Gwanghwamun Station Travel Guide

Seoul Gwanghwamun Station: places to visit 518 places, ranked by rating and review count.

Gwanghwamun Station is a subway station in central Seoul, near the historic Gwanghwamun Gate and the main palace district. This list covers 513 restaurants, 108 cafes, and 49 attractions in the area, including Gwanghwamun Square, Cheonggyecheon, and Gwanghwamun Gate. The Gwanghwamun and Cheonggyecheon areas also hold Kyobo Book Centre Gwanghwamun and the National Palace Museum of Korea.

Kyobo Book Centre Gwanghwamun

★ 4.6(28,869) shopping

Kyobo Book Centre Gwanghwamun is a large bookstore next to Gwanghwamun Square at Gwanghwamun Station, combinin…
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…
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…
Mutan Gwanghwamun Branch

★ 4.9(7,918) restaurants

Mutan Gwanghwamun is a Chinese restaurant in Gwanghwamun that serves truffle jajangmyeon and yuringi. Steak tr…
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…
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…
Kokkiri Sushi

★ 5.0(2,845) restaurants

Kkoekkiri Sushi is a sushi restaurant on the basement first floor of the KT Gwanghwamun Building, connected to…
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…
I Love Seoul Tour

★ 5.0(2,255) places

I Love Seoul Tour is a travel agency in Seoul that runs tours to Imjingak and the DMZ. The route links an obse…
Wooara restaurant

★ 5.0(2,228) restaurants

Uara Gwanghwamun, a beef restaurant near Gwanghwamun Station in Seoul, serves hanwoo omakase and Korean course…
Gowoo Ga Gwanghwamun

★ 4.9(2,333) restaurants

Gowoo Ga Gwanghwamun is a private-room hanwoo omakase restaurant in the basement of the SFC Mall in Gwanghwamu…
Mugyo-dong Bugeo-guk

★ 4.5(3,971) restaurants

Mugyodong Bugeokukjip is a restaurant in Seoul that serves a single menu item: bugeohaejangguk, a dried pollac…
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…
Cheonghwa Beef Dao Xiao Mian

★ 4.8(2,228) restaurants

Cheonghwa Uyuk Dosakmyeon is a Chinese restaurant near Gwanghwamun and Jonggak Station in Seoul that serves Ta…
Legendary Ribs Galbi (Seoul City Hall)

★ 4.9(1,567) restaurants

Legend Udaegalbi Seoul City Hall is a room-style Korean barbecue restaurant near Seoul City Hall that serves u…
Ichigyu Gwanghwamun Branch

★ 5.0(1,305) restaurants

Ichigyu Gwanghwamun serves Japanese-style gyukatsu and steak. It sits on the basement first floor of Le Meille…
Le Mangeoire Gwanghwamun Branch

★ 4.9(1,313) cafes

Remangdore Gwanghwamun is a three-floor cafe in Mugyo-dong near City Hall that serves coffee and baked goods. …
Wangbijib City Hall

★ 4.7(1,746) restaurants

Wangbijib City Hall Mookyo Branch is a Korean barbecue restaurant near City Hall Station that grills pork galb…
Yukeupgang

★ 4.9(1,282) restaurants

Yukjupdang Gwanghwamun is a meat restaurant in Jongno-gu that grills aged pork, a two-minute walk from Gwanghw…
Ilpum Gwanghwamun Branch

★ 5.0(1,103) restaurants

Ilpum Gwanghwamun is a Japanese restaurant near Gwanghwamun Station that serves kaisendon and unagidon. The pr…
Mijin Sutbul Makchang

★ 4.9(1,098) restaurants

Mijin Sutbul Makchang grills pork makchang and jeolchang gui over charcoal near Gwanghwamun and Kyobo Book Cen…
The Market Kitchen

★ 4.3(2,732) restaurants

The Market Kitchen is a hotel buffet at Four Seasons Hotel Seoul that serves king crab and various seafood. Ki…
Mijin

★ 4.1(3,563) restaurants

Gwanghwamun Mijin is a soba restaurant in the Pimatgol alley near Gwanghwamun Station in Cheongjin-dong, Jongn…
Modern Shabu House

★ 4.6(1,352) restaurants

Modern Shabu House Gwanghwamun D-Tower Branch is a restaurant on the fifth floor of Gwanghwamun D-Tower in Jon…
D-Lifestyle Kitchen

★ 4.5(1,582) restaurants

D-LifestyleKitchen Gwanghwamun Branch is a restaurant on basement level 1 of Gwanghwamun SFC Mall in Seoul. It…
Downtowner Gwanghwamun

★ 4.9(857) restaurants

Downtowner Gwanghwamun is a handmade burger restaurant on the first basement floor of SFC Mall near Gwanghwamu…
Modowoo Gwanghwamun

★ 4.4(1,791) restaurants

Modowoo Gwanghwamun is a private-room restaurant in Gwanghwamun that serves Hanwoo courses. Its signature Hanw…
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…
Heavy Steak Jongno-gu office

★ 4.8(880) restaurants

Heavy Steak Jongno-gu Office Branch serves beef, chicken, and hambak steak, and sits between Jonggak Station a…
Choryuhyang

★ 4.4(1,589) restaurants

Choryuhyang is a Chinese restaurant near Euljiro that serves mapo tofu, pparimeori bokkeum, and dongpaeyuk. Th…
Ogawa

★ 4.4(1,482) restaurants

Ogawa is a sushi-ya in Seoul that serves sushi omakase behind Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Gwanghw…
Lil Burger Gwanghwamun Branch

★ 5.0(597) restaurants

Reel Burger Gwanghwamun is a handmade burger restaurant located in the office district between Gwanghwamun and…
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 …
Sambong Dodam

★ 4.9(659) restaurants

Sambong Dodam is a Korean restaurant near Anguk Station in Jongno-gu, Seoul, serving hanwoo sagol dak kalguksu…
KOREANA HOTEL

★ 4.0(2,866) hotels

Koreana Hotel sits in central Seoul directly in front of Gwanghwamun Square and Cheonggyecheon. The hotel offe…
Terarosa Coffee

★ 4.3(1,637) cafes

Terarosa Gwanghwamun is a cafe near Gwanghwamun and Insadong, across from the Yonhap News building in Suseong-…
Gwanghwamun Gukbap

★ 4.2(1,826) restaurants

Gwanghwamun Gukbap is a Korean restaurant specializing in dwaeji gukbap, located inside the Jeongdong paid par…
Bobo Sikdang Gwanghwamun

★ 4.9(617) restaurants

Bobo Sikdang Gwanghwamun is a modern Chinese restaurant in Gwanghwamun that serves butter tangsuyuk, dongpa yu…
Bas Burger, Gwanghwamun Branch

★ 4.4(1,237) restaurants

Bas Burger Gwanghwamun is a handmade burger shop on the basement floor next to Kyobo Book Centre in Gwanghwamu…
Niuroumianguan Gwanghwamun Branch

★ 4.6(868) restaurants

Jinjung Uyuk Myeongwan Gwanghwamun is a noodle shop in Gwanghwamun that serves beef noodles. The signature uyu…
Cinecube Gwanghwamun

★ 4.4(1,174) places

Cinecube Gwanghwamun is a cinema in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, that screens films selected for their artistic merit. …
Gwanghwamun Ttukgam

★ 4.3(1,356) restaurants

Gwanghwamun Ttukgam is a Korean restaurant in Jongno-gu, Seoul, a four-minute walk from Gwanghwamun Station Ex…
Gwanghwamun Seokgalbi D Tower

★ 4.6(832) restaurants

Gwanghwamun Seokgalbi D-Tower is a modern Korean restaurant on the third floor of D-Tower in Gwanghwamun, Seou…
Jokbal Yasijang & Mucheong Gamjatang

★ 4.8(616) restaurants

Jokbal Yasi Jang & Mucheong Gamjatang Gwanghwamun serves jokbal, bossam and gamjatang near Gwanghwamun Station…
GRAN SEOUL

★ 4.2(1,487) restaurants

Grand Seoul is a large office building located between Jonggak Station and Gwanghwamun Station. Grand Hand, Sh…
Hwamok Sundae Guk Gwanghwamun 1st Branch

★ 4.2(1,463) restaurants

Hwamok Sundaeguk Gwanghwamun 1st Branch is a sundae guk restaurant two minutes on foot from Gwanghwamun Statio…
FourB, Gwanghwamun

★ 4.5(888) cafes

Poby Gwanghwamun is a cafe on the first floor of the building next to Kyobo Book Centre in Gwanghwamun, Seoul.…
Knotted Donut Jongno HiKR

★ 4.6(747) cafes

Knotted Donut Jongno HiKR is a cafe on the fifth floor of the Korea Tourism Organization building on Cheonggye…
Bocalino

★ 4.2(1,380) restaurants

Bocalino is an Italian restaurant on the second floor of the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, serving pasta, pizza, a…
Sushi Sora Gwanghwamun Branch

★ 4.7(627) restaurants

Sushi Sora Gwanghwamun is a Japanese restaurant in Gwanghwamun that serves sushi. The chef explains the menu i…
Brooklyn The Burger Joint Gwanghwamun D Tower

★ 4.3(1,115) restaurants

Brooklyn The Burger Joint Gwanghwamun D-Tower Branch sells handmade burgers on the first floor of D-Tower near…
Ilpum Jinjin Sura Gwanghwamun Branch

★ 4.3(1,088) restaurants

Ilpum Jinjin Sura Gwanghwamun is a Korean set-menu restaurant in Cheongjin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, serving cou…
Buminok

★ 4.1(1,526) restaurants

Buminok is an old Korean restaurant near Seoul City Hall that serves traditional yukgaejang and yanggomtang. T…
Seoul City Hall

★ 4.4(889) attractions

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

★ 4.1(1,422) restaurants

Deokhu Seonsaeng Gwanghwamun D-Tower is a Chinese restaurant on the fourth floor of Gwanghwamun D-Tower in Seo…
Saenghwal Beer Gwanghwamun Branch

★ 4.8(486) bars

Saenghwal Maekju Gwanghwamun is a bar in Sajik-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, serving draft beer, craft beer and chic…
Abikko

★ 4.8(484) restaurants

Abikko is a Japanese-style curry restaurant a three-minute walk from Jonggak Station, next to Youngpoong Books…
Hoony Dony

★ 4.5(728) restaurants

Hunidoni is a donkatsu restaurant on the basement first floor of the Le Meilleur Building in Gwanghwamun, Seou…
Charles H.

★ 4.6(604) bars

Charles H. is a speakeasy cocktail bar in the basement of the Four Seasons Hotel, recreating the Prohibition e…
Butcher's Cut

★ 4.3(945) restaurants

Butcher's Cut Gwanghwamun is an American restaurant in the SFC Building in Gwanghwamun that serves American-st…