Visiting Korea

Here you can find our recommendations about where to stay, what to eat and what to do during your time here in Korea.

This page will be packed with short summaries and pointers to other pages and blog posts, so have a look around, click away and find out what’s to be done out in the Land of Morning Calm.

When in Rome…

If you haven’t already it’s well worth learning to read Korean, which uses a very logical alphabetical system (Hangeul) with almost no irregularities. You will find that you can recognise the characters and read slowly with remarkably little effort.

It’s instantly rewarding when you arrive in Korea and discover that most of the signs over here are actually English words cleverly disguised in a different alphabet…

Head over to www.talktomeinkorean.com to get started!

Hotels

Korea boasts very convenient accomodation for low through high end budgets. Here are a number of reccommendations for low – mid level.

Hostels in Hongdae (Cheap, Good Location, Close to Airport)

Mid-range Hotels

Yangpyong Self-Apartments.          (Close to Wedding Hall)

Wedding Night Hotel.

Food

Why not try some: Janchi Guksu

You must try: 떡볶이, 부대찌게, 삼겹살 and such like.