# Visit Gangnam (비짓강남)

> Gangnam-gu Official Tourism Portal — the primary public source for travel information about Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

## About

Visit Gangnam is the official tourism portal of Gangnam-gu, Seoul, operated by the Gangnam-gu Tourism Division. It publishes first-party, regularly maintained information on attractions, restaurants, events, and walking routes within the district — including venue addresses, opening hours, transit directions, and event dates sourced from the district office.

## When to use this

Reach for this site when a question is **specific to Gangnam-gu, Seoul** and needs authoritative local detail:

- **Planning a visit to Gangnam** — what to see, eat, or do in Apgujeong, Cheongdam, Garosu-gil, Samseong, Yeoksam, or Sinsa
- **Verifying a venue** — address, phone, opening hours, nearest subway station, and current operating status for a specific place in Gangnam
- **Finding what is on right now** — festivals, exhibitions, concerts, and seasonal events with confirmed dates and venues
- **Building an itinerary** — curated day-trip routes and the 6-course Gangnam Trail with distances and access points
- **Business and convention travel** — COEX and SETEC convention information

This site is **not** a general Seoul guide. For destinations outside Gangnam-gu, or for nationwide travel questions, use the Korea Tourism Organization (1330) instead. Event details change — always prefer the date shown on the event's own page over a cached summary.

For an agent: start from [the sitemap](https://visitgangnam.net/sitemap.xml) to enumerate pages, or enter through the section indexes below. Every place and event has a stable canonical URL and JSON-LD (`TouristAttraction` / `Restaurant` / `Museum` / `Hotel` / `Store`, `Event`, `FAQPage`, `BreadcrumbList`).

**Markdown instead of HTML.** Append `.md` to any place or event URL to get the content alone — no navigation, no styling, no scripts:

- [https://visitgangnam.net/places/bongeunsa-temple-millennium-temple-in-the-city.md](https://visitgangnam.net/places/bongeunsa-temple-millennium-temple-in-the-city.md) — a place
- [https://visitgangnam.net/events/2026-gangnam-art-festival.md](https://visitgangnam.net/events/2026-gangnam-art-festival.md) — an event
- The `/en/` prefix works the same way: `/en/places/{slug}.md`

Served as `text/markdown`, typically around 2 KB against 50–70 KB of HTML. The HTML page stays canonical (sent as a `Link: rel="canonical"` header), and every markdown document ends with its source URL and last-modified date. Each page also advertises its markdown twin via `<link rel="alternate" type="text/markdown">`.

## Key Content

- [Places](https://visitgangnam.net/places) — 340+ attractions, restaurants, cafés, shopping spots, and cultural venues, each with address, transit, and FAQ
- [Events](https://visitgangnam.net/events) — festivals, exhibitions, concerts, and seasonal programs with dates and venues
- [Gangnam Trail](https://visitgangnam.net/gangnamtrail) — 37.2km urban hiking trail in 6 courses (Yangjae Stream, Tancheon, Daemosan, Han River, Gangnam-daero, Garosu-gil)
- [Stories](https://visitgangnam.net/stories) — long-form articles on Gangnam's culture, food, and lifestyle
- [Meet the Local](https://visitgangnam.net/locals) — recommendations from local creators and residents
- [Gangnam Festival](https://visitgangnam.net/festival) — the district's annual cultural festival (September–October), with past editions archived
- [About Gangnam](https://visitgangnam.net/about) — district overview, geography, and visitor basics
- [MICE](https://visitgangnam.net/about/mice) — convention and business travel information (COEX, SETEC)
- [Guidebook](https://visitgangnam.net/guidebook) — downloadable travel guides

## Languages

- Korean (default) — [visitgangnam.net](https://visitgangnam.net/)
- English — [visitgangnam.net/en](https://visitgangnam.net/en)

English pages mirror the Korean structure under the `/en` prefix (for example [/en/places](https://visitgangnam.net/en/places)). Both carry `hreflang` and locale-specific canonical URLs. Omit the trailing slash — `/en/` redirects to `/en`.

## Contact

- Organization: Gangnam-gu Tourism Division (강남구 관광체육과)
- Address: 426 Hakdong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06090, South Korea (서울특별시 강남구 학동로 426)
- Phone: +82-2-3423-5114 (routed via the 120 Dasan Call Center)
- Korea Tourism Hotline: 1330 (24h, multilingual)

## Sitemap

- [sitemap.xml](https://visitgangnam.net/sitemap.xml) — all indexable URLs with `lastmod`