Coex Shopping Mall in Seoul Review And Ticket Price -
Travel Guide Ideas. COEX Mall is the largest underground shopping mall in Asia. It is located in the basement of the
Korea World Trade Center, located in Samseongdong in modern Seoul. The enormous shopping mall stretches from Samseong station all the way to Bongeunsa Temple in the north, and is considered to be the best shopping and entertainment complex in the area. Despite the complex's huge size, it is fairly easy to navigate inside this mall. Simply follow the main route and you will reach most parts of the mall, there are also signs in English.
If you get hungry while shopping, try the Lake food court with 16 restaurants, Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Western-style, for entertainment, head to the event court, where concerts and performances are staged, the Bandi & Luni's bookstore, where you can find English books on Korean culture and history and plenty of brand name stores.
Other attractions meaning a break from shopping include: The Game Champ, video arcade has 100 of the latest game devices, while the Megabox Cineplex has 16 theaters screening a wide selection of movies.
Try visiting some of the other popular attractions inside the mall, like the COEX Aquarium and the Kimchi Museum, where you can learn everything you need to know about Korea's favorite food and perhaps even try some.
There are all different types of stores located in
Coex Mall such as clothes stores, cosmetic stores, souvenir stores and electronic stores. If you get tired of shopping there are plenty of places for you to relax such as the numerous cafes and restaurants serving all kinds of food with popular western restaurants such as Mcdonalds, Burger King, On the Border and T.G.I Friday’s.
There is plenty of entertainment to choose from like the Megabox Cinema, Karaoke rooms, the Kimchi Museum, the Aquarium and more. Adjacent to Coex Mall is the popular Buddhist Temple, Bongeunsa Temple.
Opening Hours:
Each store and restaurant have their own opening hours. Check out the official Coex Site, http://www.coex.co.kr/eng/index.asp for details on the opening hour of each store. In general most stores are open from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm Monday to Sunday.