Seoul · Gyeongbokgung Palace · Bukchon · Ikseon-dong · One day · 1-day · 6–8 hours
Gyeongbokgung Palace to Bukchon Hanok Village, dinner in Ikseon-dong
The walk a first Seoul visit usually wants: Gyeongbokgung Palace, the lanes of Bukchon Hanok Village, tea in Insa-dong, dinner in Ikseon-dong. Keep the day on this walk. Leave Myeong-dong for another day.
Palace · hanok · dinner
- Best for
- A first full day in Seoul if you want one palace done well.
- Start at
- Palace at opening. Bukchon Hanok Village before lunch. Ikseon-dong after 4 p.m.
- Getting there
- Start at Gyeongbokgung Station. End at Jongno 3-ga Station or Anguk Station. All walking after the first metro.
- Budget
- Palace ticket, lunch, and dinner. Tea is optional.
Where you go
See
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Buy the morning ticket. Ninety minutes is enough if you skip the museum.
Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul
Walk
National Folk Museum edge
Leave north toward Samcheong-dong and Bukchon Hanok Village — not back to Gwanghwamun Square.
Gyeongbokgung Palace north, Seoul
See
Bukchon Hanok Village viewpoint
The famous alley view. One photo, then keep moving.
Bukchon-ro 11-gil, Seoul
Eat
Insa-dong tea / lunch
One sit-down. Skip the souvenir rows.
Insadong-gil, Seoul
Eat
Ikseon-dong dinner lanes
Eat a hanok dinner in Ikseon-dong. Leave before the night crush if you hate waiting in line.
Ikseon-dong, Seoul
Good to know
- On the residential lanes of Bukchon Hanok Village, keep voices down. The viewpoints are the public part.
- If it rains, skip Bukchon Hanok Village and sit in Insa-dong. A mall can wait.