Hello guys, I wish to go Korea end of year. May i know that where is the best places to go in Korea? and where can eat the best food and the nice scene to take photo?? And also here where can get the best and reasonable price ticket?

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Hijacked for 1st page info about Seoul & South Korea in General:

Link to Korea Tourist Website:
http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/index.kto

More info & even learning Korean from:

Korea Plaza
Ground Flr, Menara Hap Seng (Formerly MUI Plaza)
Jalan P Ramlee KL
Tel: 03-20722515
24hr info: Dial 1330
email: klkoreanplaza@gmail.com
Business Hours: 9Am -6PM

Learning Korean/ Hangul: http://language.snu.ac.kr/site/kr/klec/cli...orean/index.jsp or http://korean.sogang.ac.kr/

Getting to Seoul from Airport

http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/ena/GK/GK_EN_2_2_2_3.jsp

More options & Combi AREX/MRT: http://english.arex.or.kr/jsp/eng/index.jsp



Metro maps:

MRT route planning (Very usefull tool. http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/station/eng/linemap.action

English Reference maps of South korea (better than Googlemaps) : http://emap.visitkorea.or.kr/Scripts/EngMap.aspx

Useful Travelogues/tips from this thread:

ycl90: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=34152729

Huiyin_hsu: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=34223631

Fazdrock: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=34333642

zstan Seoul trip: http://zhishan90.blogspot.com/2010/11/seou...to-incheon.html

aeiou228 - Nami island: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=38009685

Korea Tour Agents/Guides mentioned in this thread:

http://www.seoulcitytour.net/English/eng_menu_02_02.html
http://www.tiktourservice.com/tour/?c_id=8
http://english.triptokorea.com/english/viewforum.php?f=441



Locations of famous attractions (Wikimapia images):

Gyeongbokgung - Palace http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5790044&lon=1...=b&search=seoul
Changdeokgung - Palace http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5800247&lon=1...=b&search=seoul
Changgyeonggung - Palace http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5789874&lon=1...=b&search=seoul
Deoksugung - Palace http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5656879&lon=1...04&z=16&l=0&m=b
Gyeonghuigung - Palace http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5709774&lon=1...02&z=16&l=0&m=b
Dongdaemun gate - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.57119&lon=127...=b&search=seoul
Namdaemun Gate - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5600026&lon=1...earch=namdaemun
Insa-Dong art market (Area) http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5738005&lon=1...rch=insa%20dong
Myeong-Dong Shopping area: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5628644&lon=1...99&z=16&l=0&m=b
Cheonggyecheon Stream (Rehabilitated stream) http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5688557&lon=1...=Cheonggyecheon
Rodeo Street & Garak Wholesale market - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.4942689&lon=1...yangin%20market
Naryangin Market: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5150703&lon=1...39&z=14&l=0&m=b
Jongmyo Shrine http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5734264&lon=1...96&z=16&l=0&m=b
King Seongjong royal tomb park http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5089918&lon=1...ch=royal%20tomb
Donggureung Royal Tomb (The largest & 2009 Unesco list) - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.6206222&lon=1...m=b&search=guri
Suwon Hwaseong Fortress (1997 Unseco list) http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.2777067&lon=1...eong%20fortress
Suwon Haenggung palace (Inside Hwaseong Fortress) http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.2594694&lon=1...=folk%20village
Korean Folk Village (Suwon) http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.2594694&lon=1...=folk%20village
Namiseom (Winter Sonata) - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.79154&lon=127...search=namiseom
DMZ -JSA Pamunjom (North Korea) - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.9563801&lon=1...&m=b&search=DMZ
COEX Mall - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.512296&lon=12...m=b&search=coex
Lotte World: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.5110535&lon=1...=b&search=lotte
Everland: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.289822&lon=12...search=everland
Mt Sorak (area only. Not sure where is teh ski resort)- http://wikimapia.org/#lat=38.1615561&lon=1...=b&search=sorak
Yongpyong Ski Resort http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.643937&lon=12...ch=ski%20resort
Muju Ski Resort: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=35.892666&lon=12...ch=ski%20resort
Elysian Ganchon Ski resort (Near Nami Island): http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.8210396&lon=1...75&z=14&l=0&m=b
Jisan Ski Resort (Near to Seoul) - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.2150188&lon=1...forest%20resort
Konjiam Ski Resort (Near to Seoul) http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.3324945&lon=1...m=b&search=muju


Additional readings/blogs about Korea travelogues

http://chrisinsouthkorea.blogspot.com/2010...-seoul-and.html
http://bredainkorea.blogspot.com/2010/07/a...-itinerary.html


Seoul Weather chart


Money Changers Exchange Rate in Korea Vs Malaysia:

http://www.visitseoul.net/en/info/exchange...4007002007&p=07

http://www.wawasanmoneychanger.com.my/exchangeRates.asp

The rate offered by Shinhan Bank is marked to the market compare to the inflated rate in Malaysia as above. However changing at Incheon airport is not really cheap and thus, it is recommended to either change abit of won in M'sia & thereafter decide to withdraw via ATM there (Citibank card no proble. Maybank - Having problem there) or change from US$ to Won at those money changers downtown (nandaemun Myeongdong or Dongdaemun)

Budget Hotels/Hostel:

http://innostel.visitseoul.net/en/

http://www.agoda.com/asia/south_korea/seoul.html

Tips/Warning

- ALL of the restaurants, GST refund & duty free shops @ Incheon airport SATELLITE building close at 9:30pm. However there are 24 hours KFC & MC Donald at Ctr court Arrival Hall (Level 1) Therefore please do not enter the departure hall to early..Go for the last dinner at McD & KFC st - the pricing is exactly like Seoul downturn!
- https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1651834
- Phone rental:

This post has been edited by stimix: Jan 24 2011, 11:00 PM

i went to Korea when i was 11 years old, so don't know the price..sorry

buy the noodle like magi mee like that, but it's call "Xin" (chinese word)
many people buy that until i saw they bought few boxes back to Malaysia ><

Skiing there is fun ^^

end of the year i think some placese will be very very clod, coze last place before we going back to Malaysia, the place was -20 C .... cold until hide inside the toilet for warm air

This post has been edited by John89: Nov 18 2006, 07:26 PM

best to take a tour from here.. unless u want to backpack.. I am going too.. around 17th dec-before christmas. now it would be nice to go skiing at mt sorak, shopping at seoul..

ahhh went there few years back...very nice place. i went there in 1997 if i'm not mistaken. winter...damn nice! XD

the places i went to is like seoul, kyongju, posun and some other place i dun remember. but those places are nice..

Hi juichuan, may I know how much is your package to Korea? I plan to go to travel with my gf on 17th Dec too, might consider to Korea if the package price is affordable.

buy their CDs there if i were you. Korean Songs are great. Watch their MTV there and hunt the Singer you want. Their packaging is better than ours here.

actually its my class trip. I am studying tourism management and for higher diploma student, we can go for one international study tour. Package about RM 2.9k

I need to check with my lecturer if you can join us.

shopping at Seoul cheap?
i mean the this there cheap?

my GF choi ji woo was ther also.

i suppose its Jin Ramen. a type of less-spicy-than usual korean noodles.

its winter in Korea at the end of the year, you might wanna prepare extra clothes.

yaya, i also very widh to go there too oh since watch many many nice korean movie.....love the place n ppl so muchy~

so nice to hear that.. guess only next year can go... >_<

ive been looking forward for this kind of thread.
im planning to go to japan first and go to korea later next year.
any other info for travelling to korea??

if u backpack, language can be a major barrier.. unless in seoul.. outskirt places in korea, nobody speaks english. I guess the condition is slightly better in japan. But still, from my own experience, you don't learn much or get the maximum experience in korea and japan unless u know their language. which is why i am learning Korean and Japanese

i went to korea too.. during CNY..yup..a few months ago.. to be exact.. i went to seoul.. lots of kimchi there..

I've also been there. Early this year. Very nice place to visit. I've only been to Yangji for skiing, and the trip to go there from Seoul is for free. Place for stay if you are backpacker are quite cheap. You can get less than RM100 per night. We stayed at Itaewon in Seoul for a week. Yeah, there's problem to communicate with the Koreans, since, most of them couldnt understand English. Shopping? I've prefer shopping in Vietnam or Bandung for apparels since it is quite expensive in Seoul. You can also get a free subway ride by getting the free tickets at the counter, but you've to makeup yourself to look older, huhuhu.

during cny it is the coldest time in korea. according to my korean teacher

juichan
where did u learn korean and for how long did the class took?? level?
i already took class and learned japanese which i can read in hiragana, katakana and a few kanji words anyway. it should be no problem with basic language knowledge.

went there on business trip last year... one thing for sure, food and language would be a major problems.. day 3 of kimchi and cold dish,,, u will by dying for real food,,, and language,,,,, damn,,,,sign language works better..... travel alone... my advice,,, carry your hotel address card so can show the cab driver and a map to point to cabbie where u wanna go...... also global roaming on phone cannot be used unless u have CDMA phone....,, and yeah forget about buying mobile phone there..... different system.... bottom line,,, the land if kimchi,,, is definately." kimchi kimchi everywhere, but no real food to eat" other that that it would be great experience

i started learnign 2 years ago and can consider intermediate now. I am learning in my teacher's house in USJ. she is a korean married with chinese and lived here for about 20 yrs already.

I also learned japanese took jlpt level 4 just managed to pass.. but now concentrate on korean first