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The Ultimate Seoul Travel Guide!

Planning a free and easy holiday can be a tedious task. Therefore, we have created the Ultimate Seoul Travel Guide below to help with your planning! Being avid travellers ourselves, we understand the amount of work needed to plan a proper holiday. You need to learn about the country from scratch, research places of attractions, figure out logistics and accommodations, plan the daily itinerary, etc etc..

Therefore, we hope that this guide will make life a little easier for people who are planning a trip to Seoul. This is a guide that is for travellers, by travellers.

Feel free to leave any questions in the comments section! This article was last updated on 25 October 2019.

The Ultimate Seoul Travel Guide

Garosu-Gil Rough Map of Seoul

1. Logistics

2. Accommodation

3. Itinerary

4. Best of Seoul

5. What to Do in Seoul

6. What to Eat in Seoul

16 Comments and Questions

  • Ali
    12 Jun 17

    Hi!
    In January I’ll be going to Seoul for the second time.
    I just want to know how many days you took to do everything in this list.
    Thank you very much in advance 🙂

  • Evan
    13 Jun 17

    Hi Ali! It was a 7 days itinerary.

  • Mups
    07 Jul 17

    Thank you very much! This is very helpful. Is it necessary to change hotels? Would staying at the University Quarter be okay for a five-day visit? Thanks!

  • Evan
    08 Jul 17

    Hi Mups!

    No it is not necessary to change hotels. We changed hotels because we wanted to experience staying at both an Airbnb and a hotel.

    It really depends on what kind of activities you are interested in. If you are looking to stay at a vibrant area with a young crowd, the University Quarter would be a good place. This is an interesting enclave of elite universities, fashion streets, hip cafes, restaurants and artistic zones. The nightlife scene here is excellent, you can check out these best clubs in Hongdae. If you love clubbing, then a convenient hotel to stay at would be the Benikea Premier Marigold Hotel, which is located at the doorstep of the club district in Hongdae.

  • Aileen Seet
    01 Aug 17

    Thank you Evan for your very clear and precise information from Seoul to Nami island.
    May I also know which Airbnb you stayed at in Seoul? Is it possible to get the host’s contact?
    Thanks once again.

  • Evan
    02 Aug 17

    Hi Aileen! I stayed at Bread’s Airbnb, apartment number 7! You can check out our review of Bread’s Airbnb here.

  • Snow Hnin
    07 May 18

    This information is almost everything I need and it’s so easy to understand.
    Thank you so much.

  • Henry
    05 Sep 18

    I was going through the details, very good work and comprehensive, thank you. But I need a bit of help, I cannot seem to find any details on the Namdaemun market from your travels in Seoul.

  • Henry
    05 Sep 18

    Sorry, I just found the Namdaemun market information in your website. Thanks again and good job.

  • Evan
    05 Sep 18

    Hi Henry, you’re welcome. Glad you found our Seoul articles useful =) Yes I wrote about Namdaemun Market but I just realised it was missing from the consolidated guide above. Thank you so much for letting me know!

  • Lili
    08 Sep 18

    Hi Evan, you have any travelling guide/tips to Jeju?

  • Evan
    09 Sep 18

    Hello Lili, sorry I have not been to Jeju before.

  • Miranda
    04 Oct 18

    Thanks for this great post. Just started thinking about going to Seoul and this is a nice introduction. Is it difficult to communicate without speaking Korean?

  • Evan
    05 Oct 18

    Hi Miranda! You’re very welcome. Nope, you do not need to speak Korean. Based on our personal experience, many of the staff at the attractions / restaurants spoke basic English / fluent Chinese.

  • Jinhee
    04 Nov 18

    Hi!

    I just want to say thank you for a great website and travel blog. I was born in Masan, close to Jinhae, Korea but grew up in Norway and Sweden. I am going back to Seoul in just a few days and your blog has given me so much great information.

    Best regards,
    Jinhee

  • Evan
    05 Nov 18

    You’re welcome Jinhee. Have fun back in South Korea!