1.2Km 2025-01-06
16-2, Bukchon-ro 9-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
010-3749-9550
Dahmsojung, meaning ‘a house full of laughs’, is a hanok guesthouse that provides sincere services and comfortable relaxation. Located in the middle of Seoul’s city center, this hanok hotel-class guesthouse was built using traditional hanok construction materials including the 200-years-old Korean land pine from Gyeongju, and clay for rooms. The owner originally bought the land to build the residential area for the family, but wishing to promote the charms of the hanok building to foreigners, it was opened as a guesthouse in October 2012. This hanok guesthouse with modern elements is decorated with refined interior items. It provides a special breakfast that consists of steamed rice wrapped in a lotus leaf and tasty side dishes without any artificial seasonings. All the vegetables used for the meals are organic and cultivated by the owner. It also uses refined objects including high quality tableware, bedding (cotton bedclothes with colored stripes), authentic ceramics, lacquered painting by an artisan, and artistic living items. It carries out a cleaning and disinfection process every day as well. In particular, Hinoki cypress with a subtle scent was used for the bathroom. The home bar was installed especially for foreign guests who find it difficult to sit on the floor in the kitchen. These detailed consideration and decorations have attracted many guests including foreign diplomats, VIPs, and so on.
It also operates a hands-on programs including ‘calligraphy’ and ‘making a fan’ that are held on the main floored room and are popular among foreign guests. Dahmsojung offers guests sophisticated services and comfortable facilities with a clean and traditional atmosphere that attracts many domestic and foreign guests.
1.2Km 2021-03-19
32, Mugyo-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-777-3680
This is a Japanese cuisine located in Cheonggyecheon Stream, Seoul. This restaurant is one of Mugyo-dong's best kept secrets. The best menu at this restaurant is codfish stew.
1.2Km 2020-04-30
7, Insadong 9-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-735-4431
The only knife specialty museum in Korea, this Insa-dong gallery is home to over 6,000 knives from all over the world. They include traditional Korean and Japanese knives, Chinese knives, decorative knives, knives by famous artists, and knives shown in movies. There are a variety of knives for both daily and decorative uses. Customers who order custom knives may observe the entire manufacturing process.
1.2Km 2021-03-24
41, Bukchon-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-747-5535
This is the place featured on the Michelin Guide. This Korean dishes restaurant is located in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The representative menu is ginseng chicken soup.
1.2Km 2024-03-18
3 Insadong 12-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-737-0575
Insa-dong Geujip is a hanok-style Korean restaurant located in a narrow alley in Insa-dong. Their signature dish, bulgogi yachaemari (bulgogi and vegetable roll), allows you to choose between stir-fried pork bulgogi, beef bulgogi, or chicken bulgogi. Visitors can enjoy the tangy and sweet flavor of the radish wrap filled with bulgogi and julienned vegetables, accompanied by side dishes and soybean paste stew. They also offer bulgogi nakji jeongol (bulgogi and octopus hot pot), cheolpan sogalbijjim (stir-fried marinated galbi on hot iron plate), and dolsot bibimbap (hot stone pot bibimbap) along with hahu yukhoe bibimbap (Korean beef tartare bibimbap).
1.2Km 2024-10-11
Jeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul
+82-2-3701-1603
Jeongdong Culture Festival brings an autumn ambience to Jeongdong-gil in Jung-gu, Seoul. The festival aims to promote the attractions within the area through various events and exhibitions.
1.2Km 2021-03-26
102-2, Samcheong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-723-8250
It is a café that serves delicious waffles. This cafe is located in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The representative menu is waffle.
1.2Km 2025-05-20
42 , Bukchon-ro 11da-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-507-1373-2457
Hwa-un is a friendly hanok stay in Samcheong-dong, Jongno, Seoul, which is rented out as a single house. The house is high on a hill, giving superb views of Bugaksan Mountain, Inwangsan Mountain, Cheongwadae (Blue House), and Samcheong-dong Road.
There’s a beam projector for watching movies, and a jacuzzi for relieving fatigue.
1.2Km 2025-06-18
38-13 Ujeongguk-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
+82-2-733-6526
Imun Seolnongtang has been serving its hearty seolleongtang for over a hundred years since it first opened in 1907. Even its name has a long history: the word imun comes from Imun-gol, the now-obsolete name of the restaurant’s location, and seolnongtang, an old variation of the word seolleongtang. During the Japanese colonial rule, the restaurant’s regular customers included Gijeong Son, the marathon gold-medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The meal served at this restaurante is reputed to stay consistent from the Japanese colonial period.