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[Nanook21]

I'll be heading up to daegu this weekend for the first time. I'm curious if anyone can give some tips on where i should stay or what i should see for my first time up there.

mainly im curious about where i should get a hotel, i don't need a love motel, but something for a good price.

[Straphanger]

[coralreefer_1]

Depends on what it is exactly that you want to do here in Daegu. If you are coming here to party in clubs..then yeah downtown would be your best bet. Personally if you want to experience the city, hitting up the same kinds of clubs and foreigner bars would not be much different than doing the same in another city.

Personally I think the motels near Dongdaegu stations are much nicer. Of course they are "love motels" since they don't have a grand lobby or restaurant, but most of them are pretty nice. I prefer one called "TOP" motel...room is about 65,000 a night, with sofa, huge flat screen tv, pc, jacuzzi tub (with motor) quite nice.

A short walk away is Pyeonghwa Sijang (Peace Market) which is quite famous in Daegu for their 닭똥집 (chicken ass) restaurants. Many folks, (mostly Koreans) head over there on weekends to fill up on chicken ass and beer before heading off to other parts of the city for adventure. I like the place because the ajummas stand outside and practically pull you into their restaurant, same as the ajummas at Nampodong in Busan. The atmosphere on the weekends is exciting..not a bunch of old men sitting around...mostly 20-30 somethings getting ready for a wild night out (or finishing a wild night out depending on the time in the evening you go)

Ariana Brau is a short cab ride from there. I'm sure almost every waegook in Daegu has been there...best beer in Daegu...brewed in the restaurant. I heard the place was undergoing renovations though, so it may be closed for the time being.

Downtown has several clubs,though honestly all I hear about them is that they are full of soldiers and fights break out every weekend. I believe club "Frog" is the hot place now..though some other place may have taken its place as the hotspot. If "night" clubs are your thing..check out either "Arabian Nights", or "Boss" night club. I've been to Arabian nights and it was fantastic. I have never been to "Boss" but many Koreans regard it as a better nightclub, though more expensive and the rumor is that "Boss" is the nightclub of choice of the Korean mafia in Daegu.

If you give us a better idea of how you would like to spend your weekend here(partying/taking in the sites) we may be able to give you some more specific info about places to check out.

[Nanook21]

thanks for the info..

i'm not going up there to see the clubs. i want to check out what daegu has to offer that the other places don't. I'm coming from busan, so the appeal of clubs doesn't thrill me, i can get that down here.

i'm just not sure what is unique to daegu that i should see. the beer place sounds good, hopefully it'll be open, i'll check into that.

[Emeliu]

My girlfriend raves about a donkasu place in Daegu, not sure where though >.>

[coralreefer_1]