South Korea

South Korea travel inspiration. In depth looks at beautiful Korean locations through photographs, essential visiting information, cultural insight, and first hand stories.

Gyeongbokgung

When I am in one of my favorite cities in the world: Seoul, South Korea, one of my first stops has to be its largest historic palace: Gyeongbokgung. This architectural marvel is central to Korea’s rich and resilient history. This post contains product links. If you click a link and make a purchase, I receive […]

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Michuhol-gu

I am a lover of slow travel and generally taking my time to immerse myself in the daily life of a place. One of my favorite countries to explore is South Korea, and its tourist epicenter, Seoul, is one of my favorite cities in the world. However, during my second trip to Korea, as I

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Anyang Art Park

Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is one of the largest cities in the world. It is bustling with excitement, light and color yet, not far from it’s loud city center, pockets of tranquility can be found. I’ve loved exploring the hiking trails and beautiful temples in Seoul, but one day I decided to venture

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Eight Great Korean Dishes

With little need for some profound or perfectly encapsulating introductory sentence, I’ll start off by simply saying: I really love Korean food. It’s a unique and vibrant cuisine that I can always characterize by its heartiness and bold flavors. With ample use of fermentation and pickling, I’ve come to love Korean dishes for their distinct

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Jogyesa Temple

Seoul, South Korea is such a vibrant, exciting city. You can find so much sleek, modern architecture and innovation in South Korea’s capital. Yet it has enclaves of tranquility and traditional Korean culture that give this wonderful place a unique character. If you are visiting Seoul for the first time, don’t forget to make a

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Korea on a Budget

South Korea is a dynamic country of contrasts where tradition and heritage mingles with modernity and innovation. The abundance of luxury delights gives many people the impression that South Korea and Seoul in particular are very expensive. I always say in response: well… Seoul can be expensive if your taste gears towards the expensive themed

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Free Experiences in Seoul

Namsan Tower and its famous love lockets

Seoul, South Korea is a beautiful, exciting city where one can enjoy the intermingling of modern innovation with history and traditional culture. With ample luxury department stores and the pervasive love of beauty treatments and physical perfection; it’s easy to see how glitz, glamour and consumerism gets pushed to the forefront of South Korea’s international

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Heungryunsa Temple

For anyone visiting South Korea for the first time, you may zoom through the country’s famous Incheon airport straight to the popular epicenter of Seoul. However, many don’t know that the city of Incheon has a lot of great things to explore as well! As far as things to do in Incheon, many tourist websites

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Let’s Go to Wolmido!

On one of my trips to South Korea, I opted to stay in Seoul’s slightly more affordable neighboring city of Incheon. On a day that I did not fancy the commute into Seoul, I was curious if there was anything interesting to explore nearby. Sometimes, when I’m just in the mood for spontaneous exploring, I

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