Seoul Shopping

If shopping is your thing then Seoul provides one of the best shopping experiences on the planet with choices ranging from ancient marketplaces to sleek high-end designer malls! In the centre of Seoul you will find Namdaemun Market an open-air shopping extravaganza that has been trading for centuries! Here you can buy anything from a pig's head to a Louis Vuitton replica handbag (Hoehyeon Station).

Not far from Namdaemun is Dongdaemun another bustling market area where once again just about anything can be found. Both stay open until about 05.00. Other markets worth a visit include Gyeong-dong Oriental Medicine Market providing all sorts of miracle cures (Chegi-dong Station) and Noryangjin Fish Market if only to watch the traders (line 1, Noryangjin Station).

If you prefer your shopping experience a little more ordered try the Doosan Tower shopping mall across from Dongdaemun Market. Other high-end shopping areas include Myeong-dong that throngs with fashionable boutiques, whilst Munjeong-dong is renowned for its discounted high fashion outlet stores. If you're after a piece of Korean art or antiquities to take home then head for the winding alleys of the Insa-dong neighbourhood.