The Seoul of South Korea



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Eating out:
When you dine out, especially in a club, don’t forget to ‘dress up’ your table by purchasing expensive liquors and fruit plates, which signals your status to the other patrons of the club.

The city’s cuisine is renowned for its elegance and variety and is seasoned moderately - not too salty or spicy. Since it was the seat of many royals and nobility the dishes tend to be fancier and their presentation is more formal.

Try out dishes like sollongtang (beef and bone soup), chatchuk (pine nut porridge), ttokkuk (sliced rice cake soup), changguk pap (beef rice coup), yukgejang (spicy beef soup), singsollo (fancy hot pot), kalbichim (boiled beef ribs), kujeolpan (nine-treasure dish), chuotang (mudfish soup), and tomitchim (boiled red snapper). And once you have satiated your hunger, wash it all down with a variety of hwachae (honeyed juice mixed with fruit) and hot teas made with oriental medicinal herbs

Fact file:
Getting in:

By air:
There are two airports that serve Seoul - Incheon International Airport and the Gimpo Airport that serves the domestic sector.

Getting around:

Subway:
Seoul has eight subway lines that interlink every district of the city with one another and with the surrounding area. With more than 8 million passengers a day, it is one of the busiest subway systems in the world.

By bus:
Seoul also has an extensive network of busses and is quite convenient to use once you figure out the color-coded routes.

By taxi:
You could choose between the regular taxi, deluxe taxi and call taxi.

Climate:
Seoul has a continental climate with four distinct seasons, including hot, humid summers and cold, relatively dry winters. Between September and November you will get fine weather and during the winters, you can admire the snow-covered city. Between March and May is probably the best time to visit when the temperatures are mild and flowers, including the cherry blossom, are in bloom everywhere.

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