Every guide tagged Seoul, for a trip to South Korea.
The river is Seoul's living room, used for picnics, cycling and sunset walks rather than sightseeing. Which parks suit which evening, how the convenience-store picnic actually works, and where to rent a bike.
Seoul reuses the same stairs, murals, bridges and cafes across dozens of dramas. Where they actually are, what looks different in person, and how to see them without a paid tour or bothering the people who live there.
How to get from Incheon Airport into Seoul: the AREX express and all-stop trains, the limousine buses, taxis and late-night arrivals, and which one fits where you are staying.
Which Seoul neighbourhood to book: Myeongdong, Hongdae, Insadong, Gangnam, Itaewon and the hanok quarters, what each is actually like at night, and the one thing to check before you pay.
The bloom starts on Jeju and the south coast and reaches Seoul roughly a fortnight later, and the forecast is published rather than guessed at.
Six hundred traditional courtyard houses on a hillside in central Seoul, with people living in them, quiet hours signs on the gates and a view down over tiled roofs.
The main royal palace of Seoul, a guard changing ceremony twice a day, and a rule that lets anybody in traditional dress walk in for nothing.
A first-timer guide to Seoul: the neighborhoods that matter, palaces and hanok lanes, where to eat and shop, nightlife done right, the best day trips, and how to ride the metro like a local.