Seoul

A unique experience of a traditional South Korean air in a very progressive ambiance is a visit to Seoul city. Korea flaunts this capital city proudly as a hub of trade and educational opportunities. Seoul is a beautiful city for tourists, it offers a range of fascinating activities like rock climbing, visiting history through museums and different ancient palaces, Theater experiences, watching sports events or just as simple as eating different delicious cuisines from the world. With surrounded mountains and one in the center of the city, Seoul offers a chance to go hiking on the rock faces. Not only this city has attractions by day but also has many peppy night clubs to visit and relax. Located on the banks of Han River, Seoul is South Korea’s largest city and is also one of the largest as well as densely populated major cities in the world. Though this city is dynamic with it’s round the clock business connections to the world it offers a very calming experience due to its traditional culture and conventional values. Seoul as seen can offer a variety of enjoyment whether you are with your friends or family or just roaming alone. Whether you an art lover or sports fan Seoul has a range of activities lined up for you. Welcoming you warmly and embracing you in its affectionate traditional flavor yet giving you a freedom to follow your individuality - that is Seoul.

N Seoul Tower

N Seoul Tower is located at the Peak of Namsan Mountain from where you get a lovely view of the city of Seoul and also enjoy the scenic view of the changing seasons at Namsan. You will have to travel through the cable car to reach the mountain peak and walk to the tower. The tower was opened to public in 1980, though it was built in 1969 as a satellite tower for television and radio broadcast. The lighting show at the tower is very impressive. The N Seoul Tower also has a revolving restaurant as an observation deck along with other three observation decks to relax and enjoy the view.

National Theater of Korea

National Theater of Korea is the first national theater in Asia. Opened in 1950 The National Theater of Korea represents four associate performance company groups: The National Drama Company, The National Dance Company, The National Changgeuk Company, and The National Orchestra Company. This theater is known for its traditional Korean performances and its long history of functioning. The theater has four performance theaters. The main theater, Haeoreum, has a seating capacity of 1,500 people. The Byoloreum Theater is one of its kinds with movable stage and seating suitable to each show performed there. Deloreum, the smaller performance hall, is of a capacity of 450 people. Above the main hall there is a history exhibit area where you can see various costumes and performance accessories displayed. This will tell you a lot about the history of Korean art performances. You will find many convenience stores in the theater area. This theater also hosts a traditional Korean palace cuisine restaurant along with a fusion food restaurant.

Seoul Museum of Art

The structure where the museum is located was built in 1927 and was the Supreme Court building between 1948 and 1995. Later the building was redesigned into a contemporary art museum. The museum has a main exhibition hall, sculpture exhibition hall and some special exhibition areas. Apart from these exhibit areas it also has certain other area which makes it a total of 6 exhibition areas. This museum hosts certain special art exhibitions round the year and also boasts of displaying original work by some great artists. You will also find a special exhibit area for Korea’s modern art display. Cheon Kyung-Ja, a great Korean artist donated her 93 paintings to this museum and they are all displayed in hall named after the artist.

Art Sonje Center

Art Sonje Center is a major point in the city of Seoul. Built in 1998 it is located opposite Gyeongbokgung Palace. This center of art hosts a lot of art exhibitions, performances of dance and music shows, movies as well as plays. The Hanokgwan hall is done in a traditional Korean way presented in modernized style architecture. The Center swanks to have a range of events like reviews of movies on the artists’ lives as well as international concerts. The center also has projects to display the works of upcoming talents to discover newer artists continuously.

Chongdong Theater

Located at the center of Seoul, Chongdong Theater is an affiliated organization under the ministry of culture and tourism. It is a major space for the presentation of traditional Korean art performances as well as modern art displays. The traditional art is displayed on every Thursday and Friday. These shows provide a unique opportunity for the audience to participate after the shows in different type of art games. This theater also has different training sessions about Korean culture and society in the art form. The theater gets its name from the beautiful area (Chong-dong) in Seoul where it’s located. This theater is a procreation of Wongkasa Theater which was the first theater reserved for the traditional Korean performances. The theater is known to have these performances daily since 1997.

Mokdong Sports Stadium

The stadium is situated in Western Seoul which was initially a baseball field. Established in 1987, it has a main stadium and a few indoor sports areas. This stadium also consists of a special shooting range, gym and a park. The Mokdong stadium boasts to have hosted some major ice-skating tournaments, as well as ice ballets in the indoor Ice Rink it holds. The parking space for the stadium is very large with 2000 cars capacity.

Jamsil Sports Complex

Jamsil sports complex is located 13 kilometers downtown from Seoul city. The area of the complex is nearly 400,000 square-meters. The sports complex has the Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium, golf range, one indoor gym, two indoor swimming pools. Apart from these sports areas, the complex also holds a public park which is used for wedding ceremonies as well as other social and cultural events like Elton John’s concert was housed here. The stadium hosts an Olympic Exhibition hall and has facilities of training sports students. The Olympic Stadium hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremony of the 10th Asian Games in 1986 and 24th Seoul Olympic Games.

Seoul Forest

Along with the range of sprawling sport complexes and arts centers Seoul also offers you to relax in the company of nature. In East Seoul, not too far from the city life, you get a chance to visit Seoul Forest. Opened in 2005, this is South Koreas Central Park and National Park. Amidst the long high ways and high raising city we find this green park with 400,000 trees and about a 100 animal species. This green escape is an ideal place to relax any time of the year. In fact, every season will add to its beauty and glory with its special feature. Enjoy your nature experience tour or watch the wild animals roaming fearlessly in the ecological park. Have with water in the ponds or fountains and lakes. Or just cool off under the trees and have a picnic.