Bukhansan National Park
Seoul, South Korea
Bukhansan National Park is a mountain wilderness 40 minutes from downtown Seoul — 80 square kilometres of granite peaks, Buddhist temples, Joseon-era fortress walls, and forest trails that make it the most-visited national park per unit area in the world.
Changdeokgung Palace & Secret Garden
Yulgok-ro, Seoul, South Korea
Changdeokgung is the most beautiful of Seoul's five palaces and the only one inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site — recognised for the way its architecture adapts to the natural topography rather than imposing a grid on the landscape, as Gyeongbokgung does.
Changgyeonggung Palace
Changgyeonggung-ro, Seoul, South Korea
Changgyeonggung is the overlooked palace — the fourth of Seoul's five Joseon palaces and the one most visitors skip in favour of Gyeongbokgung or Changdeokgung, which makes it the most peaceful and least crowded.
Cheonggyecheon Stream
Cheonggyecheon-ro, Seoul, South Korea
Cheonggyecheon is an 11-kilometre stream running through the centre of Seoul that spent most of the 20th century buried under a highway and was restored in 2005 in one of the most ambitious urban renewal projects in the world.
N Seoul Tower (Namsan)
105 Namsangongwon-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
N Seoul Tower sits on top of Namsan Mountain in the centre of Seoul — a 236-metre communications and observation tower that has been the city's most recognisable landmark since 1975.
Seoullo 7017
405 Hangang-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul
Seoullo 7017 is Seoul's answer to New York's High Line — a 983-metre elevated pedestrian garden built on a 1970 highway overpass near Seoul Station that was converted in 2017 from a crumbling road into a linear park planted with 24,000 trees and plants.
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