Changdeokgung Travel Guide

Seoul near Changdeokgung: places to visit 880 places, ranked by rating and review count.

The Changdeokgung Area sits in the historic heart of Seoul, near the palace of the same name. This list covers 858 restaurants, 404 cafes, and 102 attractions, including Bukchon Hanok Village, Insadong Culture Street, and Ikseon-dong Hanok Village. The area also takes in Unhyeongung Palace and the Seoul Museum of Craft Art.

  1. Changdeokgung

    ★ 4.6(92,194) attractions

    Changdeokgung is a Joseon royal palace in Jongno and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its quiet halls and surroun…

  2. Bukchon Hanok Village

    ★ 4.4(24,614) attractions

    Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul is a tourist site made up of well-preserved hanok houses. Visitors walk through…

  3. Cultural Bakery

    ★ 5.0(5,710) cafes

    Culture Jeppang is a small bakery in Ikseon-dong, near Jongno 3-ga Station, selling garlic bread, coffee bread…

  4. Seoul Museum of Craft Art

    ★ 4.7(7,081) attractions

    Seoul Museum of Craft Art is a museum near Anguk Station and the entrance to Bukchon that displays Korean craf…

  5. Unhyeongung Palace

    ★ 4.4(12,503) attractions

    Unhyeongung in Anguk-dong, Seoul is a historic site where visitors can walk through the house where Heungseon …

  6. Changgyeonggung Palace

    ★ 4.7(4,770) attractions

    Changgyeonggung is a palace in Seoul built for the king's mother and female family members, and it connects to…

  7. Ikseon-dong Hanok Village

    ★ 4.3(8,543) attractions

    Ikseon-dong Hanok Village is a historic site in Seoul where hanok alleys, cafes, and restaurants are gathered …

  8. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

    ★ 4.6(4,302) attractions

    The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul is a contemporary art museum near Anguk Station that…

  9. Samcheong-dong Street

    ★ 4.3(6,823) attractions

    Samcheongdong-gil is a hanok street running between Bukchon Hanok Village and Gyeongbokgung, and it is a touri…

  10. hanokhanbok

    ★ 4.9(2,025) places

    Gyeongbokgung Hanbok Rental - Hanokjip Hanbok is a hanbok rental shop in Bukchon, Seoul. It carries a large se…

  11. Bukchon Yukgyeong (Photo Spot)

    ★ 4.6(3,298) attractions

    Bukchon Yukgyeong is a tourist spot in the Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul where visitors look at traditional h…

  12. Plop

    ★ 4.9(1,938) restaurants

    Plop Anguk is a hanok pizza restaurant in Jaedong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, a five-minute walk from Changdeokgung and…

  13. Ssamziegil

    ★ 4.4(4,569) shopping

    Ssamzigil is a four-story shopping mall in Insadong that sells handicrafts and small accessories. More than 70…

  14. Persian Palace

    ★ 4.7(2,460) restaurants

    Persian Gungjeon is a Persian curry restaurant near Sungkyunkwan University on Daehak-ro in Jongno-gu, Seoul. …

  15. Moxy Seoul Insadong

    ★ 4.3(4,951) hotels

    Moxy Seoul Insadong is a hotel in Jongno, in front of Exit 4 of Jongno 3-ga Station, close to the alleys of In…

  16. Yeollin Songhyeon Square

    ★ 4.5(3,350) attractions

    Yeollin Songhyeon Green Plaza is a large green space in the city center, located between Gyeongbokgung and Jon…

  17. Dynamic Maze Insadong Branch

    ★ 4.8(1,879) activities

    Dynamic Maze Insadong is an activity venue in Insadong, Seoul, where children and adults move through themed e…

  18. Changdeokgung Secret Garden

    ★ 4.7(2,040) attractions

    Changdeokgung Huwon is a traditional garden inside Changdeokgung in Seoul, toured along forest paths behind th…

  19. SotNaeEum Jongno Insadong

    ★ 4.8(1,724) restaurants

    Solnaeeum Jongno Insadong is a Korean restaurant on the second floor overlooking the Insadong street. It serve…

  20. Aon

    ★ 4.9(1,433) cafes

    Jaiso Anguk is a dessert shop near Bukchon and Anguk Station that sells fruit glutinous rice mochi and rice ca…

  21. Backstreet Pizza

    ★ 4.8(1,572) restaurants

    Backstreet Pizza is a basement pizza shop in Ikseon-dong, near Exit 5 of Jongno 3-ga Station, serving American…

  22. 서울특별시교육청 정독도서관

    ★ 4.7(1,782) attractions

    Jeongdok Library is a public library run by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, located on Bukchon-ro …

  23. The Sool Gallery

    ★ 4.7(1,761) attractions

    The Sool Gallery is a museum in Jongno, Seoul, where traditional Korean liquor is displayed, tasted, and sold.…

  24. Roh Moo-Hyun Civic Center

    ★ 4.8(1,452) places

    Saram Saneun Sesang Roh Moo-hyun Citizen Center is a space for exhibitions and civic activity honoring Preside…

  25. Studio Bukchon

    ★ 5.0(1,056) places

    Studio Bukchon is a photo studio in Bukchon, Seoul, where a photographer takes family, couple, and profile por…

  26. 853

    ★ 4.6(1,852) restaurants

    853 Palosam is a Korean barbecue restaurant in Insadong that grills pork. Staff cook the pork collar for you a…

  27. Running Man Experience Center Insadong

    ★ 4.6(1,844) attractions

    Running Man Experience Center Insadong is an indoor facility in Insadong, Seoul, where visitors play games and…

  28. Nine Tree by Parnas Seoul Insadong

    ★ 4.4(2,498) hotels

    Nine Tree by Parnas Seoul Insadong is a hotel with rooms in Insadong, located in the Annyeong Insadong buildin…

  29. ibis Ambassador Seoul Insadong

    ★ 4.1(4,425) hotels

    Ibisa Aembaeseodeo Seoul Insadong is a city-center hotel near Ikseon-dong and Anguk, about a seven-minute walk…

  30. Blue Bottle Samcheong Cafe

    ★ 4.0(5,350) cafes

    Blue Bottle Samcheong Cafe is a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Seoul, that sells coffee and matcha latte. Americano a…

  31. Osulloc Tea House Bukchon

    ★ 4.8(1,246) cafes

    Osulloc Tea House Bukchon is a tea shop connected directly to the garden of the Seolhwasu house in Bukchon. It…

  32. Perment Bakeshop Anguk

    ★ 4.9(1,052) cafes

    Permant Anguk is a bakery cafe in Anguk, Seoul, selling kouign-amann and a range of breads. It serves fig crea…

  33. Jangsu Sky Beef

    ★ 4.8(1,200) restaurants

    Jangsu Haneulso Insadong is a Korean barbecue restaurant in Insadong, Seoul, serving Hanwoo beef. Staff grill …

  34. Insa Dodam

    ★ 4.6(1,627) restaurants

    Insadodam is a Korean restaurant in Insadong that serves Korean anju with makgeolli in a building styled like …

  35. Ikseon-dong Restaurant Maison de Paris

    ★ 4.5(1,772) restaurants

    Parigwaok is a restaurant serving French dishes in a hanok on the inner side of the main alley in Ikseon-dong,…

  36. Kukje Gallery

    ★ 4.4(2,073) attractions

    Kukje Gallery is in Sogyeok-dong, Seoul, near Gyeongbokgung and Samcheong-dong-gil, and shows work by Korean a…

  37. Hwangsaengga Kalguksu

    ★ 4.2(2,963) restaurants

    Hwangsaengga Kalguksu is a noodle shop in Bukchon, Seoul, serving kalguksu, kongguksu and bossam. The kalguksu…

  38. Jungdon

    ★ 4.4(2,044) restaurants

    Jeongdon Daehakro Main Branch in Seoul serves hire and loin tonkatsu, where the tender meat is coated in a cri…

  39. Oreno Ramen Insa

    ★ 4.7(1,236) restaurants

    Oreno Ramen Insa is a Japanese ramen restaurant in Insadong, Seoul, serving ramen made with chicken broth. It …

  40. Insadong Spa & Sauna

    ★ 4.8(1,047) activities

    Insadong Han Jeungmak is a sauna in Insadong, Seoul, offering bathing and jjimjilbang facilities. Visitors can…

  41. Samcheongdong Sujebi

    ★ 4.0(4,228) restaurants

    Samcheongdong Sujebi is a Korean restaurant in Bukchon, Samcheong-dong, Seoul, serving sujebi (hand-torn dough…

  42. Heavy Steak Anguk Station

    ★ 4.9(888) restaurants

    Heavy Steak Anguk Station is a steak restaurant with a sign visible from the Anguk Station intersection. It se…

  43. Lucyd

    ★ 4.7(1,144) restaurants

    Lucid is a brunch restaurant in Seoul that serves eggs benedict and avocado toast. The eggs benedict comes wit…

  44. Cafe Knotted Anguk

    ★ 4.4(1,832) cafes

    Notted Anguk is a hanok donut shop between Anguk Station and Insadong in Seoul. It sells classic vanilla, milk…

  45. Yusoba Anguk Station Branch

    ★ 4.9(835) restaurants

    Yusoba Anguk Station is a soba restaurant near Anguk Station and Bukchon in Seoul that serves cold and warm so…

  46. Insadong Maneul Bossam

    ★ 4.5(1,525) restaurants

    Insadong Maneul Bossam is a bossam restaurant in the Insadong alleys near Anguk Station in Seoul. It serves te…

  47. Osulloc Tea House MMCA Branch

    ★ 4.6(1,284) cafes

    Osulloc Tea House MMCA is a cafe next to the National Museum of Modern Art in Bukchon, Samcheong-dong, Seoul. …

  48. Baeknyeon Tojong Samgyetang

    ★ 4.0(3,727) restaurants

    Baengnyeon Tojong Samgyetang is a samgyetang restaurant in Jongno-gu, Seoul, an eight-minute walk from Anguk S…

  49. Osegye Hyang

    ★ 4.3(2,088) restaurants

    Osegyehyang is an all-vegan restaurant in a back alley behind Ssamzigil in Insadong, Seoul. Its gangdoenjang b…

  50. Gobongdang Hyehwa Daehakro

    ★ 4.9(800) restaurants

    Gobongdang Hyehwa Daehangno Branch in Hyehwa, Seoul serves spicy cheese-bomb deunggalbi jjim. The deunggalbi c…

  51. Jack Jack Anguk Branch

    ★ 4.9(800) restaurants

    Jackjack Anguk is an American-style handmade burger restaurant located directly in front of Exit 1 of Anguk St…

  52. MiDoin

    ★ 4.8(919) restaurants

    Midoin Daehak-ro is a Japanese-style steak restaurant in Daehak-ro, Seoul, serving steak rice bowls, cube stea…

  53. Mil Toast Ikseon

    ★ 3.9(4,420) cafes

    Mil Toast Ikseon is a cafe in the Hanok Village of Ikseon-dong, Seoul, that serves steamed toast. Its menu inc…

  54. Bukchon Traditional Culture Center

    ★ 4.4(1,695) places

    Bukchon Cultural Center is a cultural center in Seoul where visitors experience a hanok and learn about the hi…

  55. Cheongsudang Bakery

    ★ 4.4(1,676) cafes

    Cheongsudang Bakery is a cafe in the alleys of the Hanok Village in Ikseon-dong, Seoul, serving desserts and d…

  56. Somerset Palace Seoul

    ★ 4.3(1,967) hotels

    Somerset Palace Seoul is a residence-style hotel in Jongno, a three-minute walk from Anguk Station and close t…

  57. Onjisim Ikseondong

    ★ 4.8(882) cafes

    Onjisim is a dessert cafe in Ikseon-dong, Seoul, selling brunch menus such as bagels and sandwiches along with…

  58. Chimps burger

    ★ 4.9(755) restaurants

    Chims Burger Anguk is a fast-food restaurant serving American-style handmade burgers, located a three-minute w…

  59. Poongi

    ★ 5.0(656) bars

    Punggi POONGI is a bar serving craft beer and wine in the Seosunra-gil alley between Ikseon-dong and Jongno 3-…

  60. National Children's Science Center

    ★ 4.3(1,894) attractions

    The National Children's Science Museum is a hands-on science museum for children, a 15-minute walk from Exit 4…

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