SeoulSearch: an English map of Seoul for visitors
SeoulSearch is an English map and chat guide to Seoul for visitors from outside Korea: jjimjilbang and head spas, massage, gyms that sell a day pass, HYROX gyms, restaurants, and sights such as palaces and museums.
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Guides Anma: Korea's licensed massage profession Seshin, the Korean body scrub Visiting a Korean clinic as a foreign patient Contact lenses in Korea: prescriptions and colored lenses Will they speak English, and what to do when they do not Finding a place when you cannot read the name Will they let me in? Bodies, devices, kids and being foreign Maps, taxis and transit as a visitor Free palace entry in hanbok: what counts What is a Korean head spa? Holidays, late nights and early arrivals Booking by Instagram message Jjimjilbang manners, and what nobody tells you How a jjimjilbang visit actually works Noraebang: coin booths, hourly rooms and the no-alcohol rule Same-day glasses in Seoul: what to bring and what to ask Korean restaurant basics What the word massage covers in Korea The Korean phone number wall Nobody expects a tip Which day each Seoul palace closes, and the holiday rule The Seoul palace combo ticket, explained Paying: foreign cards, cash and the small places How restaurant reservations actually work here Saju and tarot readings in Seoul: what to know Tattoos at bathhouses, gyms and pools Getting a tattoo in Seoul: the law Can you trust the reviews? Vegan, vegetarian and halal food in Seoul What you wear at a jjimjilbang, and where the towels are Why we don't recommend clinics All guides
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