Apgujeong Rodeo Street

압구정 로데오거리

A street that became a fashion address in the early 1990s and now carries a broader youth culture. Restaurants and cafés are mixed in among the clothing shops, so it is not only a place to shop.

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The bronze sculpture at the entrance to Apgujeong Rodeo Street, its plinth lettered "Apgujeong Rodeo", with the street sign and tree-lined road behind it

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Korean name: 압구정 로데오거리
Admission: No entry fee — you pay each vendor

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Seoul Forest

The park is open 24 hours and never closes, but almost everything worth timing inside it does — the ecological forest, both conservatories and the floor fountain all keep separate hours, and the two indoor ones shut on Mondays. Tents, sun shelters and awnings are banned outright, which is the rule most picnic plans get wrong.

The standing Maitreya at Bongeunsa with the Gangnam high-rises and the temple's tiled roofs behind it

Bongeunsa Temple

The temple publishes no opening hours and no admission fee anywhere on its own site. What it does publish hours for is the bakery, the noodle canteen, the Buddhist-goods shop and the florist — which is a fair description of how the grounds are actually used.

A grass-covered royal tomb mound at Seonjeongneung against a backdrop of high-rises

Seonjeongneung Royal Tombs

It sells monthly and lunchtime passes, which tells you what it mostly is: a working park that office workers and neighbours walk through, which happens to contain two royal tombs. Under-25s get in free, so for most young travellers the ticket price is irrelevant.

Colorful lettered sign over the entrance to COEX Aquarium

SEA LIFE COEX Aquarium

Nobody should pay the gate price. The operator's own site sells the same adult ticket at a standing discount and drops it further on selected dates, so the number to plan around is the online one, booked before you arrive.

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Six Seoul Shopping Districts Compared: Myeongdong, Hongdae, Garosu-gil, Apgujeong, The Hyundai and Shinsegae
Myeongdong, Hongdae, Garosu-gil, Apgujeong Rodeo Street, The Hyundai Seoul and Shinsegae Main Store compared on who each suits, what it mainly sells, what there is besides shopping, how to pair them and which station to use. Four are open-air streets and two are indoor department stores, so on a wet day or in high summer the list narrows to two.

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