N Seoul Tower N 서울타워
If you are planning to head to Namsan's N Seoul Tower, come follow me!
We decided to take the cable car up to N Seoul Tower. As we lived near Myeong-dong, the nearest route we can take to get to the ticketing station was to walk from Euljiro 1 station (line 2) exit 5 or 6.
Bene cafe (exit 3 or 4) is on the left across the street from exit 5 and 6 ( as per pic below) Sorry I didn't manage to take enough detailed photos.
First, while en-route to the ticketing station, we stopped by for breakfast at the famous Hobong Toast.
Looking at the map, the shop is just a short distance from exit 5 or 6.
A little history of the shop that I found. Hobong was opened by an uncle 아저씨 back in 2004 in this very location who had in fact started this business way back in 1994. Counting on, this shop has already been around for some 19 years! Everything was handmade and toasted by the uncle 아저씨 back then. Perhaps due to old age, the uncle is no longer around the shop and is attended by other staff.
Hobong Toast offers a wide variety of toast with all sorts of ingredients and sauces sandwiched in between. Super heavenly delicious!!
If you can't read Korean, they have pictures of the fillings right next to the selections.
Look at the extensive menu! Best of all they are inexpensive yet very filling and satisfying for your taste buds- I promise.
All of us had Hobong Special, 3500 Won. Filled with egg, cheese, ham tomato and lettuce. The toast was warm with slight crisp adding on with the ingredients sandwiched in between their special home-made paste. The combination is flavourful and tasty, you will be too busy eating to be bothered with anything else.
I believe the other toasts on the menu are just as delicious if not more. Try them!!
I am not sure if they have other outlets, but from what I read, Myeongdong seems to be the only place.( and their website is down)
Upfront, you can spot the N Seoul Tower.
There are signages around to advise on which path to take.
There are signages around to advise on which path to take.
It was quite a long walk of 25-30 mins uphill along the paved roads. On the way, hostels and guesthouses can be spotted. We saw other tourists and locals walking up too, so it was not too deserted.
Of course if you are nowhere near Myeongdong area and had no interest in eating Hobong Toast whatsoever, just travel straight from exit 3 of Myeong-dong Station (line 4, shown in blue below), locate right side of the street of Pacific Hotel and just follow the path to the ticketing station. From the map, you will need about 10 mins of walking distance.
Of course we took longer 'cause we practically started from the base of the "mountain".
So, finally after huffing and puffing, this is the ticketing centre for your cable car tickets!
The cable car was a short ride up and too fast to capture any scenery, sadly nothing very amazing.
For pricing: nseoultower.co.kr
For pricing: nseoultower.co.kr
Upon landing at Namsan cable car stop and walking along to N Seoul Tower, we spotted this!
Traditional costumes fitting for all. Free of charge.
We were very lucky to be there at the right timing where the changing guards were. They were only around at certain times for 15-20mins or so before 'disappearing', so grab your chance for a photoshoot with them!
We were there early in the morning, about 11plus if I remembered correctly.
There were Korean traditional games for anyone to play with as well.
Of course, here's a photo with the guard.
Simply love Hanbok, so pretty!
Just walk further and the N Seoul Tower is within sight! Finally~~
If you have time, you can explore the surrounding Namsan Park.
Of course, N Seoul tower is famous for it's lovers' padlocks.
With sweet messages of love and promises all over, it's a lovely romantic place.
If you wanna take a break, there are many cafes and resting stops.
The whole area is lined with lovers' padlocks all around, good for phototaking.
Super lovely view.
Lovers' chair especially inclined so that they can slide towards the centre. So cute!
Indoors, basement.
The cutie bears at the Teddy Bears Museum. Admission charges apply but of course we took photos outside.
There's much to see around even without paying to go up the observatory. The overlooking scenery outdoors were beautiful enough and we didn't want to spend the money going up.
That's all I have for now. Have fun at N Seoul Tower!!
105, Namsangongwon-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul
2 comments
Thank you for the post! Yours is the most comprehensive one how to get to the N Seoul Tower.
ReplyDeleteShirley
Seoul is really nice at night, especially from the N tower observatory. I went on tour with a great local agency onedaykorea to see the best night view of Seoul city, and it was really nice. Seoul at night gives off a totally different vibe. I highly recommend that you spent one night observing few nice places of Seoul enlightened. :D
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