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Standing at the top of Mt. Namsan in the heart
of Seoul, Seoul Tower isa 240-meter tall tower completed in 1975, providing the
city's highest viewpoint. Often regarded as Asia's most beautiful tower, the
tower is visited by thousands of people every day and night. This is also where
people can get the most exciting night view of Seoul, the dramatic light shows
made by skyscrapers, inner city highways and the long bridges of Hangang River.
Location :1-3 San Yongsan 2(i)-ga, Yongsan-gu,
Seoul
Information :82-2-775-6222
Opening Hours :09:00 -
24:30 (or 22:00 in winter)
Admission Fee :3,000 won (or 10,000 won
including the use of cable car)
Transportation :
Myeong-dong
Station of Line 4 is the nearest subway station.
Then one may choose to walk
up or use a cable car departing from Sungi Womens' High School.
(Call
82-2-753-2403 for more details) |
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• Bilingual Dowumi (Travel Helper)
Interpreting
service (English, Japanese, and Chinese)
Tour guide of Seoul Tower and other
attractions in Seoul
Provision of leaflets, brochures, and maps in foreign
languages Call 02-772-1621, 1660 for more information)
More Information for
Foreign Tourists (Tel.)02-772-1621, 1660 |
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• Information for Group Tourists
Free tour guide
service for group tourists before actual visiting
Guiding service for group
tourists
Parking: Operation of a special team to help parking for foreign
tourists
Reservation service
For More Information Phone :772-1622, 1623,
or 775-6222 (Day), and 772-1660 or 1663
(Evening) Fax :756-2486 |
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• How to get there
By car or tour bus :
National Theatre at Jangchung-dong > Seoul Tower
Intracity Bus :
Namsan Municipal Library > 15 mins' walking > Seoul Tower
Subway
: Exit 3 of Myeoung-dong Stn., Line 4 > 5 mins' walk along a path behind
Pacific Hotel > cable car > Seoul Tower
Seoul City Tour Bus (08:00
through 24:00 everyday)
Gwanghwamun > Deoksugung Palace > Seoul
Railroad Stn. > War Memorial Museum > Itaewon > Myeong-dong >
Namsangol > Ambassador Hotel > National Theatre > Seoul Tower
Call
02-777-6090 for more information of Seoul City Tour Bus
http://www.visitseoul.net
(Korean/English/Japanese/Chinese) |
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| • Dining at Tower Restaurant looking over the stunning
view of Seoul! |
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Restaurant
The Tower restaurant provides a great view of
the city. It's not a magnificent restaurant, but it rotates every 37 minutes.
When visiting Seoul for the first time, it is good idea to have a dinner at this
restaurant and enjoy the view.
Location :5th floor of Seoul
Tower
Business Hours :10:00 - 22:30 (or 21:00 in
winter)
Information :82-2-772-1577 |
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| • Pour La Coree |
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Restaurant
Just before the Namsan cable car platform and near the
Seoul Institute of the Arts, there is small cafe where actors and students from
the school visit regularly. Pour La Coree is French for "For Korea" and it is
built using windowpanes so that you can watch the activity from both the outside
and inside. After having a coffee, take a walk through the Namsan promenade and
appreciate the Seoul city view.
Location :Between the Seoul Institute
of the Arts and Namsan cable car Platform Business Hours :9:00 - 23:00
Information :82-2-756-9167 |
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| 63 Building |
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• Enjoy the fabuluous night view of Seoul from the
observation deck of Yuksam buidling,
the highest buidling in Korea with 63
stories |
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Yuksam (63) Building The building's express elevators will
take you from basement to its top floor within just 30 seconds. A soaring office
block 264 meters above sea level, Yuksam Building provides a breathtaking view
of Seoul with Hangang River from its observation deck on the top floor. You will
see streaming lines of lights as cars coming and going between skyscrapers in
downtown Seoul.
Location :60 Yeouido-dong, Yeoungdeungpo-gu,
Seoul
Information :82-2-789-5663
Business Hours :10:00-
20:00
Transportation :
Daebang Stn. of Line 1, Yeouido Stn. and
Yeouinaru Stn. of Line 5 are the nearest stations (plus ten minutes by bus from
Daebang or on foot from the Line 5 stations) |
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| • Best Night View of Seoul's Heart ! |
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Yuksam (63) Building The building's express elevators will
take you from basement to its top floor within just 30 seconds. A soaring office
block 264 meters above sea level, Yuksam Building provides a breathtaking view
of Seoul with Hangang River from its observation deck on the top floor. You will
see streaming lines of lights as cars coming and going between skyscrapers in
downtown Seoul.
Location :60 Yeouido-dong, Yeoungdeungpo-gu,
Seoul
Information :82-2-789-5663
Business Hours :10:00-
20:00
Transportation :
Daebang Stn. of Line 1, Yeouido Stn. and
Yeouinaru Stn. of Line 5 are the nearest stations (plus ten minutes by bus from
Daebang or on foot from the Line 5 stations) |
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| • A Happiest Toast over a Stunning Nightview ! |
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Yuksam (63) Sky Bar The building's express elevators will
take you from basement to its top floor within just 30 seconds. A soaring office
block 264 meters above sea level, Yuksam Building provides a breathtaking view
of Seoul with Hangang River from its observation deck on the top floor. You will
see streaming lines of lights as cars coming and going between skyscrapers in
downtown Seoul.
Location :60 Yeouido-dong, Yeoungdeungpo-gu,
Seoul
Information :82-2-789-5663
Business Hours :10:00-
20:00
Transportation :
Daebang Stn. of Line 1, Yeouido Stn. and
Yeouinaru Stn. of Line 5 are the nearest stations (plus ten minutes by bus from
Daebang or on foot from the Line 5 stations) |
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| • Delicious Chinese Cuisine Looking over Majestic Hangang
River ! |
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Paengnihyang (Chinese Restaurant)
Paengnihyang (or
Bailixiang in Chinese) is a Chinese restaurant specialized in traditional
Guangdong and Sichuan style cuisine. While the foods of the restaurant are
widely acclaimed as one of the bests in the area, what makes Baengnihyang more
famous is the wonderful scenic view the guest can enjoy during and after a
meal.
Location :57th Floor of Yuksam (63) Building, Yeouido-dong,
Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
Information :82-2-789-5741
Business Hours
:11:30-15:00 / 17:00-22:00
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| Excursion Ship |
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| • Eantastic Night View of Seoul from an Excurision Boat. |
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It was 15 years ago that Seoul began the
service of commercial excursion boats on Hangang River, the major waterway of
the Korean capital flowing from east to west. Now, six excursion boats and ten
speed boats sail along the river linking four different wharfs. Operated many
times day and night, these excursion boats have become more popular along both
Korean and overseas tourists who want to see the wonderful night view
surrounding the river. The visitors can find star-struck lovers, nighttime
joggers, idle youngster and contented anglers on the spacious river banks
brightly lit by orange lamps with huge bridges, riverside highways and
skyscrapers, also brightly lit, of office blocks and apartments at the back. The
boats often provide exciting live concerts.
One attraction is the
heart-shaped garden on the lower deck of The Second Olympic, also called as the
"Boat of Love" from the garden. In the evening, the garden is spotlighted
creating an atmosphere that many think very romantic. It is also a place where
you can often encounter a young Seoulite with a bouquet confesses his love
openly to a girl.
Business Hours :
March - May, and
September - November :11:00 - 21:00
June - August :11:00 -
22:30
December - February :11:00 - 22:40
(A one-way journey takes
about an hour)
Courses :
One-way trip :Yeouido > Ddukseom
> Jamsil / Jamsil > Ddukseom > Yeouido
Round-trip
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Yeouido > Hangang Daegyo Bridge > Yanghwa Daegyo Bridgea Yeouido
/ Yanghwa Daegyo Bridge > Yeouido > Hangang Daegyo Bridge > Yanghwa
Daegyo Bridge / Jamsil Daegyo Bridge > Ddukseom > Hannam Daegyo Bridge
> Jamsil / Ddukseom > Jamsil > Hannam Daegyo Bridge >
Ddukseom
Information :82-2-785-4411
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Yeouido - Nodeul Naru (Ferry) / Jinseong Naru (Ferry
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One of the most loved vantage points around Hangang River is the
Yeouido wharf, located between Wonhyo Daegyo Bridge and Mapo Daegyo Bridge with
Yuksam (63) Building at one side. The place also provides a delightful rest area
where visitors can enjoy relaxing music over a variety of wine imported from
across the world. Listening haunting music over a glass of good wine in a place
surrounded by wonderful riverside scenery will remain a very special experience
for most visitors.
Business Hours :
Nodeul Naru Ferry :
12:00 - 24:00
Jinseong Naru Ferry : 12:00 - 02:00
Transportation
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5 minute walk from Gate 3 of Yeouinaru Station, Seoul Subway Line
5)
Information :82-2-785-4411-3
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| • Riverside Breeze that Sweeps Away All Cares of
Life |
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Yanghwa - Yanghwa Naru Ferry
The Yanghwa wharf is located between
the Seongsan Daegyo and Yanghwa Daegyo Bridges, and is a great place to
appreciate the beautiful scenery of Yeouido and Bamseom ("Chestnut Island").
Always fresh and cool with winds from the West Sea, the place is particularly
loved during summertime. The service building for excursion boats have two nice
restaurants, Arisu (Korean style) on the first floor and Spring Street (Western
style) on the second floor.
Business Hours :12:00 -
24:00
Transportation :
20 minutes' walk from Dangsan Station of
Seoul Subway Line 2
Information :82-2-675-3535
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| • Seoul's Most Beautiful Sunset ! |
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Jamsil - Nue Naru Ferry / Jinju Naru Ferry
The Jamsil wharf is
located on the eastern part of Hangang River next to the Olympic Sports Complex.
The water here is cleaner than any other part of the river within Seoul, mostly
because it is nearer to the river's upper stream. The section between Dongho
Daegyo to Seongsu Daegyo Bridges is also famous for the view of sunset over Mt.
Namsan, which many regard as Seoul's best sunset.
Business Hours
:12:00 - 24:00
Transportation :
15 minutes' walk from the
entrance of the Hangang Riverside Park, Shinchon Station of Line
2
Information :82-2-416-8611-3 |
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| • The Sunset, the River and the Jungle of
Skyscrapers. |
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Ddukseom - Dokdo Naru Ferry Located between the Yeoungdong Daegyo and
Cheongdam Daegyo bridges, the ferry station building of Ddukseom Wharf is
lavishly decorated outside and inside like a palace floating on the river. The
lighthouse observatory decorated with the yin-yang symbol is a main attraction
providing a wonderful scenic view of Hangang River surrounded by skyscrapers of
downtown Seoul. A cocktail bar on the buildings 3rd floor is loved by those who
watch the sunset that turns the whole river into red. The place is also very
popular among water skiers in the capital.
Business Hours :11:00 -
02:00
Transportation :
A 15 minutes' walk from the entrance of
Hangang Riverside Park, Konkuk University Station of Subway Line
2.
Information :82-2-468-7101 |
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