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Myeong-dong Tourist Information Center (명동관광정보센터)

Myeong-dong Tourist Information Center (명동관광정보센터)

5.8Km    2023-01-03

66, Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-778-0333

Myeong-dong Tourist Information Center provides information on traveling, shopping, attractions, and more in Seoul. Service is provided in Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese. The center also offers experience programs like using Hangeul stamps.

Korean National Police Heritage Museum (경찰박물관)

Korean National Police Heritage Museum (경찰박물관)

5.8Km    2021-12-21

41, Saemunan-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3150-3681

The police museum opened on October 14, 2005 to give a better understanding of the job of the police and to offer a formal education to children who wish to become police officers in the future. The history hall of the museum is designed for visitors to learn about the history of Korean police at a glance, exhibiting information on the police force from the Joseon dynasty up until current times.

Visitors to the museum can pretend to be police officers by touching actual equipment and learning about an officer's daily tasks. Visitors can also get in patrol cars, wear a police uniform, experience shooting a gun through a simulation, and learn self-defense martial arts and arrest techniques. Visitors can also go to the museum jail.

Ming Pharmacy [Tax Refund Shop] (밍약국)

Ming Pharmacy [Tax Refund Shop] (밍약국)

5.8Km    2024-06-26

78, Garosu-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

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Åland - Garosugil Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (에이랜드 가소수길점)

Åland - Garosugil Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (에이랜드 가소수길점)

5.8Km    2024-06-27

78, Nonhyeon-ro 175-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

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Aēsop - Garosu Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (이솝 가로수)

5.8Km    2024-04-18

1F, 54, Garosu-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

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Dongil Lacoste - Garosu Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (동일 라코스테 가로수)

Dongil Lacoste - Garosu Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (동일 라코스테 가로수)

5.8Km    2024-04-17

50, Garosu-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

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Libuk Sonmandu (리북손만두)

Libuk Sonmandu (리북손만두)

5.8Km    2019-08-28

17-13, Mugyo-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-776-7361

Libuk Sonmandu restaurant is located deep in the alleys behind Seoul City Hall in the Mugyo-dong area. It is famous for kimchimari bap and sonmandu (handmade dumplings). Kimchimaribap is rice in a soup of kimchi and ice cubes with various added flavorings that originated in North Korea. This is a refreshing dish for summer. Other items on the menu are bindaetteok (mung bean pancake) and mandu jeongol (dumpling hot pot).

Great Shanghai (대상해)

Great Shanghai (대상해)

5.8Km    2020-02-07

135, Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2171-7869

Great Shanghai is a Chinese restaurant serving deliciously genuine Sichuan and Beijing-style cuisine, located within the Koreana Hotel. Their specialty is shark's fin, directly imported from Sanji, and prepared by the head chef who has over 30 years of experience. Aside from shark's fin, the healthy buldojang, mapadubu and ddanddanmyeon are also top menus. Great Shanghai is decorated with high-quality interior design, and features rooms of various sizes for groups and business dinners.

Exabra (엑사브라)

Exabra (엑사브라)

5.8Km    2024-05-16

132, Dosan-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
+82-2-6085-9017

Exabras are handmade under garments specialized for functional bridal wear. Exbaras’ product “Grow Night,” an industry first, is a line of sleeping bras to help the reshaping process for breast implant patients.

The store located in Nonhyeon-dong provides consultations, fitting services, as well as refreshments. Reservation is advised since the store has been drawing lots of visitors after featured in the cable TV show “Get it Beauty.”

Koreana Hotel (코리아나 호텔)

Koreana Hotel (코리아나 호텔)

5.8Km    2021-06-21

135, Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-2171-7000

Koreana Hotel has been one of the top notch traveler's picks for more than 30 years, having the business motto 'comfort for our customers.'

The hotel is located at the Gwanghwamun fourway intersection, at the heart of Seoul, and provides 345 guest rooms. Amongst its dining facilities, the hotel boasts a Korean restaurant, Chinese restaurant, Japanese restaurant, and a Western restaurant, as well as a bar, coffee shops, and bakery. Eight banquet halls and a sauna are also available.

The hotel has operated as the main press center restaurant for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and subsequently operated as the Olympic Village Restaurant for the Special Olympics. As a result of their successful operations, the hotel received lavish praise from the organizers, as well as from the players and staff for the high quality food and spectacular service.