{"id":1869,"date":"2012-03-15T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1869"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T16:25:33","slug":"seoul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/other-destinations\/seoul\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\" align=\"center\">SEOUL &#8211; South Korea<\/h1>\n<div style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">S<\/span>eoul is well presented elsewhere on the web, I do not think I have much to contribute here.<\/p>\n<p><b>Selected walks:<\/b> For walks in and around Seoul see &#8220;Seoul City Guide&#8221; by Lonely Planet, referred to below as &#8220;\/LP\/&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">\u20221 <\/span>GANGNAM &#8211; N SEOUL TOWER (+ return) (1.5 to 2 hours net walking time each way, add your time for sightseeing): This is part of the &#8220;Namsan &amp; Seoul Tower Walk&#8221; in \/LP\/, but extended with a considerable city walk from across the Han River. I can only say that this was a great walk on a warm and very pleasant autumn Sunday.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\" \/>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Good starting points:\u00a0\u2022 The Gangnam district was my starting point for this walk, or more specifically the &#8220;Sunshine Hotel&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0How to get there:\u00a0<span style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">\u2022 By air and bus<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0More info: Sorry, none yet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\" \/>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span>his page was last modified at March 4, 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Courier New Bold, Courier, monospace;\" align=\"left\">\u00a92006-2026 <script language=\"JavaScript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar name = \"harald.haugli\";\nvar s = name + \"@\" + \"islandwalking\" + \".\" + \"com\";\ndocument.write('<a href=\"'); document.write('ma'); document.write('il'); document.write('to:' + s + '\">');\ndocument.write('<i>Harald Haugli\\<\\\/i\\>\\<\\\/a\\>');\n<\/script>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL &#8211; South Korea Seoul is well presented elsewhere on the web, I do not think I have much to contribute here. Selected walks: For walks in and around Seoul see &#8220;Seoul City Guide&#8221; by Lonely Planet, referred to below as &#8220;\/LP\/&#8221;. \u20221 GANGNAM &#8211; N SEOUL TOWER (+ return) (1.5 to 2 hours net &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/other-destinations\/seoul\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1871,"parent":1317,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1869","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5825,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1869\/revisions\/5825"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islandwalking.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}