Top 10 places to visit in Mapo, Seoul | Travel attraction recommendations
Top 10 places to visit in Mapo, Seoul
hello? In this post, we will introduce the top 10 tourist attractions in Mapo, Seoul, which feature various charms and things to enjoy.
This ranking was selected based on the popularity rankings of the Korea Tourism Organization, and is full of attractions that offer a variety of pleasures, from natural beauty to unique cultural experiences.
If you want to spend special time with your family, friends, or lover, be sure to refer to this list and enjoy a special and meaningful trip. Hope you have a happy trip!
Hangang Citizen’s Park Mangwon District (Mangwon Hangang Park)
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Introduction to Hangang Citizen’s Park Mangwon District (Mangwon Hangang Park)
Among the Hangang Citizens' Parks, which are representative resting places for Seoul citizens, Mangwon Hangang Park is located at the northern end of the riverside between Wonhyodaegyo Bridge and Seongsandaegyo Bridge and is adjacent to Mapo-gu.
The berm has well-established resting areas such as lawns and walking trails. It is a place where many people visit, along with the area where the World Cup Stadium is located. The land on the highlands is wide, and various convenience facilities for citizens such as bicycle paths and outdoor swimming pools are provided. Exercise facilities have been provided.
On the water, there is a dock where you can enjoy water leisure activities such as yachting, waterskiing, and motorboating.
Additionally, around Mangwon Hangang Park, there are cultural heritage sites such as Mangwonjeong Pavilion and Jeoldusan Sanctuary.
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Basic information on Hangang Citizen’s Park Mangwon District (Mangwon Hangang Park)
Homepage Seoul Han River Project Headquarters https://hangang.seoul.go.kr/archives/46737
Operating hours 00:00~24:00
Parking facility parking available
Open all year round on days off
Jeoldusan Martyrs' Shrine
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Introduction to Jeoldusan Martyrs' Shrine
Jeoldusan Mountain was originally called Gaeuldu for its shape with its head held high, and Jamdubong for its resemblance to the head of a silkworm.
Immediately below, at the Yanghwajin Port, ships carrying grain, fish, and vegetables came and went from each region through the Han River.
The area around Yanghwajin is a famous scenic spot along with Jamdubong Peak, and it is also a place where many tastemakers and writers wrote poems while enjoying boating.
In February 1866, a French warship sailed up the Han River to Yanghwajin and Seogang, taking issue with the suppression of Catholicism.
Daewongun was enraged by this and had numerous Catholics beheaded at Jamdubong Peak.
After that, he got the name Jeoldusan (切頭山) because he cut off his hair.
The Korean Catholic Church opened the Martyrdom Memorial Hall in October 1967 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the martyrdom of Byeongin (1866).
Currently, within the Jeoldusan Shrine, there is an exhibition hall for historical materials, relics, and relics related to the Korean Catholic Church, a relic room containing the remains of the 28th saint, a pilgrimage cathedral, a martyr education center, and an outdoor exhibition hall.
Jeoldusan Martyrs’ Shrine is a meaningful shrine where the spirit of martyrdom of the ancestors of the Korean Catholic Church, who sacrificed their lives to testify their faith, lives on.
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Basic information about Jeoldusan Martyrs' Shrine
Homepage http://www.jeoldusan.or.kr
Operating hours 09:30~17:00
Parking facilities available
Monday, a day off
Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery (Foreign Cemetery)
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Introduction to Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery (Foreign Cemetery)
Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery, located between Jeoldusan Catholic Shrine and Hapjeong Station, is located in the area of 143 Hapjeong-dong. About 480 foreign missionaries from 13 countries, including Americans, are buried there.
These were missionaries who dedicated their lives for the Korean people during the dark days of Japanese colonial rule and came to share the light of the gospel in a country [COREA] that was little known in the world at the time.
These people were contributors to missionary activities and Korean social work, and had a profound influence on the Korean people not only in social systems such as the establishment of hospitals and schools, but also in intangible spiritual areas such as the abolition of the caste system and the custom of men being superior to women.
The seeds of the gospel sown through them are bearing much fruit today in the Korean church and throughout society.
Representative missionaries include Bae Seol, Hulbert, Underwood, and Appenzeller.
The Missionary Cemetery has a publicity center, an outdoor performance hall, a cemetery, a service center, Yanghwajin Hall, and a Missionary Memorial Hall, and anyone can visit for free during opening hours.
There is a program to guide the Missionary Cemetery three times a day from Monday to Saturday, and the fourth session on Saturday is conducted non-face-to-face. If you want to receive guidance from a guide when visiting, you must make a reservation in advance.
It is currently managed by the Korean Christian 100th Anniversary Commemoration Association, and a church has been built in the Cemetery Memorial Church where about 200 foreigners worship every Sunday.
It is located 200m from exit 7 of Hapjeong Station on metropolitan subway lines 2 and 6.
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Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery (Foreign Cemetery) Basic Information
Homepage http://www.yanghwajin.net
Operating hours Mon~Sat 10:00~17:00
Parking facilities : Parking available (use Yanghwajin public parking lot)
※ Large buses can be parked at the Mangwon District public parking lot at Hangang Citizens Park located near the cemetery.
Day off every Sunday
Telephoto stop
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Introduction to Mangwonjeongji
It is a pavilion located in Hapjeong-dong and has been restored and managed as a Seoul city monument in October 1989.
In the 6th year of King Sejong's reign (1424), Grand Prince Hyoryeong built a byeolseo. The following year, when King Sejong came to Seogyo to inspect agricultural affairs and stopped by the pavilion, it was said that he named it "Heewoojeong" because of the rain falling. In the 15th year of King Seongjong's reign (1484) Prince Wolsan greatly modified the pavilion and named it Mangwonjeong.
In July of the 12th year of King Yeonsangun's reign, it was expanded to seat about 1,000 people and renamed Suryeojeong, but in September of that year, following the King Jungjong Rebellion, it was changed back to Mangwonjeong.
Construction began in June 1988 and was completed in October 1989 as part of a plan to restore cultural relics along the Han River that had disappeared due to the Great Flood of 1925 and the development of the Han River.
Nearby Mangwon-dong is named after this pavilion.
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Telescopic stop basic information
Homepage http://culture.mapo.go.kr
http://www.cha.go.kr
Open all year round on days off
Chung Mong-ju statue
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Introduction to the statue of Jeong Mong-ju
The Jeong Mong-ju Statue was erected on October 16, 1970 and is located in the green area at the entrance to Yanghwa Bridge in Hapjeong-dong.
Poeun Jeong Mong-ju was a civil servant scholar (1337-1392) of the late Goryeo Dynasty. His pen name was Dalga, his pen name was Poeun, his posthumous name was Yeonil, and his hometown was Yeonil, and he was from Yeongcheon.
In 1360, he was appointed to the civil service department and served as Umungwan Daejehak.
He was good at diplomacy with the Ming Dynasty and Japan, and not only made remarkable achievements such as subjugating Japanese pirates and the Jurchen tribe, but he also founded the Uichang to relieve the poor, spread Confucianism, and was well versed in Neo-Confucianism.
He was loyal to Goryeo, striving to rationalize social ethics and morality, but was sacrificed as the nation's fortunes ran out and a new power emerged to lead the nation.
In addition to Dansimga, many Chinese poems are passed down, and he was also outstanding in calligraphy and painting. He was one of the three royal nobles of Goryeo. He was posthumously appointed as Yeonguijeong in the first year of King Taejong's reign (1401), honored as Ikyangbuwongun, and enshrined in the Temple of Literature during the reign of King Jungjong.
It is located 324m from exit 8 of Hapjeong Station on metropolitan subway lines 2 and 6, and nearby are Mangwon Hangang Park and Seoul Ham Park.
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Chung Mong-ju Statue Basic Information
Website https://www.mapo.go.kr
No parking facilities
Open all year round on days off
Nanji Hangang Park
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Introduction to Nanji Hangang Park
Nanji Hangang Park is a park that not only functions as a waterfront space, but also functions as a leisure/leisure and wetland ecological park.
The upper part of the park is a waterside activity area with a camping site, dock, and waterside plaza, the middle part is a buffer green area with a multi-purpose grassland plaza and lawn yard, and the lower part is a wetland ecological park using existing trees.
Nanji Hangang Park, located between Hongjecheongyo and Nanjicheongyo, is 4.02km long (approximately 776,000㎡) and is located in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu.
Nanji Hangang Park, newly created through the Hangang Renaissance Project, has completed the central connecting bridge connecting Noeul Park and Haneul Park, the Peace Park connecting bridge, and a complex connecting passageway, adding to the accessibility and convenience of park users.
The Mirror Fountain installed in front of the Peace Park Connecting Bridge is a landmark of Nanji Hangang Park. It creates a beautiful scenery every time it sprays water, providing a variety of things to see and enjoy like a seven-colored rainbow. The riverside water park, which can be used in the summer, is the former riverside water park. It is a space that brings back memories of playing in the water, and is designed so that the whole family with young children can enjoy it together.
In addition, a pedestrian bridge has been installed in the ecological wetlands, allowing visitors to observe animals living near the water, including natural grasslands and plant communities. A wildlife exploration center and a waterside cultural center have been set up nearby, allowing children to enjoy nature and In addition, it can be used as a nature learning center where you can run around and play to your heart's content.
Nearby is Nanji Camping Ground, which is even more popular because you can camp while enjoying a barbecue.
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Nanji Hangang Park basic information
Homepage http://hangang.seoul.go.kr
Parking facilities available
Open all year round on days off
World Cup Park
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Introduction to World Cup Park
World Cup Park is an environmental park created on 800,000 pyeong of land on the beautiful island of Nanjido, where approximately 92 million tons of Seoul city waste was reclaimed over a period of 15 years from 1978 to 1993. It includes Peace Park, Haneul Park, Noeul Park, Nanjicheon Park, It consists of Nanji Hangang Park.
Peace Park, built on 135,000 pyeong in front of the World Cup Stadium, is a modern, high-quality open plaza that can commemorate the first World Cup match of the 21st century and enhance the image of Korea and Seoul. It was created as the central park of the region.
As a park that represents the entire World Cup Park, it is a space that pursues coexistence and symbiosis between nature and humans and prays for 'peace.'
UNICEF Plaza is a future-oriented open plaza, and the Nanji Pond, created by drawing in water from the Han River, is planted with aquatic plants with excellent purifying abilities, such as horsetails and irises.
Nanjicheon Park, which is being built on the 89,000 pyeong abandoned stream site between Sangam New Millennium Town and the landfill, has restored the area where waste leachate used to flow into a natural stream, and created the surrounding area as a leisure place for the elderly, the physically challenged, and youth.
There is a green forest with over 50,000 trees growing here, and the walking trail along the waterside has recreational facilities for the disabled, youth, and the elderly.
World Cup Park basic information
Homepage World Cup Park http://parks.seoul.go.kr/template/sub/worldcuppark.do
Operating hours vary by month, so please refer to the website.
※ Access is controlled at night to protect species.
Parking facilities available
Mapo Tram Terminal, March 1st Movement Manse Protest Site
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Mapo Tram Terminal Introduction to the March 1st Independence Movement demonstration site
The last stop of the Mapo tram is currently the section from Mapo Station on Seoul Subway Line 5 to the entrance to Mapo Bridge.
This was the terminus of the tram that traveled to and from central Seoul from the Japanese colonial period to the end of the 1960s.
This place is historically important and is the site of the March 1st Movement, where around 8 p.m. on March 1, 1919, about 1,000 people gathered to demonstrate for national independence.
On March 1, 1919, the Declaration of Independence Ceremony was held at Taehwagwan, and at 2 p.m., the Declaration of Independence was read at Palgakjeong Pavilion in Tapgol Park, and thousands of students marched in protest, chanting for Korean independence.
From Jongno, through Gwanggyo, in front of City Hall, and Namdaemun, they gathered at the last stop of the Mapo tram at 8 p.m. around sunset and once again shouted loudly for independence. The protest march continued without disbanding near Yonhee College until around 11 p.m. .
It is a place where our people’s will for independence was expressed in a peaceful and non-violent way without a single riot.
Currently, the Dabo Building, which houses the Buddhist Broadcasting Station, is located.
A sign indicating that this is a demonstration site is installed in the flower bed of the Dabo Building.
It is located 112m from exit 4 of Mapo Station on metropolitan subway line 5.
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Mapo Tram Terminal, March 1st Movement Manse Protest Site Basic Information
Website http://mfis.mpva.go.kr
No parking facilities
Raon Travel Storage
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Introduction to Raon Travel Storage
RAON BAGGAGE STORAGE, located on the 2nd basement level of Exit 7 of the Airport Railroad at Hongik University Station, is a luggage storage space for travelers.
We provide a luggage storage service so that foreign tourists and Koreans visiting Hongdae can leave their belongings more easily and visit Hongdae and Seoul with ease and with both hands free.
Not only can you enjoy traveling freely all day at an affordable price, but long-term storage is also possible, and we always have staff who can speak foreign languages to communicate with foreigners, making efforts to make it comfortable for our guests.
Reservation is required to use it.
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Raon Travel Storage basic information
Homepage Raon Storage http://www.raontravel.com
Operating hours 10:00~18:00
Day off, holiday day
digital pavilion
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Introduction to Digital Pavilion
From the present to the future, from imagination to reality
The Digital Pavilion is a space for IT companies to promote new products and companies.
In I City, the future city, the streets, schools, culture, and life of the future unfold, and in the ICT Exploration Hall, students understand the principles of ICT technology through play and experience.
In addition, we opened the 'VR DEVELOPING BED' in February 2017 to support technologies and products related to realistic content from famous domestic small and medium-sized companies.
Among the ICT industry, various programs specializing in VR are available, so we recommend that you make a reservation and try them out.
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Image source: Korea Tourism Organization
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Digital Pavilion Basic Information
Website https://kovac.modoo.at/?link=5asvc6jl
Operating hours 10:00~17:00
Parking facilities available (large tour buses not available)
Day off: Weekends, public holidays, Foundation Day
This was an introduction to the top 10 places to visit in Mapo, Seoul.
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