Top 3 Traditional Markets in Seoul That Everyone Must Visit

Seoul is not only famous for its night vibes and vibrant streets, but the city also has a lot of traditional markets that welcome hundreds of locals and tourists everyday. If you want to feel how the locals live (or used to live back a decades) visiting one of the traditional markets in Seoul must be on your bucket list. You can not only enjoy a mouth watering meal, but can also shop everything you want at a better rate, without compromising the quality.

So here are top 3 traditional markets in Seoul that everyone must visit.

1) Namdaemun Market

#Namdaemun Market is the largest traditional market in Korea with shops selling various goods, items and souvenirs! Seeing the vendors bargaining with customers would be a very common sight to see. Namdaemun Market was opened in 1964 and since then it has been serving as the biggest wholesale market in the city.

Apart from beauty products and and electronic goods, Korea is also famous for #herbal medicines especially Ginsen ??called ??. And if you are looking to find good quality ginseng with a reasonable price, NamdaemunMarket is where you should be heading to.

2) Garak Market

Do you know that Garak Market (now called GarakMall) was the first public wholesale agricultural products market in Korea. It used to be a traditional market but now it has turner into a modernized mall offering wide range of products and goods.

If you live close to #Gangnam or #Bundang area and going to #Dongdaemun is inconvenience, don’t worry, Garak Market (????) has got you covered! Here you can find different zones from raw fish, fruits, vegetables, fabrics, sea food etc.

3) Dongdaemun Market

Dongdaemun is the other famous traditional markets famous for a lot of things but the reason I love it is because here you can find a lot of shops selling Hanboks.

Hanbok is the traditional Korean dress for formal attire and special occasions but is being getting popularity these days among the foreigners too. So if you’d like to buy Hanbok, best place is to go to Dongdaemun Market where you will find ?? of various varieties and colors?

Let us know which one of these traditional markets in Seoul are your best one and if you happen to visit these, do let us know in the comment section.