In this series, we present you the Top 5 city guide for Seoul. The guide books comes very handy when you want to explore the city, but language becomes a barrier. The focus of these books is not only to help you explore Seoul but to know Seoul up, close and personal.
Seoul Selection Guides: SEOUL
by Robert Koehler
Korea s capital for the last 600 years, Seoul is an energetic, pulsating city where the ancient and modern coexist in dramatic contrast. With its grand royal palaces, quaint old alleyways, ancient temples, colorful markets, neon shopping districts and verdant mountains, you ll never run out of things to see and do.
This guide will get you started.
Comprehensive and detailed neighborhood-by-neighborhood descriptions of one of Asia’s most dynamic cities
Beautiful photos bring alive Seoul’s scenic charms
Helpful tips ensure you make the most of your visit
Detailed maps and transportation information help you get where you want to go
Culture and history notes provide background information and stories to enrich your traveling experience
Information on day trips to interesting locales outside of Seoul, including the DMZ and Korea s royal tombs.
Seoul Book of Everything: Everything You Wanted to Know About Seoul and Were Going to Ask Anyway
by Tim Lehnert
From ancient royal palaces and Korean traditional houses to all-night markets, N Seoul Tower and the club scene, no city combines the ancient and the contemporary quite like Seoul.
Local experts weigh in on one of the world’s most dynamic cities. A comedian details the five things you must bring to Korea, a food writer picks five favorite restaurants, and a prominent meteorologist provides the low-down on Seoul’s climate. You’ll also find insider takes on local mountains and ghosts, as well as movies, tea houses, night spots, the economy, cultural treasures, essential reads, Buddhist shrines and Seoul’s amazing post-War evolution.
From the DMZ, the Han River, and Cheonggyecheon Stream to navigating local dining, linguistic and cultural practices, the Seoul Book of Everything has got you covered. Capturing the essence of a futuristic metropolis that has served as Korea’s capital for over 600 years, the Book of Everything is your key to Seoul’s neighborhoods, green spaces and urban design, as well as its history, museums, pop culture and shopping.
Seoul Survival Guide
by Aaron Namba
Visiting Seoul? Spend more time enjoying the culture and food and less time on the mundane details of getting cash, making phone calls, and figuring out the subway system. Life moves quickly in Seoul. Typical travel books go years without updates, and can contain serious errors just months after publication. In response, we’ve created a different kind of travel guide.
The Seoul Survival Guide has been mercilessly edited to just 40 pages of useful, relevant information, updated quarterly. It’s easily read in an airport terminal, and compact enough to carry with you throughout your trip. Pick up the latest edition of this Survival Guide before each visit. Follow this book’s money-saving tips and the book will pay for itself within your first 12 hours in Seoul. Learn how to navigate the airport, exchange money, find food and shopping, get online, and even pick up a useful phrase or two. If you have a spare hour or two, you can even learn to read Hangul, the Korean writing system.
Frommer’s Seoul Day by Day
by Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee
Map your own adventure. Seoul Day by Day is the perfect answer for travelers who want to know the best places to visit and the best way to see the city. Packed with color photos, this bestselling guide offers dozens of itineraries that show you how to see the best of Seoul in a short time–with bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Featuring a full range of thematic and neighborhood tours, plus dining, lodging, shopping, nightlife, and practical visitor info, Seoul Day by Day is the only guide that helps travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip. Inside this book you’ll find:
17 Self-guided Tours. 40 Maps.
Star ratings for all hotels, restaurants, and attractions clue readers in on great finds and values
The best of Seoul in one, two, or three days
Thematic tours for every interest, schedule, and taste
Walking tours of the city’s best-loved neighborhoods
Hundreds of evocative color photos
Bulleted maps that show you how to get from place to place
Hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife for all budgets
The Rough Guide to Seoul
by Martin Zatko
“The Rough Guide to Seoul” is the ultimate travel companion to the Korean capital, one of Asia’s most intriguing and energetic cities. Comprehensive sections detail the very best places to eat, drink, shop and unwind, providing information on everything from the luxurious cafes, restaurants and clothing boutiques of Apgujeong to Hongdae’s snack stands, barbeque halls and hole-in-the wall bars. Representing all of these attractions using highly detailed maps, the guide depicts Seoul’s culinary scene and dynastic history with glorious colour images. Enabling readers to get to grips with Seoul’s modern art and live music will help travellers to get a sense of Asia’s bustling cultural scene.
The guide will help you to see a side of Seoul you never thought possible, by providing you with knowledge of its royal fortresses, secluded temples, enchanting islands and the world’s most visited national park. This guide contains all the information a traveller could possibly need to reach all these, and more. Make the most of your time on earth’ with “The Rough Guide to Seoul”.
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