One day in Seoul, South Korea

A day through Seoul’s best-known sights that lie close together: Blue House, Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Jongmyo, Cheonggyecheon and Deoksugung. 6 stops, about 4.6 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Blue HousePalace · On the map
  2. GyeongbokgungPalace · 0.8 km on from Blue House · On the map
  3. ChangdeokgungPalace · 1.3 km on from Gyeongbokgung · On the map
  4. JongmyoTemple or shrine · 0.5 km on from Changdeokgung · On the map
  5. CheonggyecheonPark · 1.5 km on from Jongmyo · On the map
  6. DeoksugungPalace · 0.4 km on from Cheonggyecheon · On the map

6 stops, 7.8 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 42 min of walking.

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Photo credits

Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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