Seoul Korea Travel guide – Enjoy exceptional Seoul weather
Seoul is by far South Korea’s largest city and one of East Asia’s financial and cultural epicenters. A fascinating blend of ancient traditions and cutting-edge digital technology, home to endless street food vendors and vast nightlife districts, an extraordinarily high-pressure educational system and serene Buddhist temples, a trend-setting youth culture and often crushing conformism, extraordinary architecture and endless monotonous rows of grey apartment buildings, Seoul is a city filled with stark contrasts.
Notable attractions include futuristic Dongdaemun Design Plaza, a convention hall with curving architecture and a rooftop park; Gyeongbokgung Palace, which once had more than 7,000 rooms; and Jogyesa Temple, site of ancient locust and pine trees. Seoul is the largest city in South Korea as well as the political and economic capital. The city houses 11.8 million people, and the metropolitan area has 25.6 million, which is just over half of the population of South Korea.
The Han river bisects the city, splitting it into two halves: Gangbuk, the northern, more historical half, and Gangnam, the southern, wealthier and more modern half. The sheer size of the city means that travelers to Seoul will find it difficult to locate a true “center” of Seoul; instead, Seoul is almost more like a collection of cities that happen to be bunched together, each with their own central business and commercial districts. The two largest core areas are Jongno/Jung in the north, and Gangnam in the south. For travelers with more time, there are many more, smaller centers and districts to be explored, such as the island of Yeoui-do and the college district of Hongdae/Sinchon.
Seoul has a temperate climate with 4 distinct seasons that is heavily affected by the east asian monsoon season and Siberia. Winters are cold and dry and warm clothes are definitely recommended. Most of the season’s winds blow from eastern Siberia, leading to colder temperatures than cities in the same latitude such as Niigata and Qingdao in Japan and China respectively.
A lot to see in Seoul such as :
Gyeongbokgung Palace
N Seoul Tower
Myeong-dong
Bukchon Hanok Village
Insa-dong
Changdeokgung
Lotte World
Cheonggyecheon
Namsan
Namdaemun Market
Deoksugung
Dongdaemun Market
Jongmyo Shrine
Starfield Coex Mall
Dongdaemun Design Plaza
Gwanghwamun
Changgyeonggung Palace
Namdaemun
The National Folk Museum of Korea
National Museum of Korea
War Memorial of Korea
Heunginjimun
Gwanghwamun Plaza
Lotte World Tower
Banpo Bridge
Bukhansan
Bongeunsa
63 Building
Seoul Color Park
Jogyesa
Seoul Grand Park
Bukhansan National Park
Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market
Olympic Park
Trickeye Museum Seoul
Seoul Forest
Children’s Grand Park, Seoul
Apgujeong-dong
Namhansanseong
Namsangol Hanok Village
Seoul Land
Gyeonghuigung
Blue House
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art
Inwangsan
Seodaemun Prison History Hall
MMCA Seoul
Ihwa Mural Village
National Palace Museum of Korea
Daehangno
( Seoul – South Korea ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Seoul . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Seoul – South Korea
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