【Seoul】One-day tour to Seongsu-dong, a cultural and trendy itinerary

Event recommendations
📍Rettre Seoulsup Custom Perfume (Note the address, because the Seoul Lin store only has workshops, the Seoul store only retail)
Korea's first memory perfume workshop, the whole process takes about 1.5 hours! Requires official ig appointment in advance oh ~ perfumer will prepare an exclusive perfume formula according to your brainwave reaction to the fragrance. The unique perfume is super commemorative value and can also be used as a gift ~

Lunch recommendation
📍 Grandma’s Recipe Home Cooking (할머니레시피)
- Must-try: cast iron bibimbap (돌솥비빔밥), traditional spicy stewed monkfish
- Style: Korean house renovated restaurant, courtyard seating suitable for photography
- Average per person: around 15,000 won

Shopping route (recommended in walking order) Seongsu-dong gathers many flagship stores of trendy brands
1. EMIS (668-36) sells mainly baseball caps + canvas bags
2. Rockfish (667-14) British wind and rain boots ballet shoes
3. ADER ERROR (성수이로7길 20) is a surreal art space + installation art, suitable for shooting futuristic blockbusters
4. Empty Seongsu (성수이로 78) A composite cultural space transformed from an abandoned factory (coffee + boutique + exhibition)

☕ Coffee lovers must visit:
📍Onion Holy Water Store (Internet celebrity Korean house coffee + snow mountain bread)
📍Daelim Warehouse (성수이로 78) industrial style cafe
🎨 Literary Easter Egg:
- Graffiti on the wall of Shengshui Cave (concentrated in the alley of Shengshui 2nd Road)
- Seoul Forest (10 minutes walk, suitable for evening walks)
Transportation TIPS
🚇 Depart from Exit 3 of "Shengshui Station" of Metro Line 2, and the entire journey is within walking distance
🛍️ Flagship store concentration area: The intersection of Seongsu 2nd-ro (성수이로) and Seongsu-dong 1st Street

It is recommended to wear comfortable flat shoes. Most of the Shengshui Caves are stone roads and alleys, so you may have to queue up on weekends!

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