Seoul city wall

Bugaksan City Wall Trail: Hike 600 Years of Seoul History

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SKKU Sungkyunkwan University side gate with dark granite monolith bearing a gold university crest and SKKU lettering, brown wooden fence alongside, lush green trees overhead, on the approach road to the Bugaksan Malbawi trailhead

Seoul has a mountain at its center that most visitors never set foot on. Not because it’s remote or difficult — but because Bugaksan (북악산, also known as Baegaksan/백악산) was sealed off as a military reservation for decades. The trail only reopened to the public in 2006, and the rules haven’t changed since: stay on … Read more