Search Form. If Thailand and Cambodia have amazing temples and ruins, Seoul has a beautiful and fairytale palace. To complete the amazing fairytale moment, you need to have an amazing photo wearing their traditional costume Hanbok. But how to do it if you are traveling solo? You need to read till the end of this blog post, I assure you, you will never regret. Gyeongbokgung Palace is one of the famous palaces in Seoul, a lot of tourists visited this place but did you know you can go inside for FREE?
Yes, you read it right, as long as you are wearing a Hanbok. What is Hanbok? There are a lot of Hanbok Rentals outside Gyeongbokgung Palace you can pre-book online or just go there and rent on the spot. I can set my DSLR to timer mode and place it in my tripod and run fast to the spot and smile. It will work, however, it takes a lot of time, effort and patience, I do have the patience and effort but time?
As far as I know in my research renting Hanbok has a time limit, if you return the Hanbok beyond your time limit you need to pay an additional fee, which is not so ideal for me. So I decided to research for a freelance Photographer in Seoul, and boy! It was so expensive. Until I discover the Hanboknam , you can rent a Hanbok from them with Photographer, plus they will do your hairstyling for Free.
After I paid the booking, I received an email from Hanboknam, they asked me what time I will rent the Hanbok and some information like your Kakaotalk app. You will see a yellow building and it is the only yellow building in that area. I choose the AM slot to rent the Hanbok, when I entered the store I was greeted with their staff with a smile and they are so accommodating, by the way, loves this is not sponsored post.
The staff speaks so good in English, they check my booking and borrowed my passport for a deposit, they will return it once I return the Hanbok. They also hand me a key to the locker which is also free.
