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COEX and Samseong Station

Walk the mall, visit the aquarium if you want, and eat one meal. Keep it indoors when the weather is bad. Not the same day as Gangnam Station.

Indoor mall, easy walking

Best for
Families, or a rainy-day visit that wants one sealed complex.
Start at
Enter COEX and pick one wing. The next floor can wait.
Getting there
Samseong Station (Line 2) or Bongeunsa Station (Line 9), toward COEX.
Budget
Mall food is mid-range. The aquarium is an extra ticket.

Where you go

  1. COEX main entrance

    See

    COEX main entrance

    Find your bearings on the mall map first.

    Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

  2. One mall wing — shop or library

    Shop

    One mall wing — shop or library

    Forty-five to sixty minutes in one wing.

    COEX, Seoul

  3. A COEX meal

    Eat

    A COEX meal

    Eat once — food court or a sit-down table.

    COEX food zone, Seoul

  4. Exit toward Samseong Station

    Walk

    Exit toward Samseong Station

    Take Line 2 home. Bongeunsa Temple is optional another day.

    Near Samseong Station, Seoul

Good to know

  • Starfield Library is a free peek if the lines are short.
  • Leave before the dinner rush if you hate escalator queues.

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