Destination 1：SEOUL, KOREA

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Trip heading to SEOUL, KOREA

Korea is a very beautiful country. This is a country where we can’t miss out especially for those younger who always follow Korean fashion style. Let’s me bring you have a look at the MUST visit place in Seoul when you visit Seoul.

✿SEOUL TOWER✿

ܤ Picture 1: Seoul Tower ܤ

Seoul Tower is the best place to enjoy night view. You can either take bus, cable car or by walking to get to the bottom of Seoul Tower. Among three of them, I recommend cable car since you can take a lot of cool photos while sitting in the cable car and enjoy the night scene of Seoul city. There are usually a lot of couples who visit Seoul Tower during night time to enjoy a romantic and peaceful night. At the top of tower, there is a Digital Observatory, a high-powered telescope which provides you a 360° of view of Seoul by just putting 500won one time. Besides, you can take a glance of mesmerizing Seoul city by looking out through the windows.

ܤ Picture 2: Love Lockers ܤ 

Have you heard “Locks of Love”?  Locks of love in Seoul Tower symbolize the everlasting love between lovers’ promise that they will never separate. This is the famous destination for couple. Besides locks, there is another attraction for couples at Seoul Tower are “Love Message Tile” corner for you to write the message or stick a photo with your lover on the tile and then stick it on the provided corner which located at the first floor of the tower.

✿GYEONGBOK PALACE✿

ܤ Picture 3: GyeongBok Palace, Seoul, Korea ܤ

There are five main palaces mainly located in Seoul: Gyeongbok Palace, Changgyeong Palace, Changdeok Palace, Doksu Palace, and Kyonghi Palace. These palaces are also known as “Five Grand Palaces” built by the Joseon Dynasty. Among Five Grand Palaces in Seoul, Gyeongbok Palace is the largest and the most well-known royal palace.

✿CoeX MALL✿

ܤ Picture 4: CoeX Mall, Seoul ܤ

COEX Mall is known as the biggest underground shopping mall in Asia. COEX Mall not only offers you various local brands of Korean fashion but also includes national brands such as ZARA and NIKE as well. COEX itself is also renowned for its restaurants, Megabox, Aquarium, Kimchi Museum, Millennium Plaza, Event Court and so forth. Besides shopping, you can watch movie in the Megabox, which consists of the 16 movie theatres with the outstanding interior designs.

ܤ Picture 5: CoeX Aquarium, Seoul ܤ

And for those people who like marine life, you can visit the “Ocean Theme Park” in the COEX Mall with 40,000 creatures of marine wildlife. You can spend your peaceful time with your friends or families at the aquarium after a rush shopping.

✿ NAMDAEMUN, DONGDAEMUN, INSADONG  ✿

ܤ Picture 6: NamDaemun Market, Seoul ܤ 

Are you looking for some souvenirs for your families, friends and cousins? You are on the right place! At Namdaemun market, a Korean style traditional markets where you can shop for your favourite fashion items from head to toe with low prices. Namdaemum market is always crowded with tourists and regular customers who follow the latest trend of Korean fashion.

ܤ Picture 7: Dongdaemun Market,Seoul ܤ

Most of the tourists come to Dongdaemun to find some Korean food to bring back to their home countries or as a present for elder such as Kimchi, different tastes of Korean seeweeds, ginseng and Soju.

ܤ Picture 8: Jujube tea at a tea house in Insadong ܤ

At Insadong, you can find everything related to the culture of Korean such as Hanbok (Korean Traditional Wear), hand-made ceramics, and antique shops. And for tea-lovers, you can visit Korean traditional tea houses along the streets of Insadong and enjoy the taste of different Korean teas as much as you wish.

✿ ITAEWON STREET - Shopping & Food Paradise ✿

ܤ Picture 9: Shopping street in Itaewon ܤ

Itaewon Street gains most popularity among the foreigners. Most foreigners choose Itaewon Street as their shopping location, hunting for high-quality goods and super large sizes of items which are hardly found in anywhere else in Korea. You not only can shop, but also can go to the bars, clubs, and restaurants for relaxing located along the street after shopping for hours.

ܤ Picture 10: Korea Foreign Restaurant ܤ

By going to Itaewon Street, you will be able to satisfy your appetite wholly but trying any kind of food you like from all around the world. From Korean food to international restaurants such as Japanese, Chinese, Mexican, Indian, and Pakistani restaurants can be found in this street. There are also few restaurants which prepare 'Halal’ dishes for Muslims as well.