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Bukchon Hanok Village

Bukchon Hanok Village (Korean: 북촌한옥마을) is a residential neighborhood in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea.

Bukchon Hanok Village
Bukchon Hanok Village · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Bukchon Hanok Village (Korean: 북촌한옥마을) is a residential neighborhood in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It has many restored traditional Korean houses, called hanok. This has made it a popular tourist destination.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Bukchon Hanok Village

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Changdeokgung

    Changdeokgung is a former royal palace in Seoul, South Korea. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Historic Site of South Korea, it is among the best preserved of all Korean palaces.

    800 m · palace in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Gyeongbokgung

    Gyeongbokgung is a former royal palace in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1395, it was the first royal palace of the Joseon dynasty, and is now one of the most significant tourist attractions in the country.

    700 m · palace in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Jongmyo

    Jongmyo is a Confucian royal ancestral shrine in the Jongno District of Seoul, South Korea. It was originally built during the Joseon period for memorial services for deceased kings and queens.

    1.3 km · royal Confucian shrine in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Namdaemun

    Main gate of Seoul fortress; one of The Four Great Gates (cardinal) as one of The Eight Gates of Seoul as part of the Fortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea

    2.7 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Namsan Seoul Tower

    Namsan Seoul Tower, also known as the YTN Seoul Tower, Namsan Tower, Seoul Tower or N Seoul Tower, is a communication and observation tower located on the summit of Namsan in central Seoul, South Korea. The 236-metre-tall structure was the nation’s first tower servicing multiple TV and radio broadcasters, and is considered a landmark and symbol of the city.

    3.6 km · communications tower in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Deoksugung

    Deoksugung, also called Deoksu Palace or Deoksugung Palace, is a former royal palace in Seoul, South Korea. It was the main palace during the Korean Empire and is now a major tourist attraction.

    2 km · palace · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Sungkyunkwan University

    Sungkyunkwan University is a private research university with campuses in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea. The institution traces its origins to the historic Sungkyunkwan founded in 1398 in central Seoul.

    1 km · private university in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Changgyeonggung

    Changgyeonggung is a palace located in Seoul, South Korea. The palace was built in the mid-15th century by King Sejong for his father, Taejong.

    1.2 km · palace · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Dongguk University

    Dongguk University is a private university in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. It is a Buddhist-affiliated university with a long history of Buddhist education, and is a member of the International Association of Buddhist Universities.

    3.1 km · university in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    National Folk Museum of Korea

    National Folk Museum of Korea is a national museum located on the grounds of Gyeongbokgung in Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It uses replicas of historical objects to illustrate the history of traditional life of the Korean people.

    400 m · national museum in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Bukchon Hanok Village

Airports
Seoul Gimpo (GMP), 17 km · Incheon (ICN), 49 km · Cheongju/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ), 107 km
Stations
Seoul Station, 3.3 km · Dongdaemun Station, 2.6 km · Jonggak Station, 1.4 km · Jongno 3-ga Station, 1.6 km · Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station, 2.9 km
  • Seoul → Bukchon Hanok Village
    2 km · quickest by road, 6 min · ₩335–445
  • Cheongju → Bukchon Hanok Village
    114 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · ₩15,550–20,700
  • Gonghang-ro → Bukchon Hanok Village
    321 km · quickest by air, 4h 14m · ₩116,980–180,630
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Bukchon Hanok Village

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bukchon Hanok Village. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are ferry services to various points in China from the neighboring port city of Incheon.
  • Get inNo services run from Japan to Seoul; many Koreans take the coach, KTX or SRT trains to Busan, where several ferry and hydrofoil options are available.
  • Go nextMany tour companies offer DMZ tours which is a day trip from Seoul, the highlight of which is a village lying in the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.

From Wikivoyage: Seoul, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    54 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,263 km
  3. 03
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,429 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,499 km
  5. 05
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,664 km

If you know how people move in Bukchon Hanok Village – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Bukchon Hanok Village

Bukchon Hanok Village is 2 km from Seoul, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Seoulcapital and largest city of South Korea2.6 km
  • Seoul City Wallinvasion barrier wall(s) surrounding downtown area of Seoul, South Korea built 1396-13982.5 km
  • Insa-dongneighborhood in Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea1.1 km