N Seoul Tower
N서울타워
Time the visit around sunset if you want both daylight and night views, and plan the ascent separately from the observatory ticket.
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Place information
- Korean name
- N서울타워
- Address
- 105 Namsangongwon-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04340
- Opening hours
- Mon~Fri 10:00–22:30 (last entry 22:00) Sat·Sun·holidays 10:00–23:00 (last entry 22:30)
- Hours notes
- Open every day of the year, including Lunar New Year and Chuseok. The Seoul Tower Plaza shop closes at 22:00 daily.
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Admission
- ₩29,000
Prices
| N Seoul Tower · Adult | ₩29,000 |
|---|---|
| N Seoul Tower · Child(ages 3-12) | ₩23,000 |
| N Seoul Tower · Senior(65 and over) | ₩23,000Same as the child fare. |
| N Seoul Tower · Infant(under 36 months) | FreeOne per accompanying adult. |
| Namsan Cable Car · Adult · Round trip(ages 13 and over) | ₩15,000On-site payment only. |
| Namsan Cable Car · Child · Round trip(36 months to 12 years) | ₩11,500 |
| Namsan Cable Car · Adult · One way(ages 13 and over) | ₩12,000 |
| Namsan Cable Car · Child · One way(36 months to 12 years) | ₩9,000 |
| Namsan Cable Car · Group · Round trip(adults, groups of 30 or more) | ₩13,500 |
| Namsan Cable Car · Group · One way(adults, groups of 30 or more) | ₩11,000 |
| Child group · Namsan Cable Car · Child · Round trip(children, groups of 30 or more) | ₩10,500 |
| Child group · Namsan Cable Car · Child · One way(children, groups of 30 or more) | ₩8,500 |
| Local resident discount · Namsan Cable Car · Round trip | ₩7,500Jung-gu and Yongsan-gu residents, on photo ID showing the address, holder only. |
| Local resident discount · Namsan Cable Car · One way | ₩6,000Jung-gu and Yongsan-gu residents, on photo ID showing the address, holder only. |
Source: N Seoul Tower — observatory fees · · Namsan Cable Car — visitor information (fares, hours, directions, shuttle bus). 🔴 The fares are shipped inside HTML comments in `data-i18n` cells and written into those cells at runtime from `public/locales/ko.json`; that bundle's `usage.fees.prices` carries the ten values this record's cable-car rows hold, one for one. Directions: on foot from Myeongdong Station exit 3, about 7–8 minutes to the cable car boarding building; the Namsan Oreumi inclined lift from exit 4 by way of the monument near the Namsan No. 3 tunnel; by car to 83 Sopa-ro. The free shuttle leaves Myeongdong Station exit 1 every 30 minutes, first at 12:00 and last at 20:30, and the car park is about 10 minutes on foot from that exit. 🔴 The same bundle's `usage.shuttle.desc` calls the same service every 10 minutes, contradicting `usage.shuttle.station`; this record follows the 30-minute reading. ·
Visiting rules
- PetsNot allowed
- Seoul Tourism Organization ·
Nearby
Namsan Park
A whole mountain in the middle of the city, run as one park. Private cars and taxis have been barred from it since 2005, so the way up is a circular bus, the cable car, or the northern ring path on foot.
Namsangol Hanok Village
Five hanok moved onto the northern slope of Namsan beside Chungmuro Station, with a traditional garden laid around them. The houses open Tuesday to Sunday and rest on Mondays; closing time differs by an hour between summer and winter. There is nothing to pay at the gate.
Myeongdong Kyoja
A kalguksu house open since 1966. The menu runs to four dishes and it takes no reservations. The main branch moved to Toegye-ro in 2026 and now stands in front of exit 8 of Myeongdong Station.
Shinsegae Main Store restaurants
The restaurant floor of the Shinsegae Main Store. It opens ninety minutes after the shop below it and closes ninety minutes later.
Frequently asked questions
Can I go up without paying?
Yes. There is a free shuttle bus between Myeongdong Station and the cable car station, a free inclined elevator called Namsan Ormi, and the plaza at the foot of the tower has no admission charge. Only the observatory is ticketed.
Where does the free shuttle bus leave from?
It runs between Myeongdong Station and the Namsan Cable Car car park every 30 minutes, first at 12:00 and last at 20:30 timed from the car park. It is about a 10-minute walk from the car park to Myeongdong Station exit 1.
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Where these facts come from
- N Seoul Tower — hours and last entry ·
- N Seoul Tower — observatory fees ·
- Namsan Cable Car — visitor information (fares, hours, directions, shuttle bus). 🔴 The fares are shipped inside HTML comments in `data-i18n` cells and written into those cells at runtime from `public/locales/ko.json`; that bundle's `usage.fees.prices` carries the ten values this record's cable-car rows hold, one for one. Directions: on foot from Myeongdong Station exit 3, about 7–8 minutes to the cable car boarding building; the Namsan Oreumi inclined lift from exit 4 by way of the monument near the Namsan No. 3 tunnel; by car to 83 Sopa-ro. The free shuttle leaves Myeongdong Station exit 1 every 30 minutes, first at 12:00 and last at 20:30, and the car park is about 10 minutes on foot from that exit. 🔴 The same bundle's `usage.shuttle.desc` calls the same service every 10 minutes, contradicting `usage.shuttle.station`; this record follows the 30-minute reading. ·
- Seoul Tourism Organization ·