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Day trips from Da Nang

Best Day Trips from Da Nang, Vietnam in 2024

Best day trips from Da Nang, an idyllic coastal city in Central Vietnam, to other top tourist spots in the area.

Da Nang is a bustling coastal city located in central Vietnam, known for its beautiful beaches, delicious local cuisine, and rich culture. Although there are plenty of things to do in Da Nang, there is so much more to explore beyond the city limits.

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Cultural Center in Bukchon Hanok Village

Bukchon Hanok Village Guide & Map: A Living Story of the Joseon Dynasty (Updated 2023)

A long list of out-of-this-world things to do in Bukchon Hanok Village, Seoul, South Korea. Ready?

The ancient South Korean Bukchon Hanok Village is a rare time-machine neighbourhood. An attraction worth of topping any list of places to visit in Seoul. The village takes you back more than 600 years ago, to the ancient Joseon Dynasty era, while confining pieces of what used to be the lifestyle of the upper class of those times.

In all my travels, I have hardly ever seen such a surprising urban artefact.


Bukchon means Northern Village and it was called so due to its strategic position on the Joseon Map, north of Cheonggyecheong Stream and Jongno.

Traditionally, this was the residential quarter of high-ranking government officials and nobility. Even though some of the old hanoks have been modernized being transformed into the so called fusion hanoks, there are still plenty of well-conserved examples of art and architecture reminding of the ways old Koreans used to live.

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