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Moonlight Tour at Changdeokgung Palace
- 📅 Dates
- Apr 16, 2026 – May 31, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 99 Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- 🎫 Admission
- Paid event
- 🕘 Hours
- 19:20 / 20:00 (100 minutes per session)
- 🎪 Venue
- Changdeokgung Palace
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Cultural Heritage Administration Royal Palaces and Tombs Center · Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-1522-2295
⚠️ This festival's listed dates have passed
The dates above are from the most recent official schedule. Many Korean festivals are annual events held around the same time each year, but the next date has not been officially confirmed yet — please check the official website or a Google search below before planning a trip.
Overview
The Moonlight Tour at Changdeokgung Palace is a high-quality cultural event held at Changdeokgung Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage. The tour offers a unique opportunity to witness and experience palatial beauty under the moonlight.
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 종로구, from Korea Tourism Organization big data. 1.00 = that area's own yearly average, so this compares the area against itself — not against Seoul.
Apr — 1.04 · quietest of the months we have
The index covers the whole district, not the festival ground itself. Use it to pick a month, not a day. · Apr 1.04 / Oct 1.09
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
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🏮 Traditional market days during the festival
Korean country markets open only on days ending in fixed digits — every 5 days. These are the actual dates they open while the festival runs, so you can add one to the same trip.
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🎪 Other festivals nearby at the same time
Overlapping dates, within 60 km.
Nearby Attractions
Places near the festival venue, described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Distances and times are road-based driving estimates from NAVER route search — useful for taxi trips — and can change with traffic. Places under 1 km in a straight line are marked “walkable”. Anything more than 15 km away by road is left out.
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Theatre Changdeokgung창덕궁 소극장 Cultural facility0.1 km straight · walkable
Theatre Changdeokgung is located across from Changdeokgung Palace in the Gugak-ro Special Cultural Zone of Seoul. To recreate the traditional Korean entertainment…
Korean address for map apps서울특별시 종로구 돈화문로 88-1 -
Changdeokgung Injeongmun Gate창덕궁 인정문 Attraction0.2 km straight · walkable
Serving as the main gate of Injeongjeon Hall, Injeongmun Gate was established in 1405 (5th year of King Taejo’s reign during the Joseon dynasty). Later on, the gate was…
Korean address for map apps서울특별시 종로구 율곡로 99 -
Hyangnamu Tree in Changdeokgung Palace창덕궁 향나무 Attraction0.2 km straight · walkable
Hyangnamu or 'Aromatic Tree' in Changdeokgung Palace is estimated to be about 700 years old, meaning it had likely been planted before the palace was built. It stands…
Korean address for map apps서울특별시 종로구 율곡로 99 -
Unhyeongung Royal Residence서울 운현궁 Attraction0.3 km straight · walkable
Located near the Gyeongbokgung Palace, Unhyeongung Palace was a residence of royalty in Joseon period. It was the place where Gojong (1582-1919, reign 1864-1907), king…
Korean address for map apps서울특별시 종로구 삼일대로 464 -
Bukchon Hanok Village북촌한옥마을 Attraction0.4 km straight · walkable
Surrounded by Gyeongbokgung Palace, Changdeokgung Palace and Jongmyo Shrine, Bukchon Hanok Village is home to hundreds of traditional houses, called hanok , that date…
Korean address for map apps서울특별시 종로구 계동길 37 (계동)
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