Hi traveller,
Are you planning to visit Seoul soon?
If you wonder how palaces in Korean look like, I recommend you to visit Gyeongbuk gung. Although Joseon has five palaces in Seoul, but the main one is Gyeongbuk gung.
What makes it special? It is the main palace and place where many historical things happened.
How to get there?
You can reach Gyeongbuk palace by bus (171 etc) and subway (Gyeongbuk station or anguk station). The nearest subway near Gyeongbuk is Gyeongbuk station (Line no 5, purple). And it is actually close to other palaces.
I have been there for three times. If you wonder if there is still king or queen who lives there, there is no one. Unfortunately after King Sojong (the last emperor under japan-korea annexation) Korean became republic (but it is a long story to explain here).
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| mostly the palaces in Korea are located near mountain. What makes gyeongbuk beautiful? We can see imwang mount in a frame together with palace. |
3000won for adult but if you wear hanbok, it is FREE
Where can i rent hanbok?
It is a lot of rent house near palace. Usually they will rent based on how many hours you will spend. Start from one hour to one day.
I rent for two hours in costed 15000won. You can also have the bag and the headband accecories. As a comparison, in Jeonju korean village, one hour is 10000won. Since Seoul it is a metropolitan city, so that price is considerably adorable.
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bring a tripod if you want to take a good angle. Btw, this one we used one of monument there hehe :) why i recommend a tripod than asking for a help?causee they didnt do it properly hmm anywy thanks hahah |
Is there any festival or event?
I recommend you to go on weekend. Cause usually they have more events. When i visited this palace, I saw Korean traditional (gugak) music performance. But outside , near gwanghwamun (which is soo close to gyeongbuk) has market every weekend and last time they had a child festival too.
How about WIFI?
They provide Seoul public wifi, but unfortunately I could not connect.
Other information?
Last year, gyeongbuk also was opened at night for public. But need to reservation first. Gyeongbuk palace only open until 6 PM.
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| those wood pillars is not the old one, gyeongbuk palace was destroyed two times by Japanese. |
