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Hoehyeon-dong

Hoehyeon-dong (Korean: 회현동) is a dong (neighborhood) of Jung District, Seoul, South Korea.

Hoehyeon-dong
Hoehyeon-dong · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Hoehyeon-dong (Korean: 회현동) is a dong (neighborhood) of Jung District, Seoul, South Korea.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hoehyeon-dong

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.

    2.7 km · 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.

    2.4 km · 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.

    2.3 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

    300 m · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Yonsei University

    Yonsei University is a private Christian research university in Seoul, South Korea. Yonsei University is one of the three most prestigious universities in the country, part of a group referred to as SKY universities.

    3.6 km · private university with campuses in Seoul and Incheon in South Korea · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    National Museum of Korea

    The National Museum of Korea is the flagship museum of Korean history and art in South Korea. Since its establishment in 1945, the museum has been committed to various studies and research activities in the fields of archaeology, history, and art, continuously developing a variety of exhibitions and education programs.

    3.8 km · Museum located in Seoul, Republic of Korea · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    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.

    1.2 km · communications tower in Seoul, South Korea · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    900 m · palace · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    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.

    3.5 km · private university in Seoul and Suwon, South Korea · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Ewha Womans University

    Ewha Womans University is a private women's research university in Seoul, South Korea. It was originally founded as Ewha Haktang on May 31, 1886, by missionary Mary F. Scranton.

    3 km · private women's university in central 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 Hoehyeon-dong

Airports
Seoul Gimpo (GMP), 16 km · Incheon (ICN), 48 km · Cheongju/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ), 104 km
Stations
Seoul Station, 700 m · Dongdaemun Station, 3 km · Namyeong Station, 2 km · Jonggak Station, 1.4 km · Jongno 3-ga Station, 1.8 km
  • Seoul → Hoehyeon-dong
    1 km · quickest by road, 4 min · ₩225–300
  • Cheongju → Hoehyeon-dong
    112 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · ₩15,750–21,000
  • Gonghang-ro → Hoehyeon-dong
    28 km · quickest by road, 51 min · ₩4,140–5,500
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Hoehyeon-dong

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 Hoehyeon-dong. 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

    53 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,260 km
  3. 03
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,426 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,496 km
  5. 05
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,667 km

If you know how people move in Hoehyeon-dong – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Hoehyeon-dong

  • Seoulcapital and largest city of South Korea1.1 km
  • Seoul City Wallinvasion barrier wall(s) surrounding downtown area of Seoul, South Korea built 1396-13983.2 km
  • Insa-dongneighborhood in Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea1.8 km