A royal palace hiding inside a neighborhood of cafés?
Hwaseong Haenggung & Haenggung-dong
화성행궁 · 행궁동 · Suwon, Gyeonggi-do
A temporary royal palace used by King Jeongjo in the late 1700s, wrapped by Haenggung-dong: low-rise alleys of cafés, craft shops and murals that Suwon locals nickname "Haengridan-gil".
Local tipWalk a stretch of the Hwaseong Fortress wall at sunset, then come down into the alleys for dinner.
Getting thereBus from Suwon Station toward Paldalmun / Hwaseong Haenggung (about 15 min).
Photo: Adil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
