Buam-dong and Baeksasil Valley

An artistic neighborhood enclosed by Inwangsan and Bugaksan, with a secluded ecological valley home to salamanders.

Place information

Area

Jongno-gu

Category

Neighborhood streets

Address

208-1, Buam-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul

Visit tip

Baeksasil Valley is an ecological landscape conservation area. Around 10 a.m., its quiet paths offer a walk accompanied by birdsong.

Nearby sights

• Baeksasil Valley and Baekseokdongcheon

  A natural retreat with remains of a Joseon villa, a clear pond and woodland.

• Whanki Museum

  A private museum presenting abstract painter Kim Whanki's work in distinctive stone-walled architecture.

• Yun Dong-ju Literature Museum and Poet's Hill

  Disused water tanks transformed into poetic exhibition spaces and a city-wall lookout.