Jungmyeongjeon Hall (중명전)

1.7Km 2024-03-11

41-11, Jeongdong-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-752-7525

Located near Deoksugung Palace, Jungmyeongjeon Hall is a red-brick modern Western-style building. It was built in 1899 as the imperial library of the Korean Empire. After Deoksugung Palace caught on fire in 1904, the place became the temporary residence of Emperor Gojong. It also witnessed the tragic part of history in which the infamous Eulsa Treaty (Japan-Korea Protectorate Treaty), an illegal treaty forced by Japan, was signed in 1905. Its exhibition hall serves as a place for historical education.

Keungiwajip (큰기와집)

1.7Km 2021-09-27

62, Bukchon-ro 5-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-722-9024

It’s a 2018 Michelin Guide restaurant. The best menu at this restaurant is soy sauce marinated crab. This Korean dishes restaurant is located in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Sarangchae (사랑채)

1.7Km 2016-12-30

6, Insadong 16-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-737-1155

Sarangchae is located in Insa-dong, one of the most famous neighborhoods visited by tourists. Majority of the restaurant's customers are foreigners, and they offer reasonably priced Korean dishes that are highly popular among foreign visitors.

Koreana Hotel (코리아나 호텔)

1.7Km 2021-06-21

135, Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2171-7000

Koreana Hotel has been one of the top notch traveler's picks for more than 30 years, having the business motto 'comfort for our customers.'

The hotel is located at the Gwanghwamun fourway intersection, at the heart of Seoul, and provides 345 guest rooms. Amongst its dining facilities, the hotel boasts a Korean restaurant, Chinese restaurant, Japanese restaurant, and a Western restaurant, as well as a bar, coffee shops, and bakery. Eight banquet halls and a sauna are also available.

The hotel has operated as the main press center restaurant for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and subsequently operated as the Olympic Village Restaurant for the Special Olympics. As a result of their successful operations, the hotel received lavish praise from the organizers, as well as from the players and staff for the high quality food and spectacular service.

Frisbee - Gwanghwamun Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (FR광화문점(금강 프리스비))

1.7Km 2024-04-16

1F, 8, Cheonggyecheon-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

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Great Shanghai (대상해)

1.7Km 2020-02-07

135, Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2171-7869

Great Shanghai is a Chinese restaurant serving deliciously genuine Sichuan and Beijing-style cuisine, located within the Koreana Hotel. Their specialty is shark's fin, directly imported from Sanji, and prepared by the head chef who has over 30 years of experience. Aside from shark's fin, the healthy buldojang, mapadubu and ddanddanmyeon are also top menus. Great Shanghai is decorated with high-quality interior design, and features rooms of various sizes for groups and business dinners.

Danube (다뉴브)

1.7Km 2020-02-07

135, Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2171-7830

Danube is a Western restaurant located within Koreana Hotel overlooking Seoul Plaza and Cheonggyecheon Stream. The restaurant serves a breakfast buffet, and steak and seafood dishes at dinner time. Diners can also choose from a large selection of high-quality wines and whiskeys from around the world.

Insa-dong PR Center (인사동홍보관)

1.7Km 2017-07-26

19 Insadong 11-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-82-737-7890~1

Insa-dong PR Center opened in 2006 with the goal of providing accessible education for both domestic and international visitors to understand Korean traditions and history. It was built in what was once the private residence for Prince Uichin (1877-1955), one of the sons of Emperor Gojong (1852-1919).

Insa-dong PR Center also introduces the traditions and culture of Insa-dong, and provides tour pamphlets and tourist assistance in multiple languages (English, Japanese and Chinese). Visitors can try on hanbok (traditional costumes) and enjoy Wi-Fi within the facility.

CheongKwanJang - Jonggak Station Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (정관장 종각역)

1.7Km 2024-04-22

#102, 95, Sambong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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Go-un [Korea Quality] 고운 [한국관광 품질인증]

1.7Km 2024-08-14

35-1, Bukchon-ro 12-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-504-0904-2464

Go-un, meaning "High Cloud," is a hanok stay atop a steep hill in Gahoe-dong, Bukchon Hanok Village, Jeongno-gu, Seoul. The view from the house’s big windows takes in hanok tiled roofs, Seoul’s downtown, and Inwangsan Mountain - a vista that merges the past and the present. After enjoying Bukchon's attractions, entertainment, and food, guests can relax in the hanok’s half-body bath overlooking the yard (mugwort bath salts provided) - or enjoy a movie on the beam projector.

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