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Myeongdong street

The east–centre pick among three beauty streets — not the only one in the city.

やる · If today is Myeongdong, finish here. The other picks are Hongdae night or Garosu / Apgujeong — one street a day.

やらない · Do not stack Myeongdong onto Hongdae or Garosu, or onto Seongsu, and do not treat this as Seoul’s only beauty street.

Myeongdong shopping · Myeongdong beauty

Garosu-gil

One south beauty / street line — not all of Gangnam, and not a Myeongdong add-on.

やる · Sinsa to Apgujeong, then stop. If this is today’s beauty street, do not also open Myeongdong.

やらない · Do not also open COEX, and do not stack Dosan–Cheongdam or Seongsu lanes the same day.

Garosu-gil · Sinsa shopping

Dongdaemun

Wholesale and night market.

やる · Go at dusk, close at DDP.

やらない · Do not wait all day for shops to open.

Dongdaemun shopping · Dongdaemun wholesale

COEX

Indoor city for rain.

やる · Set a time to leave.

やらない · Do not make it the whole day and then add Garosu-gil.

COEX · Starfield Library

‘Is Seoul good for shopping’ needs a corridor

Pick one corridor: Myeongdong, Dongdaemun, Dosan–Cheongdam (replaces Garosu-gil that day), or Seongsu back streets. Beauty is a separate one-street day: Myeongdong, Hongdae night, or Garosu / Apgujeong. One mall among COEX, The Hyundai or Lotte World Mall. Seongsu is not a mall; Myeongdong beauty does not stack onto it; Dosan–Cheongdam and Garosu are not the same day.

Seoul shopping · Seoul malls

Myeongdong: what people ask

Beauty and the street. Next is the stream or Namdaemun, not Hongdae.

Myeongdong shopping · what to buy in Myeongdong

Garosu-gil: what people ask

It is at Sinsa, not the Gangnam Station exit. This or COEX.

Garosu-gil shopping · Sinsa

Dongdaemun: what people ask

Wholesale after dusk. Gwangjang is for eating, not the same shopping list.

what to buy in Dongdaemun · DDP

Souvenirs: what people ask

Two things in Insadong. Myeongdong is for using, markets are for eating. Check food rules yourself.

Seoul souvenirs · Insadong