Gangnam & COEX Half-Day
A thousand-year-old temple between glass towers, a giant library inside a mall, royal tombs in an office district. What's worth seeing in Gangnam is older than you'd expect.
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- 3 stops
- Total
- 2h 42m
- Travel time
- 22m
Getting to the start
Bongeunsa Station (Line 9) Exit 1 puts you at the temple gate. You can also walk through COEX from Samseong Station on Line 2.
The route
- 1
Bongeunsa Temple
Samseong / COEX · 50mA thousand-year-old temple sitting in the middle of glass towers. That contrast makes it the best photo spot in Gangnam. Free.
Official site → - Walk10m
Cross Bongeunsa-ro and go down to level B1 of COEX Mall. The underground passage is faster than the crossing above, and far more comfortable in summer or winter.
2Starfield Library
Samseong / COEX · 40mThirteen-metre bookshelves in the middle of a shopping mall. Anyone can walk in, sit and read, free. Underground, so weather doesn't matter.
Official site →
- Subway12m
From COEX, take Line 2 one stop from Samseong to Seolleung, then 5 minutes from Exit 8. In good weather it's also a 20-minute walk.
3Seonjeongneung Royal Tombs
Seolleung · 50mJoseon royal tombs surrounded by office towers, and a UNESCO site. At lunchtime it turns into the local office crowd's walking path.
Official site →
Map
Photo credits
- Bongeunsa Temple — kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Starfield Library — chsyang / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
- Seonjeongneung Royal Tombs — Isra Rulowsinsky / CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Admission prices and opening hours change often. Check the official site before you go.