Garden
The rear wing of Changdeokgung Palace, one of the five historic palaces of the Choson royal dynasty, includes a vast 32-hectare garden with many ponds and pithy pavilions. This forest park is known as the Forbidden Garden or the Secret Garden. The whole vast space was exclusively open to the royal family and no one else. [btn "Book a hotel in central Seoul" https://www.booking.com/city/kr/seoul.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-soul-zakazana…
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Park, Lookout
The forested 270-metre-high Namsan hill in central Seoul is already a natural tourist attraction in itself, which is only enhanced by the presence of the N Seoul Tower, a TV and observation tower known mainly as the Namsan Tower. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Seoul" https://www.booking.com/city/kr/seoul.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-soul-namsan] Take the cable car up the hill, indulge in the beautiful views of the entire city and walk back down…
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National Park, Mountain
Few megacities as huge as Seoul can boast a natural national park that extends right into the city. [btn "Choose a hotel in Seoul in advance" https://www.booking.com/city/kr/seoul.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-soul-bukhansan] Just take a few subway stations from the city centre to the northern edge of Seoul and a majestic yet compact mountain range of granite rounded cliffs will open up before you. The entire national park is criss-crossed…
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Park
Over 10 km long popular recreation zone was created right in the centre in the shadow of skyscrapers along the eponymous stream flowing from the mountains. During Seoul's massive development in the 1960s and 1970s, the originally natural stream had to be sunk into a concrete bed and for many years was more of a sewer and an embarrassment to the city. [btn "The 10 cheapest hotels in Seoul" https://www.booking.com/city/kr/seoul.en-gb.html?aid…
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Park
Although there are many beautiful parks, pedestrian and bicycle promenades in Seoul on the banks of the Hangan River, we would like to mention the beautiful Ttukseom Park. [btn "Don't have a hotel in Seoul yet? Book now" https://www.booking.com/city/kr/seoul.en-gb.html?aid=2380460;label=p-soul-ttukseom] The spacious park, with its many benches and wide lawns for sitting and picnicking, is complemented by bike and pedal boat rentals and, in…
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