8 Most recommended places for families to visit in Korea

1.  Children’s Museum of National Museum of Korea

The Children’s Museum located within the National Museum of Korea is an experience-centered museum where children can see, touch, and feel history through hands-on programs and games. Items are in a permanent display and allow children to learn more about Korea’s cultural heritage in an interactive way.

Homepage: http://www.museum.go.kr/site/childeng/home (Korean, English)

2. Korea House (Seaweed Museum) 

Korea House (Known as Seaweed Museum) is a place where everyone can enjoy traditional Korean activities such as making Korean food and wearing Korean traditional dress called Hanbok. Furthermore, visitors can see how seaweed is being processed, in a country where approximately 90 percent of all seaweed that is consumed globally is sourced. Interactive system will give excitement to children and naturally learn about Korean culture.

3. Samsung D’light

Located within the Samsung Electronics building in Seocho-dong, Seoul, ‘Samsung d’light’ is a global exhibition space that showcases the latest product lineup by Samsung Electronics. The three-storied exhibition space is not merely a display of electronic products, but a space of interaction that allows visitors to experience new life patterns through state-of-the-art digital technology categorized by theme.

Homepage: www.samsungdlight.com (Korean,English, Chinese)

4. Trick Eye Museum & Ice Museum 

Paintings on museum walls, floors and ceilings come alive! Unlike most of the museums where you can merely view paintings, Trick Eye Museum lets you freely touch and interact with all the displayed exhibits. Have fun taking interesting and creative photos that will last forever. The Ice Museum, located inside the Trick Eye Museum, is filled with objects that are fully made out of ice, such as iced TV, ice kitchen, ice slope that are life-sized ice sculptures. Enjoy 10 meter ice slide for thrilling ride!

Homepage: http://trickeye.com/seoul/en (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, Thai, Russian)

5. Everland Theme Park

Everland is a perfect amusement park for visitors. It is South Korea’s largest theme park which was ranked sixteenth in the world for amusement park attendance in 2014. Besides main attractions, Everland includes a zoo (ZooTopia) and a water park (Caribbean Bay). There are festivals all-year long such as Tulip Festival, Rose festival, Summer Splash, Halloween festival, Romantic Illumination and more. One of the popular rides is T-Express, which is the Korea’s first wooden roller-coaster that has world’s steepest wooden roller coaster record (77 degrees, 2009)

Homepage: http://www.everland.com/web/multi/english/everland/main.html (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)

6. Lotte World Theme Park

Lotte World is divided into Lotte World Adventure, which is the world’s largest indoor theme park and Magic Island, an outdoor amusement park. Lotte World is filled with thrilling rides, monorail, shopping malls, a Korean folk museum, movie theaters, an ice rink, and parades.

Homepage: http://www.lotteworld.com/index.asp (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Russian, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Mongolian)

7. Changdeokgung Palace [UNESCO World Heritage]

Changdeokgung Palace was the second royal villa built following the construction of Gyeongbukgung Palace in 1405. It was the principal palace for many kings of the Joseon Dynasty, and is the most well-preserved of the five remaining royal Joseon palaces.

Homepage: eng.cdg.go.kr

8. Jongmyo Shrine [UNESCO World Heritage]

Jongmyo Shrine was a primary place of worship for kings throughout Joseon Dynasty. The memorial service, called Jongmyo Jaerye, is said to be the oldest complete ceremony in the world, and was carried out in obedience to the king’s order. The ceremony was designated as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in December 9, 1995, for its well-preserved ancient customs, such as memorial services and traditional music, which is National Intangible Cultural Asset No.56.

Homepage: jikimi.cha.go.kr