Deoksugung Doldam-gil
Deoksugung Doldam-gil
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Deoksugung Stonewall Road/Path: Love Is In The Air!
Nov 2022
I spent an hour strolling, taking photographs and simply enjoying the picturesque ambiance of the walkway or path in the early afternoon of an autumn weekend. Getting There: Take Subway Line 1 or 2 to City Hall station and come out of Exit 2. Walk straight and in about 2 minutes the pedestrian walkway is on your right, starting from the Deoksugung Palace Daehanmun Gate entrance or the popular Liege Waffle shop. Alternatively, you could come out of Exit 3, head straight and reach the pedestrian road or path on the left in about 1 minute. The Attraction: The pedestrian path or road is about 1.1 kilometre and hugs the stonewall of Deoksugung Palace which is the smallest of the 5 palaces in Seoul. Understandably the most crowded and the most scenic (in terms of trees inside the Palace grounds) part of the walkway is the 300 metre stretch after Daehanmun Gate entrance to the roundabout. As I walked this stretch, I saw people - singles, couples, friends, families with children, tourists (like me) – strolling, smiling, chatting, laughing, relaxing, taking selfies and wefies, enjoying the scenery etc – I could not help but just feel the love between people and between people and Mother Nature. Adding to the mood along the path were a violist and a saxophonist performing romantic songs. But do not just stop at the roundabout and walk back to Daehanmun Gate. Continue on to the right of Deoksugung-dil along a 300 metre stretch that would go past a section of the wall next to the back of the white National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art building. After that, turn right (along with the Palace wall) into an interesting part of the walkway – Korean stone wall of the Palace on one side and Western-styled brick and rock wall of the British Embassy on the other side. The walkway abruptly stops when you reach the British Embassy closed gate but fret not – walk through the entry gate that was created at the Palace wall onto a special board walk with barriers that goes into Deoksugang Palace and then out through another gate into the wide Sejong-daero 19-gil. As this special path allows you to enter briefly into Deoksugang Palace free of charge (and catch a glimpse of the back of Seokjojeon Hall), you would do well not to sneak through the barriers and enter the “paid” Palace grounds; anyway, there are patrolling staff and surveillance cameras to prevent this from happening. This stretch of the path is also quite scenic and has significantly less people walking here. I enjoyed the following: (1) The extension of the stunning autumn orange, red and yellow foliage from the maple and gingko trees inside Deoksugung Palace to beyond the Palace Wall (2) Many benches for tired legs and just relaxing (3) Urban space where people and nature coexist (4) Refreshment from the cool and gentle breeze (5) Learning about the Korean culture and history from information at several display boards Couples walk this road or path in many K-dramas such as The Beauty Inside, It’s Beautiful Now and Extraordinary Attorney Woo. Even though you are not dating and even though it is not autumn, I still recommend the stonewall walk as a “must do (walk)’ attraction in Seoul.

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SQKrisflyer
Singapore186 contributions
Nov 2022
I spent an hour strolling, taking photographs and simply enjoying the picturesque ambiance of the walkway or path in the early afternoon of an autumn weekend.

Getting There: Take Subway Line 1 or 2 to City Hall station and come out of Exit 2. Walk straight and in about 2 minutes the pedestrian walkway is on your right, starting from the Deoksugung Palace Daehanmun Gate entrance or the popular Liege Waffle shop. Alternatively, you could come out of Exit 3, head straight and reach the pedestrian road or path on the left in about 1 minute.

The Attraction: The pedestrian path or road is about 1.1 kilometre and hugs the stonewall of Deoksugung Palace which is the smallest of the 5 palaces in Seoul. Understandably the most crowded and the most scenic (in terms of trees inside the Palace grounds) part of the walkway is the 300 metre stretch after Daehanmun Gate entrance to the roundabout. As I walked this stretch, I saw people - singles, couples, friends, families with children, tourists (like me) – strolling, smiling, chatting, laughing, relaxing, taking selfies and wefies, enjoying the scenery etc – I could not help but just feel the love between people and between people and Mother Nature. Adding to the mood along the path were a violist and a saxophonist performing romantic songs.

But do not just stop at the roundabout and walk back to Daehanmun Gate. Continue on to the right of Deoksugung-dil along a 300 metre stretch that would go past a section of the wall next to the back of the white National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art building. After that, turn right (along with the Palace wall) into an interesting part of the walkway – Korean stone wall of the Palace on one side and Western-styled brick and rock wall of the British Embassy on the other side. The walkway abruptly stops when you reach the British Embassy closed gate but fret not – walk through the entry gate that was created at the Palace wall onto a special board walk with barriers that goes into Deoksugang Palace and then out through another gate into the wide Sejong-daero 19-gil. As this special path allows you to enter briefly into Deoksugang Palace free of charge (and catch a glimpse of the back of Seokjojeon Hall), you would do well not to sneak through the barriers and enter the “paid” Palace grounds; anyway, there are patrolling staff and surveillance cameras to prevent this from happening. This stretch of the path is also quite scenic and has significantly less people walking here.

I enjoyed the following:
(1) The extension of the stunning autumn orange, red and yellow foliage from the maple and gingko trees inside Deoksugung Palace to beyond the Palace Wall
(2) Many benches for tired legs and just relaxing
(3) Urban space where people and nature coexist
(4) Refreshment from the cool and gentle breeze
(5) Learning about the Korean culture and history from information at several display boards

Couples walk this road or path in many K-dramas such as The Beauty Inside, It’s Beautiful Now and Extraordinary Attorney Woo. Even though you are not dating and even though it is not autumn, I still recommend the stonewall walk as a “must do (walk)’ attraction in Seoul.
Written May 30, 2023
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GlobetrotterJ16
Seoul, South Korea1,980 contributions
Jun 2020
This stonewall of Deoksugung marks a very nice, tree lined small street that is perfect for a stroll. From the palace this route leads you to the American Ambassadors Residence and the Seoul Museum ofArt. On weekends the road is often closed to allow pedestrians more space. At the palace end are Dunkin Donuts, a famous waffle stalls and some restaurants and on the other end across from Enwha Girls high school are more cafes and restaurants. The stroll is quite nice and when in the area would highly recommend to take it,
Written July 22, 2020
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nusagwa
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Oct 2019 • Friends
Now we have a full circle of the Deoksugung stone walk road. A little bit the track is inside of the palace. The best view is on early November when the foliage turn yellow and red
Written November 5, 2019
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Margareth T
Seoul, South Korea216 contributions
Apr 2019 • Solo
It's really refreshing to walk on Deoksugung Doldam-gil. The most beautiful scenery can be seen on April and October.
Written May 27, 2019
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CanisHan
Seoul, South Korea23,659 contributions
May 2019 • Solo
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This road was not long and along Deoksugung stone wall. Though there was just road, but the view of harmony with street trees and stone wall. Along this road, could meet some attraction in this area. According to tradition, if lovers walk together to the end of road, they break up in some reason. Just not long road, but good in dreary city.
Written May 9, 2019
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aska215
Malaysia196 contributions
Oct 2018 • Friends
This is a great place to see autumn colours in the city center. A great stroll with no much tourists here. Drop by at the Seosomun building along the way to have a free observatory view of the surrounding area. This place is also famous for the Goblin drama (where he meet the reaper for the first time).
Written October 30, 2018
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JHL
Seoul, South Korea8,629 contributions
Aug 2018 • Family
Roads around the outside fence of Deoksugung Palace.

It's good to take a walk enjoying the atmosphere. Unlike the common crowded streets of Seoul, this is somewhat peaceful. You can see decent restaurants, cafes, Seoul Museum of Art, Jeongdong Theater, etc. They hold a flea market on weekend and it's fun to see.

There's a fun superstition that couples break up with each other if they walk here.
Written September 1, 2018
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