Solo in Seoul — quick playbook
- · Stack walkable neighborhoods back-to-back instead of chasing one big sight.
- · Eat at the bar — most good restaurants seat solo diners faster than parties of two.
- · One museum or gallery per day is plenty. Slow beats checklisting when you're alone.
- · Markets, festivals, and street-food strips are the easiest way to feel the city without forcing conversation.
- · Pick a café neighborhood as your "base camp" each morning — coffee, plan, go.
Best things to do alone · 4
Gwangjang Market
Solo ✓ Jongno · Food & Drink
Bindaetteok mung bean pancakes and live octopus — Netflix-famous.
Gyeongbokgung Palace
Solo ✓ Jongno · Culture
Free entry in hanbok; changing-of-the-guard at 10am and 2pm.
Bukchon Hanok Village
Solo ✓ Jongno · Culture
Hillside maze of traditional houses between two palaces.
Han River Parks
Solo ✓ Yeouido / Banpo · Outdoors
Bike loops, chicken-and-beer picnics, Banpo bridge rainbow fountain at night.
Restaurants that welcome a table of one
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