Explore local flavours on night tour in Seoul

Ikseon-dong is an area that has become immensely popular among young locals for its shops and cafes bringing new life to renovated traditional Korean houses. Here, traditional architecture and modern Korean culture merge. You will find street after street of traditional Korean houses, largely unchanged since their construction in the 1920s. Many of these houses of course have people living in them, but in recent years some of these building have been converted into cafes, shops, and restaurants. The houses in this densely built area average in size around 33 sqm, and the roads that pass between them are quite narrow. For those reasons, walking from one place to the next is very quick. Check out some shops, grab a bite to eat, and stop for coffee all within a few minutes walking distance.

Insa-dong is a dong, or neighborhood of the Jongno-gu district of Seoul. The main street is Insadong-gil, which is connected to a multitude of alleys that lead deeper into the district, with modern galleries and tea shops. At one time it was the largest market for antiques and artworks in Korea. In area, 12.7 hectares (or 31.4 acres), the district is bordered by Gwanhun-dong to the north, Nagwon-dong to the east, and Jongno 2-ga and Jeokseon-dong to the south, and Gongpyeong-dong to the west.

Seoul, officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. Seoul has a population of 9.7 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha - City by GaWC, Seoul was the world's 4th largest metropolitan economy with a GDP of US$635 billion