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The Wall Appears Out of Nowhere I dropped a group of four off at Hyehwa Station Exit 2 one Tuesday evening around five o'clock. They were skeptical — 'isn't this just a city walk?' one of them said through the car window. I told them to text me when they reached the top of Naksan and looked back toward Inwangsan. They texted forty minutes later. One word: 'Wow.' That reaction is consistent. The Naksan section of the Hanyangdoseong — Seoul's old city wall, originally built in 1396 under King Taejo — delivers a quality of light and cityscape in the late afternoon that the more famous Inwangsan and Bugaksan sections simply cannot match. The wall here crests a low ridge at just over a hundred metres elevation, and because the surrounding neighbourhood of Ihwa-dong sits below on both flanks, the views open up fast and hit hard. For foreign visitors who want something genuinely historic and visually spectacular without a full mountain day, this is the sectio...

The Section of Seoul City Wall Most Visitors Never Walk 🚐 Want to walk this trail with a private driver? Off Map Korea drives small groups (2-6) to Korea's hidden paths. From ₩280,000/day · See packages → Most foreign visitors who walk Seoul City Wall stick to the Naksan or Inwangsan sections — easy to reach by subway, no paperwork required, cafés nearby. That's fine. But if you want the ridge that actually looms over the old presidential compound at Cheong Wa Dae (청와대), the one where soldiers in full uniform once patrolled alongside tourists, you need to walk the Baegak section. And you need to bring your passport. I've driven clients up to the Changui-dong entrance more times than I can count. Every time, at least one person forgets their ID. Every time, they're turned back. This post exists so that doesn't happen to you. Why Baegak Is Different from the Rest of the Wall Seoul City Wall (한양도성, Hanyangdoseong) traces a 18.6 km loop around the historic c...