[Seoul] Gyeongbokgung 경복궁

Gyeongbokgung 경복궁

Add: Sejongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Tel: (02) 732-1931
Hours: 9am-6pm (Nov-Feb 9am-5pm, May-Aug 9am-7pm), closed on Tuesdays
Price: 3000 won
Visited: May 2011

Literally “Palace of Shining Happiness”, Gyeongbokgung is a royal palace located in northern Seoul. First constructed in 1394 and reconstructed in 1867, this was the main and largest palace of the Five Grand Palaces built by the Joseon Dynasty.

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[Seoul] Tosokchon Ginseng Chicken Soup 토속촌삼계탕

Tosokchon Ginseng Chicken Soup 토속촌삼계탕 Add: 85-1 Chebu-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea Tel: (02) 737-7444 Hours: 10am-10pm Price: 14,000W~20,000W Visited: May 2011 On a particularly chilly Spring day in Seoul, we bundled up and headed over to Tosokchon, a wildly popular samgyetang specialty restaurant close to Gyeongbokgung (경복궁/景福宮). As we tracked across the city in the…Continue Reading “[Seoul] Tosokchon Ginseng Chicken Soup 토속촌삼계탕”