The Seoul City Guides answer the questions every first-timer asks: which soup and noodle houses locals queue for, how to see the palaces while they are quiet, where to warm up on a freezing afternoon and how a Seoul night moves from tent bar to karaoke room to a late bowl of soup. Each guide is a short, opinionated list with the reason to go, what to order or look for and one practical tip per place, and it opens in your browser the moment you pay.
About the Seoul City Guides
- 159 places
- 6 guides
- 13 languages
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Seoul guides
Food guide
27 places
Market pancakes and street-food lanes, steaming soups, knife-cut noodles and dumplings, real naengmyeon, honest barbecue and the cafés worth queuing for.
Things to do guide
28 places
Palaces and hanbok, the best free museums for cold days, views, hills and the border, and neighbourhoods with ice rinks and lantern-lit lanes.
Family guide
27 places
Aquariums and science museums, indoor play for cold days, parks, snow and zoos you reach by subway, and food children will happily eat, nothing too spicy.
Nightlife guide
26 places
Heated street tents and makgeolli, award-listed cocktail bars and rooftops, craft beer, live jazz and clubs, then karaoke rooms and late soup to end the night.
Day trips guide
23 places
The DMZ, Suwon’s fortress, Nami Island under snow, Incheon’s Chinatown and mountain hikes, with the subway, ITX and bus routes spelled out.
Budget guide
28 places
Free museums, palaces for almost nothing, free entry when you wear hanbok, hikes and city views that cost nothing and filling meals for very little.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Hadongkwan
Myeongdong 9-gil
Seoul’s oldest gomtang house, serving since 1939 and still cooking just one thing: a clear beef broth simmered for hours, poured over rice, sliced brisket and noodles. Gentle, clean and exactly right on a cold day. From the food guide.
Changgyeonggung Palace
Changgyeonggung-ro, Jongno
The calmer neighbour of Changdeokgung, with a token entry fee and the Daeonshil, a white glasshouse from 1909 that stays warm all winter. It also opens in the evening. From the things to do guide.
Suwon Hwaseong Fortress
Suwon, about 50 minutes by subway line 1
A UNESCO-listed 18th-century wall running 5.7 km over a hillside, with gates and watchtowers along the way. The two-hour loop is free, and winter brings empty paths and snow on the gates. From the day trips guide.
Plan your days in Seoul
Day one: start with the palaces from the things to do guide, Changgyeonggung in the morning and Deoksugung lit up at dusk, eat hand-torn noodle soup in Samcheong-dong and spend the evening on makgeolli and pancakes from the nightlife guide. Day two: ride the subway to Suwon for the fortress walk and fried chicken, or head to Incheon’s Chinatown with the day trips guide, then catch sunset over the old city wall at Naksan Park. For a cold, wet or slow day, the family and budget guides send you to the free National Museum of Korea, the War Memorial, a jjimjilbang bathhouse and a bowl of hot soup.
Questions about the Seoul guides
What do the Seoul City Guides include?
Six guides with 159 places altogether: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. For each place you get the reason to go, the area, notes on opening times and a practical tip.
Where do I find the guides after I pay?
The links show up on your order page as soon as payment goes through, and again in your confirmation email. They open in any browser on a phone or laptop, with no app and no account.
Can I use the guides offline in Seoul?
Yes. Open each guide once while you are online and it keeps working without a connection, ticks and notes included. Map links need mobile data.
Which languages are the guides in?
The guides open in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. You can switch the language inside the guide at any time.
Can I buy a single guide?
Yes. One guide costs €4.99, two cost €8.99, four cost €15.99 and all six cost €19.99.
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