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Gwangjang MarketFood · Jongno & palaces · Jongno 5(o)-ga Stn Exit 8 · 2 min walkSeoul's oldest market (1905), with a buzzing food alley of pancake griddles and raw-beef stalls.About 1 hour₩OK to eat alone
Bukchon Hanok VillageSight · Jongno & palaces · Anguk Stn Exit 2 · 10 min walkHilly lanes of lived-in tiled-roof houses with views over downtown rooftops.1–2 hoursFree
Gyeongbokgung PalaceSight · Jongno & palaces · Gyeongbokgung Stn Exit 5 · 5 min walkThe grandest Joseon palace, with mountain views behind the throne hall and a guard-change ceremony.1–2 hours₩
Ikseon-dong Hanok StreetSight · Jongno & palaces · Jongno 3(sam)-ga Stn Exit 4 · 3 min walkNarrow alleys of 1920s hanok turned into cafes, dumpling shops and bars.1–2 hoursFree
Insadong & SsamziegilSight · Jongno & palaces · Anguk Stn Exit 6 · 5 min walkA spiral ramp of small craft shops on Insadong's antique and tea street.1–2 hoursFree
Tosokchon SamgyetangFood · Jongno & palaces · Gyeongbokgung Stn Exit 2 · 3 min walkSeoul's best-known ginseng chicken soup, served in a sprawling hanok near the palace.About 1 hour₩₩OK to eat alone
Changdeokgung Palace & Secret GardenSight · Jongno & palaces · Anguk Stn Exit 3 · 5 min walkA UNESCO palace that follows the hills, plus a guided-only Secret Garden that feels like a forest.1–2 hours₩
Gwanghwamun SquareSight · Jongno & palaces · Gwanghwamun Stn · 1 min walkSeoul's main boulevard, with King Sejong and Admiral Yi statues framed by the palace gate.1–2 hoursFree
Jogyesa TempleSight · Jongno & palaces · Jonggak Stn · 5 min walkThe head temple of Korean Zen Buddhism, right downtown; calm at dawn and dusk.1–2 hoursFree
Tongin Market Coin LunchboxFood · Jongno & palaces · Gyeongbokgung Stn Exit 2 · 8 min walkBuy old-style brass coins and trade them stall by stall to build your own lunch tray.About 1 hour₩OK to eat alone
Blue Bottle SamcheongCafé · Jongno & palaces · Anguk Stn Exit 1 · 12 min walkUpper-floor windows look straight across hanok roofs toward the palace and mountains.About 1 hour₩
CheongsudangCafé · Jongno & palaces · Jongno 3(sam)-ga Stn Exit 4 · 3 min walkCross stepping stones through a bamboo garden into a hanok dessert cafe in Ikseon-dong.About 1 hour₩₩
Gwanghwamun MijinFood · Jongno & palaces · Jonggak Stn Exit 1 · 3 min walkOffice workers' cold buckwheat noodle institution since the 1950s.About 1 hour₩₩OK to eat alone
Hyoja BakeryCafé · Jongno & palaces · Gyeongbokgung Stn Exit 2 · 7 min walkNeighborhood Seochon bakery whose cornbread sells by the hundreds each day.About 1 hour₩
Samhaejip (Jongno)Food · Jongno & palaces · Jongno 3(sam)-ga Stn Exit 15 · 1 min walkThe pioneer of Jongno's bossam alley: tender boiled pork, open till 2 a.m.About 1 hour₩₩
Cheonggyecheon StreamNight · Jongno & palaces · Gwanghwamun Stn Exit 5A stream that was once buried under a highway, now a cool 11 km walkway through downtown Seoul, starting at a giant twisted sculpture.1–2 hoursFree
Seodaemun Prison History HallSight · Jongno & palaces · Dongnimmun Stn Exit 5The red-brick prison where Korea's independence fighters were held, now a museum you walk through cell by cell.1–2 hours₩
Suseong-dong ValleySight · Jongno & palaces · Gyeongbokgung Stn Exit 3 · 20 min walkA rocky stream at the foot of Inwangsan, praised by Joseon scholars, at the top of Seochon.1–2 hoursFree
Changhwadang (Ikseon-dong)Food · Jongno & palaces · Jongno 3(sam)-ga Stn Exit 4 · 3 min walkCrispy, juicy dumplings in a retro Ikseon-dong shop that draws a line of locals.About 1 hour₩
CheongjinokFood · Jongno & palaces · Jonggak Stn · 3 min walkHangover-soup house running since 1937, a Seoul Future Heritage from the old Pimatgol alley.About 1 hour₩₩OK to eat alone
Daeo BookstoreCafé · Jongno & palaces · Gyeongbokgung Stn Exit 2 · 8 min walkSeochon's oldest bookstore (1951), now a tiny retro cafe inside an old family hanok.About 1 hour₩
Hwangsaengga KalguksuFood · Jongno & palaces · Anguk Stn Exit 1 · 12 min walkMichelin Bib Gourmand noodle house in Samcheong-dong known for rich beef-bone broth.About 1 hour₩₩
Imun SeolnongtangFood · Jongno & palaces · Jonggak Stn Exit 3 · 5 min walkOpened in the early 1900s, often called Korea's oldest restaurant, still serving one milky ox-bone soup.About 1 hour₩₩OK to eat alone
Kyobo Book Centre GwanghwamunShopping · Jongno & palaces · Gwanghwamun Stn · 2 min walkKorea's flagship bookstore, underground at Gwanghwamun, with a big stationery and gift section.1–2 hoursFree
Onion AngukCafé · Jongno & palaces · Anguk Stn Exit 3 · 1 min walkA hanok bakery-cafe with floor seating around a courtyard, steps from Anguk Station.About 1 hour₩
Chebudong JanchijipFood · Jongno & palaces · Gyeongbokgung Stn Exit 2 · 3 min walkA busy Seochon noodle joint in the Sejong food alley where a bowl still costs about ₩4,000.About 1 hour₩OK to eat alone
Shin Yet Chatjip (Old Tea House)Café · Jongno & palaces · Anguk Stn Exit 6 · 5 min walkA family-run tea house hidden in an Insadong alley, set in a house over 100 years old.About 1 hour₩
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