梨泰院从以前开始便是美军或外国游客喜欢拜访的首尔名所。梨泰院以印度咖喱，希腊索瓦兰吉，正宗美国食物等各种外国餐厅而闻名。梨泰院是首尔的胡同小巷中最具多文化特色的魅力旅游线路。

如果没在南山的首尔塔上俯瞰整个首尔全景，那首尔之旅是不完整的。

63大厦(官方名称为63广场)是为纪念1988年汉城奥运会而建立的首尔代表性建筑，是位于汝矣岛的高层建筑。从1985年竣工以来至2003年一直是韩国最高的建筑。63大厦为63层，其中3层位于地下，建筑高度达250米。

仁寺洞是最适合在首尔拍照的地方。鳞次栉比的餐厅、商店、画廊等汇集于此，洋溢着韩国传统文化的味道。从手工制茶到韩国的传统艺术品，乃至老古董，无所不展现着韩国固有的特色，吸引着来自全世界的外国游客。

作为首尔地标的首尔市新政府大楼于2012年全面建成开放。这一建筑位于改为图书馆的原政府大楼的后侧。

This house is where Sangheo (pen name) Lee Tae-Jun, a novelist who defected to North Korea, lived and wrote his works from 1933, when he built the house, to 1946. As a founding member of the Guinhoe (the Circle of Nine), a literary club formed in 1933 by nine writers who pursued belles-lettres rather than...   Read more

Jeoldusan Mountain is located near the Hangang River in Hapjeong-dong, where the Gangbyeonbukno meets Subway Line 2. Also referred to as Jamdubong (literally meaning “silkworm head” in English), as it is said to look like a silkworm raising its head high, Jeoldusan used be a famous place in the east of Yanghwajin, a port on...   Read more

Some 80 years ago on the Anam-dong Campus of the present-day Korea University, a western-style school building, designed and financed by Koreans, was established. In 1932, Kim Seong-Su, also known by his childhood name “Inchon,” took over Bosung College, visited universities around the world, and dreamed of establishing a college in Korea. He brought his...   Read more

In 2012, Seoul City restored part of the Seoul Fortress Wall and the Namsan Mountain ridge as part of the Namsan Renaissance Project. Korea’s first Children’s Center stands at the end of the mountain ridge that connects the site of a playground to Baekbeom Square, still preserving its old glory. In 1970, when it was...   Read more

With Japan’s cultural control in the 1920s, restrictions on the press were eased and modern libraries emerged in Korea. The Gyeongseong Prefecture Library (the former Namsan Public Library), Korea’s first public library, was established amid such social circumstances. A result of Japanese colonial reform policy, the Namsan Public Library was a haven for Korean people...   Read more

Nestled at the foot of Namsan Mountain on Jangchungdan-ro, Jung-gu, the National Theater of Korea, built in the 1970s, is the first cultural space built solely with Korean technology, at a time when Korea’s economic development was at its peak. Asia’s first national theater opened on April 29, 1950; however, the Korean War broke out...   Read more

Baehwa Girls’ High School is nestled at the slanted foot of Inwangsan Mountain in Pilun-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul. It was the site of the house of Lee Hang-Bok, a civil official who served in the early Joseon period (1392-1910), and was commonly referred to as Pilundae and frequented by academics. To this day, Baehwa Girls’ High...   Read more