The nation's largest
market for oriental medicinal herbs, located across
Jaegidong and Yongdudong in Dongdaemun-gu.
It is located 10 minutes
from the hotel by
car and you can buy ginseng, deer antlers, mushrooms
and other health
products.
Further, Seoul Drug
Market situated within Gyungdong Market, is an
excellent shopping
place for health-concerned tourists, with numerous
Chinese medicine shops
and herb medicine-producing places, filling
the streets.
The traditional sights
and sounds unfolding throughout Gyungdong
Market, make
the market a highly recommendable for foreign tourists
as
it preserves images
of Korea's traditional marketplace.
Dongdaemun Market, which
was and still is one of Korea's biggest
traditional marketplaces, is
one of the most popular tourists' attractions
in Seoul. It is an interesting
combination of a traditional market and
modern shopping malls. It is
about 20 minutes from the hotel and free
shuttles are available.
Key shopping items include
clothes, shoes, cosmetics, beauty
gadgets, etc, which boast modest prices
and high quality. With a
wide-ranging selection,
it has emerged as a new fashion center
especially among young generation.
Bukhansan National Park
is listed on the Guinness Book of Records
as a park visited
by the largest number of people per square meter.
Located in a city area,
which is quite rare world wide, the National
Park
makes a pleasant trekking
course as it possesses strikingly beautiful
natural scenery and cultural
resources kept in intact. It was designated
as the 15th national park
and is a perfect, one-day trekking choice.
Taenung Eastern Castle,
located 15 minutes' drive from the hotel
in 2-dong,
Nowon-gu, Seoul, is a famous resort
area where you can
enjoy a variety
of sports and leisure activities amid
the greenery of the
inner city.
In the East Castle, there is Taenung International
Shooting
Range where
Seoul Olympics and Asian Games were held.
Citizens
can also enjoy
clay shooting, rifle shooting, and other types
of sports
there. In addition,
the abundance of cultural properties and historic
sites in the
vicinity provides visitors with opportunities
to have
diverse cultural
experiences.
Holiday Inn Seongbuk
neighbors with many universities and research
institutes including
Korea University, Kyunghee University, Hankuk
University of Foreign
Studies, Kookmin University, Seokyung University,
Sungkyunkwan University,
Kwangun University, Hangsung University,
Sungshin Women's
University, Samyuk University, Seoul
City University,
Korea National University
of Technology, Seoul Women's University,
Duksung Women's University,
Korea National Open University, Sangmyung
Unversity, Dongduk
Women's University, Korea Development Institue(KDI),
KIDA, KFRI, KAIST,
KIST, KIET, KREI, etc. For this special
location, it is
considered one of
the best accommodation choices for guests
who visit
one of those colleges
tay or hold seminars.
