Gwanghwamun Square Attractions

Seoul near Gwanghwamun Square: attractions 53 places, ranked by rating and review count.

  1. Deoksugung Palace

    ★ 4.6(151,900) attractions

    Deoksugung sits across from Seoul City Hall and is a cultural landmark where late Joseon palace buildings stan…

  2. Gyeongbokgung Palace

    ★ 4.6(46,893) attractions

    Gyeongbokgung is the primary palace of the Joseon dynasty and a historical tourist site representing Seoul. Vi…

  3. Gwanghwamun Gate

    ★ 4.7(15,132) attractions

    Gwanghwamun is the south gate and main gate of Gyeongbokgung, the palace where kings of the Joseon dynasty ent…

  4. Cheonggye Plaza

    ★ 4.4(25,659) attractions

    Cheonggye Plaza sits at the start of Cheonggyecheon in Seoul and is a large square in the city center. Water f…

  5. Cheonggyecheon

    ★ 4.6(11,094) attractions

    Cheonggyecheon is a 10.84 km stream that runs through central Seoul. It starts at Baegundong Valley in Cheongu…

  6. 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…

  7. 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 …

  8. National Palace Museum of Korea

    ★ 4.6(7,388) attractions

    The National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul displays artifacts and records from the Joseon royal family and t…

  9. Seoul Plaza

    ★ 4.3(9,865) attractions

    Seoul Plaza is a grass square in front of Seoul City Hall, next to City Hall Station, where people walk and re…

  10. Geunjeongjeon

    ★ 4.7(3,941) attractions

    Geunjeongjeon is the main hall of Gyeongbokgung, the primary palace of the Joseon dynasty, in Jongno, Seoul. S…

  11. Seoul Museum of History

    ★ 4.5(5,349) attractions

    The Seoul Museum of History covers the city from the Joseon period to the present and sits next to Gyeonghuigu…

  12. 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…

  13. National Museum of Korean Contemporary History

    ★ 4.5(3,895) attractions

    The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History sits across from Gwanghwamun and Gyeongbokgung in Jongno-gu…

  14. 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…

  15. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung

    ★ 4.6(2,298) attractions

    The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung is located in the west wing of Seokjojeon insid…

  16. Seoul Museum of Art

    ★ 4.6(2,119) attractions

    Seoul Museum of Art is a public art museum located between City Hall Station and Deoksugung. It shows the exhi…

  17. 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…

  18. 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…

  19. Museum Kimchikan

    ★ 4.3(1,722) attractions

    Museum Kimchikan in Seoul is a museum that displays the history of kimchi. Exhibit explanations are provided o…

  20. HiKR GROUND

    ★ 4.6(1,049) attractions

    Haiker Ground is a five-floor exhibition space in Seoul where visitors experience K-culture, located in front …

  21. Kyungin Museum of Fine Art

    ★ 4.4(1,127) attractions

    Gyeongin Museum of Art is a hanok-style art museum in the Insadong Ssamzigil alley, where exhibitions and trad…

  22. Deoksugung Doldamgil (Stone-wall Road)

    ★ 4.6(674) attractions

    The roughly 900-meter stone wall path around Deoksugung runs through central Seoul as a historic walking route…

  23. Seoul City Hall

    ★ 4.4(889) attractions

    Seoul City Hall is the administrative building for the Seoul metropolitan government, located near City Hall S…

  24. Seoul Plaza Skating Park

    ★ 4.4(767) attractions

    Seoul Plaza Ice Rink is an outdoor ice rink on Seoul Plaza in front of Seoul City Hall, close to City Hall Sta…

  25. Jeongdong Theater

    ★ 4.4(748) attractions

    National Jeongdong Theater is a performing arts venue near City Hall Station in Seoul. It stages traditional a…

  26. Seokjojeon (Korean Empire History Museum)

    ★ 4.7(485) attractions

    Seokjojeon is a Western-style stone palace inside Deoksugung in Jung-gu, Seoul, operated as the Korean Empire …

  27. Gongpyeong Historic Sites Museum

    ★ 4.5(564) attractions

    The Gongpyeong Dosi Yujeok Jeonsigwan is in Gongpyeong-dong behind Jonggak Station in Seoul. It preserves and …

  28. Jungmyeongjeon Hall of Deoksugung Palace

    ★ 4.6(471) attractions

    Deoksugung Jungmyeongjeon is a historic building in Seoul that served as an imperial library and as a residenc…

  29. Insa Central Museum

    ★ 4.4(620) attractions

    Insadong Central Museum is an art museum inside the Annyeong Insadong building in Gwanhun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seo…

  30. Seochon Hanok Village

    ★ 4.3(539) attractions

    Seochon Hanok Village is a alley-style tourist spot in Seoul where a few traditional hanok houses are mixed wi…

  31. Seoul Library

    ★ 4.5(399) attractions

    Seoul Library is a public library converted from the old Seoul City Hall building, located at the Seoul City H…

  32. Korea Territorial Development Museum

    ★ 4.3(516) attractions

    The National Museum of Land Development is a four-floor exhibition hall on Jeongdong-gil in Deoksugung, coveri…

  33. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Foundation

    ★ 4.6(237) attractions

    The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Foundation in Seoul holds exhibitions of modern art and sel…

  34. City Hall

    ★ 4.3(250) attractions

    City Hall is a subway station in central Seoul where Line 1 and Line 2 meet. Both lines serve the station, and…

  35. Lee Sang's House

    ★ 4.1(318) attractions

    Isang's House is a literary memorial space on the way to Inwangsan in Seochon, occupying part of the site wher…

  36. Euljiro 1(il)-ga

    ★ 4.2(227) attractions

    Euljiro 1-ga Station on Line 2 sits in central Seoul, close to Myeongdong and the Lotte Department Store main …

  37. Art Sonje Center

    ★ 4.2(219) attractions

    Art Sonje Center in Samcheong-dong is a museum that holds contemporary art exhibitions focused on installation…

  38. KT Gwanghwamun Building West

    ★ 4.1(230) attractions

    KT Gwanghwamun Building WEST is an information and communications building across from Gwanghwamun Station and…

  39. Jonggak

    ★ 4.1(217) attractions

    Jonggak is a Seoul Subway Line 1 station connected to a building and an underground shopping arcade. Around th…

  40. Anguk

    ★ 4.2(144) attractions

    Anguk is a subway station in Anguk-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. It is on Line 3, and Exit 6 leads to Insadong. The …

  41. Cecil Theater

    ★ 4.3(107) attractions

    Gungnip Jeongdong Theater Secil is a small theater in Seoul that stages plays, located near City Hall Station …

  42. Shinhan Bank Museum (Korea Museum of Financial History)

    ★ 4.2(90) attractions

    The Hanguk Geumnyungsa Bangmulgwan in Seoul displays Korean financial history and old currency, and it sits cl…

  43. Ujeongchongguk (Former Central Post Office)

    ★ 4.3(49) attractions

    Ujeongchongguk is next to Jogyesa near Jonggak Station in Seoul. Established in 1884 as Joseon’s first modern …

  44. Cecil Maru

    ★ 4.4(32) attractions

    Secil Maru is a public rest area and observation deck built on the rooftop of the Cecil Theater in Seoul. It l…

  45. Seoul Bit Chorang Festival

    ★ 4.6(17) attractions

    Seoul Bit Choreng Festival is a year-end light festival held along Cheonggyecheon. It lights up during the Chr…

  46. KT Onmaru

    ★ 4.6(14) attractions

    KT Onmaru in Seoul is an interactive exhibition hall and trade center covering the history of Korean telecommu…

  47. Seoul Museum of Craft Art Children's Museum

    ★ 4.9(9) attractions

    Seoul Museum of Craft Art Children's Museum is a children's museum in Seoul where kids take part in craft acti…

  48. Gwanghwamun Chaekmadang

    ★ 4.9(8) attractions

    Gwanghwamun Chaekmadang is a library located in Gwanghwamun Plaza and on the first floor of Sejong Lounge, nea…

  49. Jeongdong-gil (Deoksugung Stone Wall Road)

    ★ 4.7(9) attractions

    Jeongdong-gil is a stone-wall road near Deoksugung in Seoul. Walking along the wall, you can see the inside of…

  50. Gungisi Relics Exhibition Hall

    ★ 4.0(5) attractions

    Gungisi Yujeok Jeonsisil is an exhibition room inside Seoul City Hall near Seoul City Hall Station that displa…

  51. My Friend Seoul Seoul Gallery

    ★ 4.0(1) attractions

    Nae Chingu Seoul Seoul Gallery is an art center at City Hall Station and in the basement of Seoul City Hall, w…

  52. Dondeokjeon Hall

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    Dondeokjeon is a two-story Western-style building behind Seokjojeon in Deoksugung, built as a diplomatic space…

  53. Mi & Gallery

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    Mi&Gallery is in Seochon, Seoul. The gallery has wood-tone floors and white walls, and exhibitions are held on…

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