It was built in 1969, and opened to the public in 1980, this is symbol of Seoul and height of tower is 236.7 m (777 ft) from the base and it is 479.7 m (1,574 ft) above sea level. It also been known as the Namsan Tower or Seoul Tower.Namsan has been a historically significant location in Korea from 1394 when the Korean capital was moved to Seoul.
Most of the city of Seoul can be seen from the top where the view of city is awesome from the tower.
T3 is the observatory and from there you can get a 360 degree view of the city. On the descending floor, T2, is a cafe and gift shop. Don't forget to try the toilet located on this floor as it also has a fantastic view.. At the highest floor of the tower (T5) is a revolving restaurant, "N Grill"..
The Individual ticket for the Observatory costs 8,000 won for adult and 4,000 won for children. Purchase the ticket at the ticket booth on the first floor and take the elevator from ground floor to the observatory...
In B1( Ground floor) you can find some shopping…and one interesting thing is you can find the information of highest towers in the world…
How to reach ..…..
Take Subway Line 4 and get off at Myeongdong Station, exit 3 or 4. You can see the Pacific Hotel, take the narrow street on its right and walk up to the cable car station which is around 1000 meters from the Subway exit. From there you can take the cable car to the top of Namsan Mountain or can go by walk which require so much energy!.
Cable Car information: To Namsan mountain it costs adult return fare : 7,500 won/ one way 6000 won. Children return fare 5,000 won/one way 3,500 won
Operation Hours 10 Am to 11 Pm, There is a bus ride also which is cheaper compared to cable car.
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