Insadong is located in the heart of Seoul and it is an important and fun place to visit where you can shop, eat traditional food. You will find a lot of traditional goods and art along with colorful streets. There is one main road in Insadong with alleys on each side. And within it there are galleries, traditional restaurants, traditional teahouses, and cafes
Ssamzigil is a popular shopping place in insadong where you can find so many stores that sells handicrafts. You can find art shops, theme cafes and restaurants as well and there is a museum also. It is like mini insadon, it has four flours.
One of my favorite theme cafes in Insadong is poop cafe where they also have a poop bread store next to it. The poop bread is filled with red bean or chocolate, these fun poop-shaped snacks can be had for just 1,000 won and it taste very good. You defiantly need to give it a try.
Address: 130-4, Insa-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea 서울 종로구 인사동 130-4 일대 Tel: +82 2 734 0222 Website: insainfo.or.kr Get There : subway, get off at Anguk station (line 3), exit 6. Walk about 5 minutes.
Hongdae
Hongdae is a very nice shopping area with Korean brands, as well as western or American brands shops. You can find many different kinds of street food, Korean, Japanese, and American and you can find a lots of nice cafe. Not only shopping and food but you can find karaoke, bowling, tattoo places, makeup shops areas and also museums.
Hongdae is also famous with street art which you can find everywhere and they look really nice. The are is full of college students from Hongik University and so it is reputed as teh hub of indie art culture. and high school student.
One of the coolest museumes in seoul is the tricy eye and the ice musume which are located right next to each other in Hongdae. It is not free, Adult ticket is 15,000 won and Children is 12,000 won, it is woeth to visit and take some cool pictures.
Address: 20, Hongik-ro 3-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul Get There: By subway, Hongik University Station (Line 2), Exit 9 and walk straight and crossed the traffic light. Turn left and walk straight.