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Gwanghwamun & Jongno-gu


This wine-and-cocktail, one-shot bar is appealing and spacious, and the English-speaking bartenders mix a mean mojito. The homely atmosphere and diva classics attract an older gay clientele. Look up for an English sign.


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Nearby Gwanghwamun & Jongno-gu attractions

1. Stone Pagoda of Wongak-sa

0.17 MILES

This 10-tier, 12m-high monument in Tapgol Park once graced Wongak-sa, a Buddhist temple that stood here but was destroyed in 1504 on the orders of the…

2. Tapgol Park

0.19 MILES

Seoul's first modern-style park, opened in 1897, stands on the precincts of Wongak-sa, a Buddhist temple destroyed in 1504. Left behind was its remarkable…

3. Tteok & Kitchen Utensil Museum

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For those interested in the local sweet culture, this two-room museum at the Institute of Traditional Korean Food offers displays of rice cakes in…

4. Gonsindang

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On the right-hand side of the entrance to Jongmyo, the World Heritage–listed Confucian shrine, this building houses the spirit tablets of 83 meritorious…

5. Jongmyo

0.22 MILES

Surrounded by dense woodland, the impressive buildings of the Confucian shrine Jongmyo house the spirit tablets of the Joseon kings and queens and some of…

6. Sun Art Center

0.29 MILES

One of Seoul's longest running commercial-art galleries, in business since 1977, Sun Art specialises in early-20th-century Korean art and awards an annual…

7. Hwabong Gallery

0.31 MILES

Cutting-edge Korean art is usually on show in this basement space alongside permanent displays of the smallest book in the world (no more than a dot), and…

8. Cheondogyo Temple

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Cheondogyo means 'Religion of the Heavenly Way', and this temple is the hall of worship for a home-grown faith containing Buddhist, Confucian and…