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Plan Your Trip 4 Welcome to ...... 4 Top Sights ...... 6 Eating ...... 10 Drinking & Nightlife ...... 12 Shopping ...... 14 Outdoor Seoul ...... 16 Architecture ...... 17 Museums & Galleries ...... 18 K-Pop & K-Indie ...... 19 Palaces, Temples & Shrines ...... 20 For Kids ...... 21 LGBT ...... 22 For Free ...... 23 Four Perfect Days ...... 24 Need to Know ...... 26 Seoul Neighbourhoods ...... 28

Lotus Lantern Festival at Jogye-sa (p44) EARTH9566 / SHUTTERSTOCK ©

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Bukchon Hanok Village Area with fascinating traditional homes. p34 Plan Your Trip Top Sights Top CURIOSO/SHUTTERSTOCK ©

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ATECAEMIAOLSUTRTC HNCA RSISUTRTC HANGDINH/SHUTTERSTOCK © THANACHAISRISAI/SHUTTERSTOCK © NATTEECHALERMTIRAGOOL/SHUTTERSTOCK © Bongeun-sa Future Buddha meets futuristic Gangnam. p114 Plan Your Trip Top Sights Top

Deoksugung Seoul’s only illuminated evening palace. p58

The DMZ Surreal symbol of the Cold War. p110

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Changdeokgung Gyeongbokgung Beautiful palace hiding a secret Seoul’s most monumental royal garden. p36 palace. p38 ET UI AFN/HTESOK© IH:ZPY_/HTESOK©LEFT: DKCYUN/GETTY IMAGES ©; RIGHT: ONE_CLEAR_VISION/SHUTTERS LEFT: JULIE MAYFENG/SHUTTERSTOCK ©; RIGHT: ZEPHYR_P/SHUTTERSTOCK © Plan Your Trip Top Sights Top TOCK ©

N Seoul Tower & Namsan Noryangjin Fish Market Iconic Seoul mountaintop views. Seoul’s exciting seafood-eating p56 experience. p76

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National Museum of War Memorial of Korea Korea Military history and hardware. Explore Korea’s history. p94 p96 ET RA OEL/ET MGS© IH:KMJHU/HTESOK©LEFT: E5CAN/SHUTTERSTOCK ©; RIGHT: KOREAKHW/SHUTTERSTOCK © LEFT: BRIAN COLELLA/GETTY IMAGES ©; RIGHT: KIM JIHYUN/SHUTTERSTOCK © Plan Your Trip Top Sights Top

Dongdaemun Design Olympic Park Plaza & Park The city’s artiest outdoor Architectural masterpiece. p132 museum. p116

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