This palace was well worth the very cheap admission fee (3,000 won per adult). The buildings are very ornate and colourful and the palace is set amongst huge well kept grounds which offers various great views back to the city skyline. A lovely way to spend a few hours in central Seoul.

Pleasant imperial palace that has been reconstructed. Wonderful grounds and architecturally interesting. 2 tickets needed - one for general entrance and an additional one for the secret garden, accessible only by timed guided tour.

The Changgyeonggung Palace is open to 9pm every night in summer (except Mondays), and well worth an hour wandering around – admission is free at this time of day (but only costs ₩1,000 for general admission). The palace is smaller than the Gyeongbokgung Palace complex , and traces its origins to King Sejong the Great (who invented Hangeul) with couple of main courtyards dating from the time of King Seongjong in 1483, and small range of other buildings. North of the complex there are a couple of small, linked lakes (with an island that was only created in 1984), and beyond them the Grand greenhouse – the first erected in the country in 1909. As with most ancient treasures in Seoul, it’s largely a replica or pastiche, but none the less attractive to view.

No where near as grand nor as busy as some of the other paid palaces. This palace is way more spaced out with a lot of open space and one real big section available to check out. At one stage the japanese had a zoo on this site. I think this one, and another are the only ones open at night.