recommendations? Thanks. |
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SMOE NSET
Joined: 25 Feb 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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What type of shopping?
Dongdaemun/Myeongdong/Namdaemun/Insadong all have shopping and are near all of the palaces.
Myeongdong/Namdaemun, Gyeongbuk Palace and Insadong are within walking distance of each other. There are also many buses between the places if you don't feel like walking.
Dongdaemun is on the same subway line as Insadong and Seoul Station. |
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Hokie21
Joined: 01 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I suppose mostly clothing or Korean souvenirs. Thanks for the recommendations. |
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SMOE NSET
Joined: 25 Feb 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Dongdaemun: clothing
Namdaemun/Myeongdong: souvenirs
Insadong is nice for souvenirs too but you can find most of the same things cheaper in Myeongdong. I would still recommend going to Insadong though.
The Jogjesa temple is near Insadong and is definitely worth seeing as well. You can start with Gyeongbuk Palace, walk to the temple (10 minutes), walk to Insadong (5 minutes), then you can either take the subway to Dongdaemun or a bus to Meongdong/Namdaemun market. |
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Hokie21
Joined: 01 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| SMOE NSET wrote: |
Dongdaemun: clothing
Namdaemun/Myeongdong: souvenirs
Insadong is nice for souvenirs too but you can find most of the same things cheaper in Myeongdong. I would still recommend going to Insadong though.
The Jogjesa temple is near Insadong and is definitely worth seeing as well. You can start with Gyeongbuk Palace, walk to the temple (10 minutes), walk to Insadong (5 minutes), then you can either take the subway to Dongdaemun or a bus to Meongdong/Namdaemun market. |
Brilliant. Thanks for your help. |
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Hokie21
Joined: 01 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Is Changdeok Palace worth exploring? |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| One palace is probably enough. |
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