Gwanghwamun Square Travel Guide (2,334)

1. 1.Gyeongbokgung Palace

   ★ 4.6(46,921)
   palaces attractions
   

   Gyeongbokgung is the primary palace of the Joseon dynasty and a historical tourist site representing Seoul. Vi…

2. 2.Kyobo Book Centre Gwanghwamun

   ★ 4.6(29,009)
   bookstores shopping
   

   Kyobo Book Centre Gwanghwamun is a large bookstore next to Gwanghwamun Square at Gwanghwamun Station, combinin…

3. 3.Deoksugung Palace

   ★ 4.6(20,378)
   historic-sites attractions
   

   Deoksugung sits across from Seoul City Hall and is a cultural landmark where late Joseon palace buildings stan…

4. 4.Mutan Gwanghwamun Branch

   ★ 4.9(7,918)
   chinese restaurants
   

   Mutan Gwanghwamun is a Chinese restaurant in Gwanghwamun that serves truffle jajangmyeon and yuringi. Steak tr…

5. 5.Cheonggyecheon

   ★ 4.6(11,090)
   attractions
   

   Cheonggyecheon is a 10.84 km stream that runs through central Seoul. It starts at Baegundong Valley in Cheongu…

6. 6.National Palace Museum of Korea

   ★ 4.6(7,374)
   museums attractions
   

   The National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul displays artifacts and records from the Joseon royal family and t…

7. 7.Ssada Gimbap – Euljiro Entrance (Myeongdong Area)

   ★ 4.9(4,042)
   korean restaurants
   

   Ssada Gimbap – Euljiro Entrance is a Korean restaurant in Myeongdong that serves gimbap, tteokbokki and jeyuk …

8. 8.View Lotte Department Store Main Branch

   ★ 4.2(13,490)
   department-stores shopping
   

   View Lotte Department Store Main Branch is a department store in Myeongdong where shoppers can eat as well as …

9. 9.Cheonggye Plaza

   ★ 4.4(8,507)
   attractions
   

   Cheonggye Plaza sits at the start of Cheonggyecheon in Seoul and is a large square in the city center. Water f…

10. 10.Kokkiri Sushi

    ★ 5.0(2,845)
    sushi restaurants
    

    Kkoekkiri Sushi is a sushi restaurant on the basement first floor of the KT Gwanghwamun Building, connected to…

11. 11.Hanboknam 韓服男

    ★ 4.7(4,588)
    places
    

    Hanboknam Gyeongbokgung is a hanbok rental shop near Gyeongbokgung in Seoul. It carries many themed hanbok and…

12. 12.Tosokchon Samgyetang

    ★ 4.2(12,026)
    restaurants
    

    Tosokchon Samgyetang in Seoul is a restaurant that specializes in samgyetang. The chicken is filled with ginse…

13. 13.Gwanghwamun Gate

    ★ 4.7(4,062)
    historic-sites attractions
    

    Gwanghwamun is the south gate and main gate of Gyeongbokgung, the palace where kings of the Joseon dynasty ent…

14. 14.Seoul Museum of History

    ★ 4.5(5,381)
    museums attractions
    

    The Seoul Museum of History covers the city from the Joseon period to the present and sits next to Gyeonghuigu…

15. 15.I Love Seoul Tour

    ★ 5.0(2,255)
    places
    

    I Love Seoul Tour is a travel agency in Seoul that runs tours to Imjingak and the DMZ. The route links an obse…

16. 16.Wooara restaurant

    ★ 5.0(2,228)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Uara Gwanghwamun, a beef restaurant near Gwanghwamun Station in Seoul, serves hanwoo omakase and Korean course…

17. 17.National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

    ★ 4.6(4,246)
    art-museums attractions
    

    The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul is a contemporary art museum near Anguk Station that…

18. 18.Gowoo Ga Gwanghwamun

    ★ 4.9(2,333)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Gowoo Ga Gwanghwamun is a private-room hanwoo omakase restaurant in the basement of the SFC Mall in Gwanghwamu…

19. 19.Suksseong Susan Jongno Main Branch

    ★ 5.0(1,858)
    seafood restaurants
    

    Suksseng Susan Jongno Main Branch is a restaurant in Jongno near Jonggak Station that serves aged hoe and seaf…

20. 20.THE PLAZA Seoul, Autograph Collection

    ★ 4.4(5,025)
    hotels
    

    THE PLAZA Seoul, Autograph Collection stands across from Seoul City Hall Plaza, which puts Myeongdong, Euljiro…

21. 21.MidoGalbi

    ★ 4.7(2,903)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Mido Galbi is a Korean barbecue restaurant near Jonggak Station and Cheonggyecheon in Seoul that grills wagyu …

22. 22.WangBiJip (Jongno branch)

    ★ 4.7(2,863)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Wangbijip Jongno is a Korean grilled-meat restaurant in Jongno that cooks pork ribs, samgyeopsal (pork belly),…

23. 23.hanokhanbok

    ★ 4.9(2,025)
    places
    

    Gyeongbokgung Hanbok Rental - Hanokjip Hanbok is a hanbok rental shop in Bukchon, Seoul. It carries a large se…

24. 24.National Museum of Korean Contemporary History

    ★ 4.5(3,969)
    museums attractions
    

    The National Museum of Korean Contemporary History sits across from Gwanghwamun and Gyeongbokgung in Jongno-gu…

25. 25.Mugyo-dong Bugeo-guk

    ★ 4.5(3,949)
    gukbap restaurants
    

    Mugyodong Bugeokukjip is a restaurant in Seoul that serves a single menu item: bugeohaejangguk, a dried pollac…

26. 26.Cheonghwa Beef Dao Xiao Mian

    ★ 4.8(2,228)
    chinese restaurants
    

    Cheonghwa Uyuk Dosakmyeon is a Chinese restaurant near Gwanghwamun and Jonggak Station in Seoul that serves Ta…

27. 27.Hongojib

    ★ 4.9(1,867)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Hongo Jip Myeongdong Direct Branch is a single-person grill restaurant on the route from Myeongdong toward Eul…

28. 28.LEEDORIM Coffee & Bakery Gyeongbokgung Cafe

    ★ 4.9(1,851)
    cafes
    

    Idorim is a cafe near Gyeongbokgung in Seochon's Tongin-dong, on the main Jahamun-ro, selling vegan and non-ve…

29. 29.Daily Fix Euljiro

    ★ 4.9(1,483)
    burgers restaurants
    

    Daily Fix Euljiro is a burger restaurant near Euljiro 1-ga Station that serves handmade burgers made with 100%…

30. 30.Tanbaek

    ★ 4.9(1,478)
    korean restaurants
    

    Tanbaek is a Korean restaurant between City Hall Station and the Deoksugung stone-wall road, serving gom kalgu…

31. 31.Gogikkun Kimchunbae Jongno

    ★ 4.8(1,680)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Gogikkun Kim Chunbae Jongno Direct Branch is a grill house on the fifth floor near Jonggak Station that cooks …

32. 32.National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung

    ★ 4.6(2,311)
    art-museums attractions
    

    The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Deoksugung is located in the west wing of Seokjojeon insid…

33. 33.Made in Chicago Pizza

    ★ 4.7(1,957)
    pizza restaurants
    

    Made in Chicago Pizza Deoksugun serves Chicago-style pizza, pasta, and salads directly in front of Deoksugun. …

34. 34.Aon

    ★ 4.9(1,433)
    dessert cafes
    

    Jaiso Anguk is a dessert shop near Bukchon and Anguk Station that sells fruit glutinous rice mochi and rice ca…

35. 35.SotNaeEum Jongno Insadong

    ★ 4.8(1,657)
    korean restaurants
    

    Solnaeeum Jongno Insadong is a Korean restaurant on the second floor overlooking the Insadong street. It serve…

36. 36.Unhyeongung Palace

    ★ 4.4(3,201)
    historic-sites attractions
    

    Unhyeongung in Anguk-dong, Seoul is a historic site where visitors can walk through the house where Heungseon …

37. 37.Seoul Museum of Art

    ★ 4.6(2,192)
    art-museums attractions
    

    Seoul Museum of Art is a public art museum located between City Hall Station and Deoksugung. It shows the exhi…

38. 38.Legendary Ribs Galbi (Seoul City Hall)

    ★ 4.9(1,355)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Legend Udaegalbi Seoul City Hall is a room-style Korean barbecue restaurant near Seoul City Hall that serves u…

39. 39.Le Mangeoire Gwanghwamun Branch

    ★ 4.9(1,313)
    cafes
    

    Remangdore Gwanghwamun is a three-floor cafe in Mugyo-dong near City Hall that serves coffee and baked goods. …

40. 40.Wangbijib City Hall

    ★ 4.7(1,746)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Wangbijib City Hall Mookyo Branch is a Korean barbecue restaurant near City Hall Station that grills pork galb…

41. 41.Yukeupgang

    ★ 4.9(1,282)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Yukjupdang Gwanghwamun is a meat restaurant in Jongno-gu that grills aged pork, a two-minute walk from Gwanghw…

42. 42.Ilpum Gwanghwamun Branch

    ★ 5.0(1,103)
    japanese restaurants
    

    Ilpum Gwanghwamun is a Japanese restaurant near Gwanghwamun Station that serves kaisendon and unagidon. The pr…

43. 43.Seoul Plaza

    ★ 4.3(3,464)
    parks attractions
    

    Seoul Plaza is a grass square in front of Seoul City Hall, next to City Hall Station, where people walk and re…

44. 44.Urban Garden

    ★ 4.2(4,200)
    italian restaurants
    

    Jeongwon Restaurant Urban Garden is an Italian restaurant with flowers and plants near Jeongdong-gil and Seoda…

45. 45.Musinsa Standard

    ★ 4.9(1,233)
    shopping
    

    Musinsa Standard Myeongdong is a clothing store near Myeongdong and Euljiro 1-ga Station on Line 2. It carries…

46. 46.Studio Bukchon

    ★ 5.0(1,056)
    places
    

    Studio Bukchon is a photo studio in Bukchon, Seoul, where a photographer takes family, couple, and profile por…

47. 47.CheongKing Mama

    ★ 4.9(1,206)
    chinese restaurants
    

    Chungkingmama is a restaurant serving Hong Kong cuisine on Jonggak Station's Youth Street in Jongno-gu, Seoul.…

48. 48.853

    ★ 4.6(1,852)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    853 Palosam is a Korean barbecue restaurant in Insadong that grills pork. Staff cook the pork collar for you a…

49. 49.Yangtanjib

    ★ 4.9(1,162)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Yangtanjip is a meat restaurant at the entrance of the Sejong Village food culture street in Seochon, near Gye…

50. 50.Mongvely 2nd Branch

    ★ 4.9(1,134)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Muhan Refill Monbli 2nd Branch is a Korean barbecue restaurant in Myeongdong that serves beef and pork as all-…

51. 51.Goldjjimdak

    ★ 4.8(1,308)
    korean restaurants
    

    Ilmiri Geumgye Jjimdak Myeongdong serves jjimdak and cheese jjimdak in Myeongdong. The Gureum Cheese Jjimdak c…

52. 52.Myeongdong Korean BBQ All You Can Eat Pig Company

    ★ 4.7(1,522)
    yakiniku restaurants
    

    Pig Company Myeongdong Korean BBQ All-You-Can-Eat is a Korean barbecue restaurant in Myeongdong, Seoul, where …

53. 53.Nine Tree by Parnas Seoul Insadong

    ★ 4.4(2,498)
    hotels
    

    Nine Tree by Parnas Seoul Insadong is a hotel with rooms in Insadong, located in the Annyeong Insadong buildin…

54. 54.Aria

    ★ 4.5(2,060)
    buffet restaurants
    

    Aria is a buffet restaurant at the Chosun Hotel in Seoul, serving breakfast and dinner. Its dishes include Fre…

55. 55.Blue Bottle Samcheong Cafe

    ★ 4.0(5,350)
    coffee cafes
    

    Blue Bottle Samcheong Cafe is a cafe in Samcheong-dong, Seoul, that sells coffee and matcha latte. Americano a…

56. 56.Mijin Sutbul Makchang

    ★ 4.9(1,096)
    yakiniku restaurants
    

    Mijin Sutbul Makchang grills pork makchang and jeolchang gui over charcoal near Gwanghwamun and Kyobo Book Cen…

57. 57.Zan Zan Jonggak

    ★ 4.9(1,068)
    izakaya bars
    

    Jjanjan Jonggak is an izakaya near Jonggak Station in Seoul that serves skewers, sashimi, and hot pot. The men…

58. 58.Chimney pub

    ★ 4.2(3,351)
    beer bars
    

    Chimney pub is a cafe and Irish pub next to the Gyeongbokgung stone wall path in Jongno-gu, Seoul, selling chi…

59. 59.Jangsu Sky Beef

    ★ 4.8(1,200)
    korean-bbq restaurants
    

    Jangsu Haneulso Insadong is a Korean barbecue restaurant in Insadong, Seoul, serving Hanwoo beef. Staff grill …

60. 60.Insa Dodam

    ★ 4.6(1,627)
    vegan restaurants
    

    Insadodam is a Korean restaurant in Insadong that serves Korean anju with makgeolli in a building styled like …

Gwanghwamun Square Area sits in the center of Seoul, near Gyeongbokgung Palace, Deoksugung Palace, and Cheonggyecheon. This list covers 1348 restaurants, 435 cafes, and 185 bars, along with Gwanghwamun Gate, Kyobo Book Centre Gwanghwamun, and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul. The area also includes Gwanghwamun Square and Cheonggye Plaza.