South Korea Castles & palaces + Winter pictures

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Pull on ice skates, practice your golf swing or slip into a spa at the world’s largest department store. You’ll find great shopping and dining too, of course.

The smallest of Seoul’s Five Grand Palaces is renowned for its mixture of western and eastern architecture.  

This royal palace has been destroyed on more than one occasion, but today it stands as one of Seoul’s finest examples of classic Korean architecture.

Imagine a river island in the heart of Korea where flowers, gardens and fairy tales create the sense of being in an independent country.

This royal palace has been destroyed on more than one occasion, but today it stands as one of Seoul’s finest examples of classic Korean architecture.

Imagine a river island in the heart of Korea where flowers, gardens and fairy tales create the sense of being in an independent country.

The smallest of Seoul’s Five Grand Palaces is renowned for its mixture of western and eastern architecture.  

Imagine a river island in the heart of Korea where flowers, gardens and fairy tales create the sense of being in an independent country.

The smallest of Seoul’s Five Grand Palaces is renowned for its mixture of western and eastern architecture.  

Pull on ice skates, practice your golf swing or slip into a spa at the world’s largest department store. You’ll find great shopping and dining too, of course.

Amid the majestic mountains of Seoraksan National Park sits an ancient Zen Buddhist temple and a monument to a peaceful unification for Korea. 

Pull on ice skates, practice your golf swing or slip into a spa at the world’s largest department store. You’ll find great shopping and dining too, of course.

Discover over 900 years of history at this former royal residence, an opulent building filled with grand halls and centuries-old shrines.

This royal palace has been destroyed on more than one occasion, but today it stands as one of Seoul’s finest examples of classic Korean architecture.

Amid the majestic mountains of Seoraksan National Park sits an ancient Zen Buddhist temple and a monument to a peaceful unification for Korea.